Tony Kanaan spent Thursday morning sitting in the No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevy as part of a unique preparation plan to become eligible to race the car if its intended driver, NASCAR star Kyle Larson, needs to skip the Indianapolis 500 in favor of competing in the Cup race at...

INDYCAR has added two industry veterans to bolster the commercial side of its operations.SJ Luedtke, a Nike sports marketing executive for the past decade, has been named INDYCAR's Vice President, Marketing. She will be responsible for advancing INDYCAR's brand across all channels, managing event and experiential assets, accelerating fan growth...

Veteran race engineer Allen McDonald, who looked after James Hinchcliffe since his arrival at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in 2015, has parted ways with the team.Following a long and successful career with other teams, including Andretti Green Racing, the championship-winning engineer was part of the group that came together to form...

This week marked the release of 'Lionheart: Remembering Dan Wheldon'; Andy Hallbery and Jeff Olson's stellar tribute to two-time Indy 500 winner. The 216-page coffee table book covers Wheldon's career from karts through to IndyCars, and is filled with stories from those closest to the Brit: his family, friends, teammates,...

In my 21 years with the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, I’ve had the chance to develop some pretty special relationships with people connected to this sport.One such relationship began long before I joined the network. It was in 1979, in the hallways of Monrovia High School, a few...

Tony Kanaan vividly recalls the restart with three laps remaining, the final-lap duel with countryman Helio Castroneves and then the elation of winning the Purex Dial Indy 200 on March 23, 2003, at Phoenix International Raceway.It was Kanaan’s second Indy car victory and the maiden win for Andretti Green Racing...

Dan Wheldon, who perished in the huge accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway three years ago today, was a walking, talking celebration of life. Mr Positive, Mr Eloquent, Mr Energy – a devoted husband and father, a fan favorite, a racer who would never back down in a fight, a...

Related StoriesWhen I first came over to America in 1997, Chip’s team was the one to beat. The previous year, I’d been sitting with Norbert Haug of Mercedes-Benz after DTM races watching Jimmy Vasser and Alex Zanardi winning the championship, they were always at the front and that was true...

Franchitti and Scott Dixon enjoyed a special relationship as teammates and friends. (LAT photos) Newly retired four-time IndyCar Series champion and three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti sat down with RACER's Marshall Pruett for an in-depth look at his career, favorite cars, tracks, memorable teammates, closest friends in the paddock...

At least three weeks of his life are a total blank to Dario Franchitti. He doesn't remember testing in Fontana before his accident in Houston last October and the first thing of real clarity was flying to Indianapolis on the hospital plane.And while the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner has no...