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Indy 500 Payout Breakdown: Prize Money & What the Winner Gets

What does the winner of the most famous IndyCar race in history receive?

Sports Illustrated

Penske’s modifications aren’t entirely the problem, the fact that no one caught them is

Pole qualifying for the Indy 500 took a dramatic turn as the Team Penske cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power were pulled out of line due to unapproved parts at the rear of the car. The resulting action for the infraction sent both cars to the back of the…

Motorsport

The Greatest Indy 500 Moments

On each Memorial Day weekend since 1974, engines roar at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for one of the most iconic events in American sports—the Indianapolis 500.

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IndyCar president says qualifying scandal is "devastating" to Roger Penske

On Monday morning, news rocked the IndyCar paddock as the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet of Josef Newgarden and the No. 12 Chevrolet of Will Power were sent to the rear of the field for the 109th running of the Indy 500. Both teams have been fined $100,000 each and…

Motorsport

Exclusive: Indy polesitter Robert Shwartzman on how ovals looked "scary" to him

If you were shocked by Indianapolis 500 rookie Robert Shwartzman’s pole run with fellow debutants Prema Racing, you shouldn’t feel too bad about it. Even the driver himself struggled to grasp what he’d done in the hours after he led the way in the Fast 6 to earn the right to…

Motorsport

Rookie Robert Shwartzman earns shock Indy 500 pole with Prema Racing

At the start of the week at Indianapolis, Prema Racing was at the very bottom of the time sheets as they struggled to get the cars ready. But that seems like a different universe now as the rookie driver and rookie IndyCar team have done the unthinkable, earning pole position…

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50-year-old Tony Kanaan passes Indy 500 veteran test: “It was awesome”

For the second year in a row, Kyle Larson is giving it his all to try to achieve “The Double,” racing in the Indy 500 and the Coke 600 on May 25. However, if Mother Nature interferes, Tony Kanaan is prepared to fill in as a substitute for the 2021…

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How hybrid engines will impact the Indy 500, according to a two-time winner

In addition to the usual challenge of actually winning the Indy 500, for 2025 drivers and teams must now contend with a new and potentially decisive factor for this year’s edition of the Greatest Spectacle In Racing: the hybrid unit has its formal premiere at the 2.5 mile oval of…

Motorsport

How Nolan Siegel is planning his 2025 Indy 500 redemption arc with Arrow McLaren

Despite not having taken part in the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing," not many drivers can claim to have made their mark on the Indianapolis 500 — but Nolan Siegel did.

Motorsport

The new rule that could force Kyle Larson to choose NASCAR over Indy

Kyle Larson is aiming to join a select group of drivers in completing the Indy 500/Coke 600 'Double,' running both races on the same day this year. Only four drivers have ever done it and the last to successfully accomplish it was Kurt Busch back in 2014.

Motorsport

From opera houses to the Indy 500: Arturo Chacón-Cruz's next big stage

Acclaimed opera tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform “God Bless America” during pre-race ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500

The Independent UK

Will Power: Alex Palou Indy 500 win “would be one of the greatest motorsports moments"

Every driver wants to win, no matter what. That is what they work and dream for every day. So what Alex Palou has been doing in the 2025 IndyCar season—winning four of the first five races, with a second-place finish in the remaining one—is something no one in the field…

Motorsport

The Indy 500's Pace Car Has More Power Than the Race Cars

The C8 Corvette ZR1's incredible 1,064 horsepower brings with it a number of superlatives. Add this unexpected one to the list: More powerful than the race cars it'll pace to green at this year's Indy 500.

Motor1

Formula 1’s (almost) all-American teams

For many years Formula 1 tried and failed to connect with the US audience, but all that has changed in the last decade. Burgeoning interest is now served by three grands prix on US soil and an American team on the grid – with another one about to join. Cadillac is…

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Bumping confirmed for Indy 500 as Takuma Sato becomes the 34th entry

Takuma Sato may be 48 years old, but the two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 isn't quite done yet. The veteran racer has announced plans to attempt the 109th running of the Indy 500, becoming the 34th driver to confirm their plans to do so. This means that bumping is…

Motorsport

Everything you need to know as the 2025 IndyCar season kicks off in St. Pete

Welcome to the 2025 IndyCar season! Within just the first few laps put down in St. Petersburg, Florida this weekend... Chip Ganassi's Alex Palou will be fighting for a fourth IndyCar title while his veteran teammate Scott Dixon continues to chase a record-tying seventh crown for himself. And they aren't the…

Motorsport

Interview: Mario Andretti on Cadillac's "impossible" F1 dream, his role and Hamilton at Ferrari

You can retire from a job, but not from your passion. Mario Andretti is an easy pick for the Mount Rushmore of American racers, but at the age of 84 there is no way of keeping the winner of the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and a Formula 1 world championship…

The Independent UK

What's the difference between racing Indy 500 and Daytona 500? Drivers who have tried both explain

They are the signature spectacles in each racing series, the Indianapolis 500 and all its pageantry with more than a century of tradition and milk drinking in open wheel racing, and the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s season opener run under the Florida sun at the unofficial home of the “birthplace of…

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Helio Castroneves: The Indy 500 legend with the Daytona 500 rookie nerves

What would be considered the most prestigious race in the US? NASCAR's Daytona 500, or IndyCar's Indianapolis 500?

Motorsport

Conor Daly thinks IndyCar should race in Mexico and Argentina "immediately"

The Juncos driver has thoughts on everything: IndyCar's international expansion, the need for a new car, his shot at winning the Indy 500, and more

Motorsport

Kyle Larson is taking a much more laid-back approach to prepping for the Indy 500

Kyle Larson won't test-drive his IndyCar much in advance of the 2025 Indy 500 as he makes his second attempt at The Double.

Motorsport

Helio Castroneves' biggest challenge ahead of his Daytona 500 attempt

Castroneves has had an incredible racing career. Even with multiple wins at the Indy 500, Rolex 24, he has a lot to learn to earn a spot at Daytona.

Autosport

How Autosport makes its Top 50 and why the Indy 500 winner missed out in 2024

Please contain your rage! Or at least soften it until you’ve read to the end of this piece.

Autosport

Daly returns to IndyCar full time for 2025 with Juncos Hollinger Racing

Is Conor Daly the mercenary who finally found a home?“The nomad that finally got a place to take residence,” was his response to Autosport in an exclusive sit down roughly an hour before the announcement that he would be returning to IndCar with Juncos Hollinger Racing for 2025. The native Hoosier…

Motorsport

Conor Daly finally returns full time for 2025 with Juncos Hollinger Racing

Conor Daly finally has his full-time IndyCar Series return with Juncos Hollinger, says he's aiming to win the Indianapolis 500.

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