Chase Austin News

The 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 is today with a wide-open field and a pair of drivers trying to join the elite list of four-time winners.

On Legends Day, Parnelli Jones led a partial field of front engine roadsters on a parade lap of the Speedway.

Security at Sunday's Indianapolis 500 will be ramped up as race officials of one of the year's biggest one-day sporting events respond to last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings.

For as long as Jimmie Johnson can remember, the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend has been every bit as hallowed as Super Bowl Sunday for football fans, the Kentucky Derby for horse racing fans or Sunday at the Masters for golf fans.

Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing outran five Sprint Cup stars to win the pole for Saturday afternoon's History Nationwide Series 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control.

The Quicken Loans 400 will soon be speeding toward the green flag, so fans will want to make a pit stop and check out all of the new food choices at Michigan International Speedway.

Mario Andretti was hanging out in the media center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Carb Day on Friday, speaking fluent Italian to a stoutly built friend in the front of the room.

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.

There is a cool picture of Bruton Smith sticking his head into a tiger's mouth. You can find it in the media center of Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of eight NASCAR tracks Smith owns scattered throughout the country.

While Jimmie Johnson, left, is clearly in the hunt for a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title, Tony Stewart and his stable of drivers are in danger of missing the Chase altogether.

Simon Pagenaud drove his Honda-powered Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports car to the top of the charts in Friday's final practice session for the Indianapolis 500.

A NASCAR appeals panel upheld four-race suspensions for two Richard Childress Racing crewmen who are facing assault charges for a fight with rival driver Nelson Piquet Jr.

The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel heard the appeal of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series team on Friday and chose unanimously to uphold the penalties issued by NASCAR.

Dale Jarrett reacts after being named to the next class of inductees during an announcement at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

NASCAR's Daytona 500 may have emerged as the United States' most popular race in recent years, but there is none with a more hallowed history or richer tradition than the Indianapolis 500.

Chevrolet is seeking its first Indy 500 victory since 2002, and the manufacturer is off to an incredible start with all 10 of the top qualifying speeds driving an engine from the American car maker.

Sage Karam earned the Sunoco Pole Award for the Firestone Freedom 100 in his first Firestone Indy Lights oval race.

Chris Owens/IMS - Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt would like to see what three-time winners Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti would do in some of the equipment that Foyt raced back in the day.

Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles and Derrick Walker, the new head of IndyCar competition, emerged from a competition advisory board meeting Thursday to announce they were debating how to top the record-breaking speeds clocked in 1996 by two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk.