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    POLL: Do you care about the Indy 500?
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    The 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500 will take place tomorrow at noon. ABC will provide the usual live coverage, and viewers will watch to see if pole-sitter Helio Castroneves manages to do his Spider-Man thing at the race's conclusion. Or if Danica makes history. Or maybe you're just looking ...

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    VIDEO: Go Daddy teases raciest-yet Danica Patrick ad for Indy 500
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    GoDaddy and Danica: Click above to view the commercial after the jump
    Go Daddy commercials are well known for two things: 1) Having little to do with web hosting and domains, and 2) Making use of attractive women in suggestive situations. During the Super Bowl, Go Daddy threw racer Danica Patrick ...

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    Return of the King: 71-year-old Richard Petty to field a team in this year's Indy 500
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    Click above for an image gallery of Richard Petty's Indy 500 entry
    For the first time in history, an open-wheel racecar bearing Richard Petty's classic #43 on the side and powder blue and red livery will circle the oval at the 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 24th. The 71-year-old Petty ...

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    Camaro nabs another pace car job - this time Indy 500
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    Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Chevy Camaro Indy Pace Car
    The Chevrolet Camaro and the Indy 500 have a long and storied relationship. Chevy's seminal pony car made its first trip round the Brickyard as a pace car way back in 1967 – it's first year on the market. The '67 Camaro ...

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    Rahal-Letterman to quit IRL unless a sponsor steps up
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    Click for a gallery of shots from the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix
    Roger Penske once said "the quickest way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large fortune." Bobby Rahal is a racer, but he's no fool, and he appears to be taking Penske's sage words to heart. Unless a company steps up ...

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    Helio Castroneves indicted on tax evasion charges
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    Helio Castroneves has known only success in pretty much everything he's ever attempted, whether it be open-wheel racing or his fancy footwork on Dancing with the Stars. But the Brazilian-born driver is going to need more than quick feet and a knack for racing to get the Internal Revenue Service off ...

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    IndyCar Series signs new television deal with Versus
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    If you're keen to follow the reunited IndyCar Series, you may want to call up your cable or satellite provider and add Versus to your package. The channel has secured the rights to broadcast the series, moving the races over from ESPN. Although the lesser-known Versus reaches some 20 million fewer ...

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    92nd Indy 500 ends with pole-sitter Dixon taking checkered flag
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    Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Indy 500New Zealand's Scott Dixon led the field at this year's 92nd Indianapolis 500 going into turn 1 of Lap 1 and, after surviving 200 laps of open wheel mayhem at the Brickyard, crossed the finish line first, 1.75 seconds ahead of second-place ...

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    Scott Dixon grabs Indy 500 pole
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    Scott Dixon, racing for the Target Chip Ganassi IRL team, is your pole sitter for the upcoming Indy 500. Scott took the front spot with a 4-lap average of 226.366 MPH, about 0.5 MPH faster than last year's pole sitter. Slotting in behind Dixon is his teammate, Dan Wheldon, just a fraction slower at ...

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    VIDEO: Danica Patrick hits crew member on pit lane at Indy
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    Follow the jump for video if the incidentWe are soooo glad Danica Patrick hearts Autoblog, because during practice at Indy yesterday, she struck a pit crew member of a competing team. Dale Coyne Racing's Charles Buckman, the chief mechanic for Mario Moraes, suffered a concussion as well as scalp ...

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