By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Saturday was eventful at the Speedway. Denny Hamlin earned pole position for Sunday’s Brickyard 400, then finished fourth in the inaugural Indiana 250 Nationwide race. Carl Edwards qualified second for the Brickyard and Joey Logano third. Brad Keselowski won the Indiana 250. Elliott Sadler led before being penalized for allegedly jumping a restart and […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Danica Patrick is still looking for her first win at Indianapolis. Patrick completed 38 laps at the first ever NASCAR Nationwide Indiana 250 before crashing into Reed Sorensen. Here is part of her reaction: Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cliffbrunt_isl Follow us on Facebook: ISL Facebook Other stories: Behind the scenes at […]
By Chuck Samples ISL Correspondent He’s as surprised to be in Sonoma’s Victory Lane as anybody. Maybe he shouldn’t be. Clint Bowyer may have gotten an extended push (literally) from Kurt Busch on Sunday, but the truth of the matter is he dominated the race. In the process, he notched his first win of 2012, […]
By CLIFF BRUNT, ISL Editor I have compiled some of my favorite photos from the Month of May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Some are of cars, others of celebrities and others are of the festivities from the victory banquet. Enjoy, and click the blue link on each page to move to the next photo. […]
Ashley, Dario and Chip Ganassi kiss the bricks Info provided by IndyCar: INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, June 13, 2012) – INDYCAR, the sanctioning body for the IZOD IndyCar Series, announced today its scheduled Aug. 19 race in Qingdao, China, has been cancelled. “We wanted to give the China race every opportunity to move forward and be successful, […]
Cliff Brunt, right, with colleague and friend Jim Johnson, left, at the Indianapolis 500. It was Brunt’s eighth consecutive 500, but his first working primarily for indysportslegends.com. Johnson works for WIRE radio (Radio Mom), 91.1 FM, based in Lebanon, Ind., and is assistant sports editor at the Crawfordsville Journal Review. Next photo: http://www.indysportslegends.com/ed-carpenter-signs-an-autograph-for-a-fan-at-community-day/
Dario Franchitti earned $2,474,280 from an overall purse of $13,285,815 for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 win. The four-time series champion from Scotland became just the 10th driver to win IndyCar’s signature event at least three times. Next photo: http://www.indysportslegends.com/gladys-knight-at-indy/
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