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Competitive balance has defined the opening portion of this IndyCar season.

Will Power closed the Belle Isle era with a Team Penske victory on Sunday by winning the final Detroit Grand Prix on the island park to reclaim the IndyCar points lead.

Will Power closed the Belle Isle era with a Team Penske victory on Sunday by winning the final Detroit Grand Prix on the island park to reclaim the IndyCar points lead.

Josef Newgarden became the seventh different pole winner through seven IndyCar qualifying sessions this season when he put Team Penske at the front for Sunday’s final Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle.

Summertime favorites kick off this weekend and the Detroit Grand Prix races around Belle Isle one last time.

Alexander Rossi salvaged one solid result for Andretti Autosport. Four finished 19th or worse, but Rossi drove from 20th to an Andretti-best fifth. Not good enough for the team owner, who conceded the IndyCar title with 11 races remaining this season.

Scott Dixon had the car to beat for much of the Indy 500 until a late speeding penalty cost him a chance to kiss the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time since 2008.

Scott Dixon answered a few questions and started to trudge down pit road when he realized he forgot someone: His wife. Dixon turned around, grabbed Emma's hand and took off on what had to be one of the most agonizing walks of his IndyCar career. Dixon had to be feeling them all.

Jimmie Johnson talks about Indy 500 crash that took him out of the race

This is Ericsson's first Indy 500 win.

Jimmie Johnson's car taken away after crash costs him the Indy 500

IndyCar's latest push to go green includes T-shirts made from recycled plastic bottles.

Pato O’Ward inked a contract extension two days before the Indianapolis 500 that makes him the centerpiece of Arrow McLaren SP in IndyCar and perhaps beyond.

When Don Cusick and Beth Paretta left Indianapolis last May, they started planning a return. It took Cusick almost a full year to find an 11th-hour solution to run in the Indianapolis 500, teaming up with a partner. Paretta chose a different path, opting for three road races and against Indy as a one-off — the only race of the season.

Owner Beth Paretta explains the mission for her majority women race team at the Indy 500.

It was a challenging “Fast Friday” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with serious wind disrupting practice for the Indy 500.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato shot to the top of the speed chart Tuesday on the first day of preparations for the May 29 race.

Colton Herta stopped an early slide, overcame two late pit stops and eventually pulled away from Simon Pagenaud on Saturday to win the wild, wacky and wet IndyCar Grand Prix.

One of the many popular events that preludes the Indianapolis 500 is the annual road race at the famous venue, as IndyCar holds its final event before the big race in the GMR Grand Prix on Saturday. A lot of shuffling has happened in the points standings happened in the last IndyCar race, in the Grand Prix of Alabama. This will be the 12 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, and each winner dating back to 2014 is expected to be in the field on Saturday. What: GMR Grand PrixWho: NTT IndyCar SeriesWhen: Saturday, May 14Time: 3:00 p.m. Channel: NBCStream: FuboTV (7-day free trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream, PeacockCheck out the IndyCar standings and results here

Will Power used the final lap of qualifying Friday to leapfrog five other drivers and win the pole for the IndyCar Grand Prix.

IndyCar veteran Stefan Wilson will return to the cockpit for this month's Indianapolis 500.

The Courier Journal's Tim Sullivan feels this one former Bob Baffert horse has been as impressive as any in the Kentucky Derby field.

After a week of testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the IndyCar series gets back on the road course for the third time this season, taking part in the 11th running of the Grand Prix of Alabama. Current points leader Josef Newgarden is looking to win at the track for a fourth time in his Indy career. Newgarden comes into Alabama on a bit of a hot streak, having won the last two races. What: Honday Indy Grand Prix of AlabamaWho: NTT IndyCar SeriesWhen: Sunday, May 1Time: 1:00 p.m. ETWhere: Barber Motorsports Park (Birgmingham, Ala.)Channel: NBCStream: FuboTV (7-day free trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream, PeacockCheck out the NASCAR standings and results here

Jimmie Johnson posted the fastest lap of his career Thursday as IndyCar drivers got back to work Thursday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Boles said track workers spent five hours dragging tires through the apron in hopes of providing more grip.

Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear announced Friday the winner of this year’s poster competition for the racing event.

Pato O'Ward had high hopes for this season and believed an IndyCar championship could open his path to a seat in Formula One.

Jimmie Johnson says he will race in the Long Beach Grand Prix despite a broken hand suffered in a crash at the track.

Jimmie Johnson pulled one glove over the carbon fiber splint built specifically for his broken right hand. A piece of tape around two fingers outside of the glove was to prevent him from using his pinky — the digit closest to the fracture — as he drove his car around the downtown streets of Long Beach. Johnson said he's good to go for Sunday at Long Beach, the IndyCar stop considered his home race.

It was quite the weekend in motorsports, which is typically the bit player on the massive stick-and-ball sporting landscape so eager for its own time in the spotlight.

Josef Newgarden used the nonexistent high line to pass Scott McLaughlin in the final turn at Texas Motor Speedway and steal the IndyCar race his teammate had dominated.

Roger Penske met Josef Newgarden in victory lane with six crisp hundred dollar bills to gift the race winner. Newgarden used the nonexistent high line to pass Scott McLaughlin in the final turn Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway and steal the IndyCar race his teammate had dominated. It was the 600th overall victory for Roger Penske across all of his platforms.

Jack Harvey failed the cognitive test he was required to take following a hard crash in practice at Texas Motor Speedway and was not cleared to compete Sunday. Santino Ferrucci was named the replacement driver in the No. 45 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Ferrucci drove the car in five races last year, and as a current Dallas resident was available when RLL needed an emergency fill-in.

IndyCar's long relationship with Texas Motor Speedway is at a crossroads headed into the 35th race at the track that has always embraced the open-wheel series. Texas has hosted IndyCar since the track opened in 1997 but its existing contract, done by Eddie Gossage, who retired as general manager last year, expires after the race Sunday. IndyCar was up against the NCAA Tournament being played 30 minutes away from the Fort Worth track, but there also was a noticeable lack of promotion or activation in the fifth-largest market in the country.

Jimmie Johnson returns to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend searching for some of his old NASCAR magic.

Roger Penske celebrated his 85th birthday in victory lane with the Daytona 500 trophy. He skipped the post-race hamburger party with winner Austin Cindric to get back to Detroit for a regularly scheduled global call with Penske associates,...

Michael Andretti has filed an application with the FIA to field a Formula One team starting in 2024.

Volunteers are still needed and registration is open as preparations for the 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix continue.

IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden took us on a ride around what will be the Grand Prix’s new circuit in Downtown Detroit.

The Detroit City Council granted its approval for the Detroit Grand Prix to move from Belle Isle to the Detroit River waterfront, a move proposed by Bud Denker, president of Penske Corporation, in September. The race will return to Belle Isle June 3-5, 2022, before moving to downtown Detroit in 2023. “We are so excited to begin a new era of the Grand Prix beginning in 2023,” a statement reads. “Ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to experience the energy of our street festival in downtown Detroit. In the coming weeks we look forward to sharing our vision for the future of the Grand Prix in the Motor City.”

DETROIT – The Detroit Grand Prix is eying a move back downtown. Representatives of the annual IndyCar race on Belle Isle laid out a plan before Detroit City Council on Tuesday to bring the race back to the streets of downtown Detroit where the race was held from 1982 to 1991. The race is scheduled to return to Belle Isle June 3-5, 2022 and a current agreement with the state to host the race on Belle Isle is good though 2024. Bud Denker, president of Penske Corporation, wants to see a downtown street circuit beginning in 2023. The 2021 version of the Detroit Grand Prix was won by Marcus Ericsson and Patricio O’Ward.

The IndyCar championship race tightened ahead of the Grand Prix of Long Beach after a messy qualifying session put Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward in the middle of the pack.

The IndyCar Series speeds into its season finale at Sunday riding a myriad of gains that have America's top open-wheel series feeling confident about its future.

Mark your calendars and start your engines -- the Detroit Grand Prix has announced its return to Belle Isle in 2022.

Colton Herta cruised to an easy victory at Laguna Seca on Sunday while Alex Palou moved one race closer to the IndyCar championship.

