Andy Belmont Motorsports News

While Formula One flirts with the idea of a female driver, girl power is already as much a part of the Indianapolis 500 as turbo-charged engines and the winner chugging cold milk in Victory Lane.

He says he's not thinking about his championship legacy. A win Sunday night would be Johnson's fourth in NASCAR's longest race, trailing only Darrell Waltrip's five spring victories at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The Indy 500 rookie qualified fifth, ahead of Penske Racing teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves.

The Japanese driver is in his first season with Foyt's team and will start on the outside of the sixth row in Sunday's race.

France spoke Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway and was asked if NASCAR had considered working with IndyCar to open a time window that might let drivers run both events.

Carlos Munoz remembers spilling into the streets of his native Bogota the minute that Juan Pablo Montoya crossed the finish line to win the Indianapolis 500.

They have dinner together. They chat it up on Twitter. They offer congratulations on jobs well done, solace when things don't go so well.

Driver Graham Rahal now drives for a team co-owned by his father, 1985 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, left.

He's the hometown hope, the Butler University alum and diehard Indiana Pacers fan who has put his modest, one-car program on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 ahead of powerhouse programs from Penske Racing and Andretti Autosport.

Paul Menard has signed a multi-year extension with Richard Childress Racing to drive the No.

The beloved Italian was greeted warmly wherever he went Friday after he was feted by former team owner Chip Ganassi, who presented Zanardi with the car called "Old Midnight" that Zanardi was driving in 1996 when he made a legendary pass of Bryan Herta in the corkscrew at Laguna Seca.

Patrick, who first earned her popularity in open-wheel racing, said her focus is on the Sprint Cup series and the chances of her running at the Indy 500 become "less and less likely with each passing year." "Each year my desire to race there is less and less and my apprehension grows higher and higher," Patrick told The Associated Press earlier ... (more)

Ireland's Peter Dempsey beat Firestone Indy Lights points leader Carlos Munoz and three other drivers down the front straightaway Friday to win the closest oval race in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history by 0.0026 seconds over Colombia's Gabby Chaves.

Defending series champion Brad Keselowski believes he's still the fastest in Sprint Cup, even if his results four months into the season don't bear that out.

Katherine Legge, of England, sits in her car as the slowest qualifier in the field on the second day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Legendary actor, singer and entertainer Jim Nabors will sing " Indiana" in person during pre-race ceremonies for the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Denny Hamlin easily broke the track qualifying record at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday night to earn the pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 -- the longest race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Shortly before he left home for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Marco Andretti watched a documentary that showed his grandfather, Mario, at the famed track.

Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North will receive the Stonewall Jackson Award presented annually by Charlotte Motor Speedway.

NASCAR's Michael Waltrip hopes to bring attention to the needs of those affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes at the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend.