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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Drivers who try the Indy 500-NASCAR 600 double have had mixed results. Kyle Larson is next

INDIANAPOLIS — Only four drivers have attempted one of the most grueling days in motorsports: the 1,100-mile Memorial Day weekend double. A look at the previous efforts: John Andretti Total double attempts: One At Indianapolis: Started 10th, finished 10th At Charlotte: Started ninth, finished 36th Total laps completed: 416 The skinny: The nephew of racing great Mario Andretti and cousin …

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7 months ago

Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Ask almost any hardcore motorsports fan who the best driver in the world is right now and the answer is probably going to be Formula 1’s three-time reigning champion. “I would say they’re on the same level,” Rossi replied, “which is like, yeah, that’s a pretty big deal.” Larson qualified fifth on Sunday for his first Indianapolis 500, …

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7 months ago

Team Penske locks out Indy 500 front row qualifying as Larson makes ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — For more than a month, Will Power has all but guaranteed that Team Penske would win the pole for the Indianapolis 500. Power remaining convinced though, even after Penske suspended four team employees including Team Penske president Tim Cindric, the strategist for defending Indy 500 winner Newgarden. McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Jimmie Johnson to attempt his own version of Indy 500 & NASCAR doubleheader

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson will attempt his own version of “The Double” when he becomes the first driver to be part of the Indianapolis 500 broadcast team hours before he competes in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600. Johnson, who ran the Indy 500 in 2022, was part of NBC Sports’ broadcast booth in 2021 when he ran only the road and street …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kyle Larson’s Indianapolis 500 qualifying attempt could derail NASCAR All-Star plans

Associated Press

— Kyle Larson ran into his first speed bump in his busy May. Larson next month will become the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete “ The Double ” and run 1,100 miles in one day, starting with the Indianapolis 500 in an Indy car and then flying to Charlotte to drive in the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest …

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1 year ago

Roger Penske pumps brakes on NASCAR champ Ryan Blaney’s Indy 500 ambitions. Larson to attempt double

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One NASCAR championship down and Ryan Blaney already has his eyes on another prize. Roger Penske said Thursday that NASCAR’s reigning Cup champion had inquired about someday running “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” but “The Captain” pumped the brakes. “It’s interesting to me that Blaney said to me that he’d looked to go to Indy,” Penske said …

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1 year, 5 months ago

How Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny De-Aged Harrison Ford

Wired

Near the end of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Nazis attempt to pull off one of the oldest tropes in entertainment: using the movie’s titular dial, the Antikythera, to travel back to 1939 and assassinate Adolf Hitler. Thanks to several tools—machine learning, CGI, other tech—80-year-old Harrison Ford spends roughly 25 minutes of the film looking like the Indiana …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Kyle Larson and Hendrick crew arrive for Indianapolis 500 immersion

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Jeff Gordon remembers standing along the fence of pit lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a child, hoping that his hero Rick Mears would walk past and give the aspiring young driver an autograph. “Kyle has always made it known that he wanted it to be possible to get behind the wheel of an Indy car and do …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Reich out, Saturday in as Colts try to fix stagnant offense

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Frank Reich’s attempt to fix the Indianapolis Colts’ sputtering offense failed, so now owner Jim Irsay is turning to another trusted name — former All-Pro center Jeff Saturday. “I think Frank’s an unbelievable football coach, I think he’s an unbelievable man,” said Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel, the last head coach still left from the 2018 hiring class. “Frank’s …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Bills rally to beat Colts 27-24 in Matt Ryan’s Indy debut

Associated Press

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Matt Ryan can finally put the Falcons behind him. “I’m part of this team and there’s 30, 40 other guys that it was their first time playing with the Colts today,” Ryan said following a 27-24 preseason-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. He finished 11 of 18 for 86 yards with his second interception …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Andretti says control issues of F1 team ended Sauber talks

Associated Press

IndyCar team owner Michael Andretti said Thursday that “control issues at the 11th hour” derailed his bid to buy the Alfa Romeo team from Sauber but he has not given up on his attempt to acquire a Formula One team. Had the F1 deal gone through, Andretti said he would have promoted Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood to Herta’s seat. …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Alonso confident in team prep for another Indy 500 attempt

The Hindu

His steering wheel has been secured and the car is the proper color, two signs Fernando Alonso has a far better shot this year at the Indianapolis 500. READ | “I had a very nice feeling, a nice surprise of how well the team is organized and prepared and I think it’s going to be a good 500 for us.” …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Alonso confident in team prep for another Indy 500 attempt

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — His steering wheel has been secured and the car is the proper color, two signs Fernando Alonso has a far better shot this year at the Indianapolis 500. “I had a very nice feeling, a nice surprise of how well the team is organized and prepared and I think it’s going to be a good 500 for us.” …

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Drivers who try the Indy 500-NASCAR 600 double have had mixed results. Kyle Larson is next

Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world

Team Penske locks out Indy 500 front row qualifying as Larson makes ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’

Jimmie Johnson to attempt his own version of Indy 500 & NASCAR doubleheader

Kyle Larson’s Indianapolis 500 qualifying attempt could derail NASCAR All-Star plans

Roger Penske pumps brakes on NASCAR champ Ryan Blaney’s Indy 500 ambitions. Larson to attempt double

How Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny De-Aged Harrison Ford

Kyle Larson and Hendrick crew arrive for Indianapolis 500 immersion

Reich out, Saturday in as Colts try to fix stagnant offense

Bills rally to beat Colts 27-24 in Matt Ryan’s Indy debut

Andretti says control issues of F1 team ended Sauber talks

Alonso confident in team prep for another Indy 500 attempt

Alonso confident in team prep for another Indy 500 attempt