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Aug 21, 2020 Motorsports
Indy 500 Carb Day goes on a carb-cutting diet

No fans, no concert, no party — just drivers doing their final shakedown

It was the saddest Carb Day in Indianapolis 500 history. The Snake Pit sat silent in the empty infield, no sign of any rowdy revelers who turn an important day at the track into Indiana's biggest party. The annual “Carburetion Day” began as a critical on-track session of Indy 500 prep as teams adjusted the carburetors of their gasoline-powered engines.

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Aug 21, 2020 Motorsports
Alonso gears up for what could be his last shot at the Triple Crown

He's won at Monaco and Le Mans. Can he nab Indy?

The Spaniard will return to Formula One with Renault in 2021 following a two-year break and team principal Cyril Abiteboul said he would like the 39-year-old to keep his focus solely on Formula One after that. "I'm hardly breathing until next weekend, when he is stepping out of his racing car from Indianapolis," Abiteboul said this week. Victory in Indianapolis would make the Monaco Grand Prix winner and Le Mans 24 Hours champion only the second driver, after the late Briton Graham Hill, to co

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