The IndyCar Series is feeling rather bullish as it heads into its final two races of the season.

To pull off a successful pit stop during an IndyCar race, it takes a team of highly skilled and physically fit crew members including tire technicians, air-jack operators, fuelers, and coaches. During a typical pit stop, the crew changes all four tires and adds 18.5 gallons of fuel in less than seven seconds. In May, Insider followed the Andretti Autosport pit crew as they prepared for the 2021 Indianapolis 500. In the week leading up to the race, the team worked out at PitFit, a fitness center specifically designed to train pit crew members. The team also conducted dozens of pit stop practices at the Andretti Autosport practice facility and tested their state-of-the-art cars at the famed speedway on Carb Day ahead of IndyCar's most famous race.

Jimmie Johnson is moving one step closer to adding the Indianapolis 500 to his IndyCar schedule with a successful test on his first oval.

The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days.

A rash of overaggressive driving has jumbled the IndyCar championship fight.

Alex Palou stood in the darkened infield watching a replay of the crash that had knocked him out of the final oval event of the season and, consequently, swallowed the last of his lead in the IndyCar standings. The rest of the field roared on without him Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway after Palou was caught in a three-car accident triggered by yet another sketchy restart. Sloppy racing and botched restarts have been a problem all season in IndyCar — remember, eventual race winner Marcus Ericsson drove up and over Sebastien Bourdais even before the field got to the restart line at Nashville earlier this month — and a rash of impatient and overaggressive driving has jumbled the championship fight.

IndyCar will return to Iowa Speedway for a July doubleheader next season.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the busiest track in motorsports this weekend.

Colton Herta stamped himself as the driver to beat in the inaugural IndyCar Music City Grand Prix.

IndyCar may have a hit on its hands if the first few days were an indicator of the enthusiasm from fans and drivers of the race.

Josef Newgarden is the toast of Nashville.

IndyCar is ready for its debut race through Nashville's city streets.

IndyCar rookie Jimmie Johnson is hopeful of testing in August at Homestead-Miami Speedway as part of a path toward running in the Indianapolis 500 in 2022.

IndyCar has signed a multi-year extension with NBC Sports that guarantees a majority of the racing schedule will air on its main NBC channel.

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Hunter Dickinson has withdrawn from the NBA draft to stay at Michigan for his sophomore season.

A man had the kind of morning nightmares are made of while he was using the toilet.

The recall includes Tyson branded products and private label merchandise for restaurants.

Michael Shank will use IndyCar's monthlong break to work on the long-term future of his race program.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday called for allotting $150 million in federal coronavirus rescue funds for Michigan's local parks and trails, the second time she has proposed major recreation spending in less than a month.

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Josef Newgarden snapped his streak of late race misfortunes to win for the first time this season, earning the first IndyCar victory of the year for Team Penske on the same weekend the storied organization celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first win.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is canceling its free show Sunday, July 4 due to all of the recent flooding and extreme weather.

The Michigan Department of Transportation will be repairing and rebuilding 24 miles of I-275 between Will Carlton Road and 6 Mile Road in Wayne County in six phases over four years. Here's everything to know.

Danielle Shepherd grew up in Ohio a racing fan, cheering wildly for Jimmy Vasser in the 180-degree Keyhole turn at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

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Ford Motor Company is calling for production cuts as the automaker grapples with the ongoing chip shortage crisis.

The CBS analyst says he's been struck by the performance of IndyCar drivers, Castroneves in particular, thus far in the Camping World SRX series as the drivers head to Indy for Week 4's race at Lucas Oil Raceway.

Alex Palou sailed past Josef Newgarden with two laps remaining Sunday to win at Road America and reclaim the IndyCar points lead.

Josef Newgarden has earned the pole position for Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America as he attempts to help Team Penske earn its first win of the season.

Rinus VeeKay was on a 75-mile training ride when he lost control of his bicycle, flew over the handlebars and landed so hard on his left shoulder that the impact also cracked his helmet.

Rinus VeeKay has been injured in a cycling accident and his status for IndyCar’s race at Road America this weekend is uncertain.

Having a good team can mean the difference between taking home a win or going home empty handed -- the same goes for the other side of the track.

Watching the race on TV or even from the grandstands, it’s impossible to appreciate what the drivers experience out on the actual race course.

The Dual in Detroit is back! Engines roared Sunday on Belle Isle as the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear continued.

Oliver Askew got a late call from former team Arrow McLaren SP to be the replacement driver for Felix Rosenqvist in Sunday's IndyCar race at Bell Isle.

Engines roared Saturday on Belle Isle for day two of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.

Marcus Ericsson raced to his first IndyCar victory Saturday in the action-packed opener of the doubleheader at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park.

Over the next month, the Supreme Court will be closing out its annual term, clearing out its docket and providing a look at how the new 6-3 conservative majority — featuring three justices appointed by then-President Donald Trump — will rule in the future.

The Reptarium in Utica is a local reptile zoo where guests can interact with snakes, lizards, baby alligators, and more!

Detroit Police are seeking to locate a suspect wanted in connection to a carjacking on the city's east side.

U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government's road safety agency reported Thursday.

The Michigan Department of Transportation says drivers should always check Michigan.gov/drive for updates on all projects.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday that the Michigan Department of Transportation received nearly $978,000 from the Federal Highway Administration.

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The two IndyCar veterans are among a wide array of drivers gearing up for the inaugural season of the new series.

Tucker Carlson debunked the myth that AR-15s are “assault rifles” or “weapons of war” on Fox Nation, noting they are the most popular rifle in America, and most commonly purchased for hunting or personal protection.

The Detroit Grand Prix is returning to Detroit and Belle Isle — and fans will be allowed to attend.

Detroit Grand Prix chairman Bud Denker expects between 6,000-9,000 fans will be allowed to view the action on Belle Isle Park each day.

Racing For Kids is kicking off its 32nd year of helping sick children through motorsports, with a full schedule of 2021 virtual hospital visits and in-person

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IndyCar has gotten the green flag to finally start its season in Texas next month with a nighttime race on June 6 without spectators. The race at Texas Motor Speedway was the next one on the series schedule that hadnt been postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. IndyCar and track officials announced the details Thursday, heavy with safety precautions. America needs live sports and they are not going to believe what they see when the Genesys 300 storms into their living rooms on TV from Texas, Gossage said. In a joint statement, Abbott and Gossage said racing is part of Texas culture.

Scott McLaughlin was supposed to leave Australia for Indianapolis this month to make his IndyCar debut on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With sports on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, the two-time V8 SuperCars champion saw his IndyCar plans postponed. McLaughlin and Pagenaud won twice, and Norris and Sage Karam were the other winners of this series created for content while IndyCar is on hold. Lets try to have some fun.Daly, who has earned new fame through the iRacing series for his colorful commentary on his in-race stream, again delivered with one-liners and a humorous post-race speech. Also absent from the field were fan-favorite James Hinchcliffe as well as Kyle Kaiser, Felipe Nasr, and Spencer Pigot, who had all participated in previous IndyCar iRacing events.

Scott Dixon, five-time IndyCar champion and relatively new iRacing competitor, received a brief set of instructions from boss Chip Ganassi about the world of virtual racing. Kyle Larson was fired by Ganassi this week for using a racial slur during a virtual race. He has competed in the first three official NASCAR virtual races, hosted other virtual events and signed topical pain reliever Blue-Emu the sponsor that dropped Wallace as a backer. Virtual racing has become the only way for drivers to promote their partners during stay-at-home orders, and teams have recognized the value of having their drivers participate. Until racing resumes, the virtual competition is all there is for drivers and fans.

Roger Penske has canceled the doubleheader race at Detroit and adjusted the IndyCar schedule Monday as the series remains on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. IndyCar is now tentatively scheduled to start its season June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. To ensure a 15-race schedule, IndyCar will now run doubleheaders at Iowa Speedway, Laguna Speedway in California, and return for a second race on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in October. The Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey will now feature a race Sept. 19, as well as the previously scheduled race Sept. 20. Penske scheduled the Harvest GP is in addition to a July 4 scheduled road course race at the speedway and the Indy 500.