Janet Guthrie is interviewed at her experience with being the first women to race in the Indianapolis 500 at the 2009 Centennial Gala. Desiré Wilson Passed Indianapolis 500 driver’s test:May 11, 1982 Failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 ...
Josef Newgarden joined the immortals Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by becoming just the sixth driver to win the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in two consecutive years, edging Pato O’Ward in a scintillating race that included the start delayed four hours by a midday rainstorm. ...
The death of the two-time defending Indy 500 champion, caused by a pair of relatively inexperienced drivers who overreacted to Rodger Ward's crash in Turn 2 during the 1955 race, remains one of the darkest moments in IMS history. But Vukovich wasn't the only driver killed in action at ...
Savoring His Chance to Make Race History ; with 4th Win, Franchitti Would Match Elite Few at Indianapolis 500Dario Franchitti, an ardent student of Indianapolis 500 history,would like to win a fourth title...Strauss, Ben
held off second place Scott Goodyear for the victory by 0.043 seconds, the closest finish in Indy history. Cold temperatures and high winds turned the race into a crash-filled, marathon day, dominated by Michael Andretti. Andretti led 160 laps and was 30 seconds in front on lap 189 of ...
Fabi qualified twenty-fourth for the Indianapolis 500 and finished seventh, his best result in the race. WikiMatrix Horn has the best 10-year streak of finishes in Indianapolis 500 history. WikiMatrix At the Indianapolis 500 Fabi started seventeenth and finished ninth. WikiMatrix Excluding the...
This article provides a history and context to three of the most famous motor races in the world: the Indianapolis 500-mile race, the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix and the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race. The tradition and heritage of the races is examined in this piece alongside an...
accidents of 1973, but with the retirement rate we had in 1973. And then with those retirements continuing after 133 laps at the same rate... This would have led to the kind of results listed above. It certainly would have made a memorable race in Indy 500 history in its own special ...
Rick holds on from there to make history in this 75th running of the “500” by joining A.J.Foyt and Al Unser as a four-time winner. Running Time:03:11:57 $9.99 1992 Indianapolis 500 It's the coldest race day ever, the tires having a hard time finding grip with the freezing trac...
first Indianapolis 500The starting lineup for the first Indianapolis 500, 1911. In 1911 AmericanRay Harroun won the first 500 in about 6 hours 42 minutes with an average speed of 74.6 miles (120.1 km) per hour; he received winnings of $14,250. By the race’s ninth decade, the winner’...