A.J. Foyt IV

Graham Rahal and J.R. Hildebrand never got the opportunity to race with either Tony Renna or Greg Moore, but the Indy Racing League drivers will be linked to the rising starts with awards given posthumously in their honor. Rahal, driver of the No. 02 McDonald's car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, was named the winner of the Tony Renna Rising Star Award during the Indy Racing League Championship Celebration on Oct. 11. Hildebrand, who claimed...  

A.J. Foyt and Ray Evernham were inducted into the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame in Mooresville during ceremonies Oct. 14. Foyt began his celebrated career with a single race on a dirt track in Springfield, Ill., in 1957. The first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Foyt also holds the records for most Indy car racing career victories (67), most national championships (7) and most victories in a season (10). But to highlight...  

In the 1990s, Dan Andersen's US F2000 Series helped launch the racing careers of future Indianapolis 500 winners Buddy Rice, Dan Wheldon and Sam Hornish Jr. He hopes to follow that pattern again. Andersen announced Oct. 20 that he is re-establishing the series and has reached an agreement for it to be sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body for the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. The revived series for two-liter...  

Special to indycar.com Louisville International-Standiford Field Airport was eerily quiet at noon Sept. 26. For the next five hours, airplanes were grounded on the near runway, yielding to the two Indy Racing Experience two-seat cars. In an effort to establish an "operational template" to strengthen the bond between the IndyCar Series and the National Guard, the Indy Racing Experience teamed up with Panther Racing and the Guard to give 129...  

Special to indycar.com The Honda Indy 300 marks the 12th consecutive year that Twin Ring Motegi has hosted Indy car racing. But the history of Indy car racing in Japan extends all the way back to Oct. 9, 1966, when the United States Auto Club staged an exhibition race at the Fuji International Speedway road course. The Fuji organizers invited all 33 starters from that year's Indianapolis 500, including what we would now call "road course...  

(INDIANAPOLIS, IN) - Former Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon will return to Panther Racing in 2010.  

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The Indianapolis 500 champion is about to become a daddy. Helio Castroneves confirmed today that he and his girlfriend, Adriana Henao, are expecting a child in January. The baby is a girl, and her name will be Mikaella.  

Mantra Design's Senior Flame artist Miguel Oldenburg details the studio's recent work on the opening tease for the Indy 500.  

SALEM -Members of the Men of Faith meeting at Das Dutch Haus in Columbiana this morning will be ministered to by Bob Hills, the chaplain of the Indy Racing League. The group, headed by Bing Newton, meets at 8 a.m. and members are from the tri-county area. Hills will also be the guest minister at Salem's First Friends Church on Jennings Avenue during the 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services on Sunday.  

Governor Mitch Daniels has appointed Andre Lacy as chairman of the Indiana State Fair Commission. He will fill the vacancy left by Kyle Hupfer, who resigned August 23. Lacy is chairman of the board of LDI Ltd., a privately-held Indianapolis-based company specializing in distribution. He previously served as chairman of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis 500 Festival Association.  

The Indy Racing League will wind up its season on Sunday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Three contenders enter the final race trying to win a $1 million bonus. Ryan Briscoe, Dario Franchitti, and Scott Dixon all are separated by only eight points as the Indy 300 starts on Sunday.  

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford will participate in a Web show broadcast live Monday, Sept. 14 from the famed Pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The show will be streamed live from 3:30-4 p.m. (ET) at www.indy500.com with ...  

The Indy Racing League has tested some aerodynamic adjustments that it hopes will improve the quality of racing at next year's Indianapolis 500. Andretti Green's Marco Andretti, Dreyer & Reinbold's Tomas Scheckter and Foyt's Vitor Meira ran without ...  

This item is now in stock! A supernova of racing talent will again descend upon the Field of Dreams that is Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on June 4 when the dirt that made champions out of A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti plays host to today's racing stars at the fourth annual Old Spice Prelude to the Dream. And for those not lucky enough to grab a seat for the dirt late model race featuring over 25 world renowned drivers as they battle...  

Scott Dixon snatches pole position from Mario Moraes for the penultimate round of the 2009 Indy Racing League at the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan.