Jim Haines / IRL

Graham Rahal, the 19 year-old IndyCar rookie and son of 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, became the youngest driver ever to win a major open-wheel race, the first driver from the former Champ Car World Series to win in the unified IndyCar Series, and just the fourth driver ever to win in his first IndyCar Series event. Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan rounded out the top three in an event-filled race that began under heavy rain showers.   read more »

Jim Haines / IRL

The road to this year’s Indy 500 began at Homestead-Miami Speedway in a fashion very similar to that of years past, with a driver from Target Chip Ganassi Racing pulling into Victory Lane. But this year was different—despite a strong charge from Ganassi driver and three-time Homestead winner Dan Wheldon, it was teammate Scott Dixon who finished first in this year’s race, the Gainsco Insurance 300. Andretti Green Racing driver Marco Andretti, the victim of some horrendous luck at Homestead in previous years finished second, and Wheldon finished third after starting the race from last place. Andretti teammate Tony Kanaan led the race with just seven laps to go, but was forced out after making contact with the spinning car of Ernesto Viso.   read more »

Emerson Fittipaldi in the official 2008 Indy 500 pace car
Photo by Ron McQueeney / IMS

I thought I was doing okay, patiently waiting for May to get here. And then this… a photo of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 2008 Indy 500 pace car driver Emerson Fittipaldi with a brand-spankin’ new pace car fresh off the assembly line at the Chevrolet plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.   read more »

Chad Reed won the final AMA Supercross event at the RCA Dome on a course he designed himself. In fact, it was the final live spectator event to be held at the RCA Dome ever. The dome will be demolished to make way for the expansion of the Indiana Convention Center, and future events will be held in Lucas Oil Stadium which is nearing completion and will open in time for the first Indianapolis Colts game in August 2008.   read more »

Though not yet announced by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it’s apparent that Stone Temple Pilots will headline the now-traditional Carb Day concert on May 23, 2008. The date was listed on Blabbermouth.net (sounds like a trustworthy source, right?) as part of the reunited Stone Temple Pilots 2008 tour. In addition, the hard rock band Chevelle announced during an interview on Indianapolis radio station X103 that they would perform at the Speedway on Fast Friday May 9. More info about these acts and more to come as they are announced.