Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider INDIANAPOLIS — Three drivers who finished in the top 12 in the Indianapolis 500 — including second-place finisher Marcus Ericsson — were re-positioned to the rear of the finish order Monday for technical violations. The Andretti Global cars of Marcus Ericsson (second) and Kyle Kirkwood (sixth) and the Prema Racing…
Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider The Indianapolis 500 — the biggest race of the INDYCAR season — was also the first oval race of the year. But did it give much insight into which drivers will perform best on ovals? Probably not. The 2.5-mile rectangular asphalt oval is nothing like any of the other ovals….
The Athletics — formerly of Oakland but not yet of Las Vegas — have one of the worst home records in baseball. Maybe it figures. The A’s are one of two big league teams playing in minor league ballparks this season, along with the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa Bay was forced out of Tropicana Field…
Indianapolis was the center of the sports world on Sunday night, when the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals and the Indianapolis 500 went on practically back-to-back. The Indy 500 was raced, as it always is, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, an enclave of Indianapolis named after its most famous feature, while the Pacers…
Ross Chastain passed William Byron with five laps left and won the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, becoming the first driver to win the event after starting at the back of the field. Byron won the first three stages and led 283 laps, but surrendered the lead to Chastain, who started…
Alex Palou got it done on the oval, and now the Indiana Pacers are trying to follow suit on the hardwood. On the same day that the three-time INDYCAR champion won his first Indy 500 title, Palou attended Game 3 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals between the Pacers and the New York Knicks. It…
Bruce MartinSpecial to FOXSports.com INDIANAPOLIS — There’s a reason why no driver in history has won three straight Indy 500s. Because it’s hard. Even with perhaps the fastest car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Sunday’s 109th Indianapolis 500, Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden was starting in the back row. It came after INDYCAR Series officials heavily…
Indianapolis 500 rookie Robert Shwartzman’s memorable month of May ended with a terrifying crash on pit road. Shwartzman, who bested some of the best drivers in the world to win the pole a week earlier, was coming into his stall after 87 laps when he locked up his brakes. That sent his red, green and…
Alex Palou has become the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Palou, who has won three IndyCar titles in four years — including the last two, came to the speedway with four wins…
Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson’s quest to run 1,100 miles in one day ended after 91 laps of the Indianapolis 500 when he wrecked just short of halfway through the race. Larson finished 27th in the Indy 500 and left soon after the crash for Charlotte Motor Speedway to compete in the…
