Indy 500 post qualifying press conference

  Briscoe, Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, Power, Castroneves, Kanaan
Q. In many ways, winning the pole for the Indy 500 is going to be a lot more exposure than winning another IndyCar Series race. Talk about what you have coming up ahead of you. You're going to be the face of the race leading into next Sunday?
RYAN BRISCOE:  I think this extra boost has certainly favored the Chevrolet cars and we took advantage of it.

Jimmie Johnson wins NASCAR All-Star race and $1M

  by Pete McCole
Just one week after Jimmie Johnson scored the 200th victory for Hendrick Motorsports Jimmie Johnson took Rick Hendrick to victory again – literally – leading the final 10 laps to win the 28th Annual NASCAR Sprint All Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and score a $1 million dollar payday. Johnson and his team played their strategy to perfection, wining the first segment and running at the back of the pack for the rest of the race, saving their tires for the final ten-lap sprint that Johnson led from the start, easily outdistancing Brad Keselowski by 0.841 seconds for his third All Star victory.

Ryan Briscoe wins pole for 96th Indy 500

  IndyCar
Ryan Briscoe had two hours to mentally prepare himself to qualify for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 after crashing in practice on Pole Day 2011. "That was very difficult to get back in the car and go out to qualify," related the Team Penske driver, who started 26th. On May 27, he'll have a decidedly better view of the first turn.

Lofton holds off Keselowski in Charlotte

  by Pete McCole
The big gamble that team owner Eddie Sharp undertook in the offseason paid off in spades on Friday night, as his team celebrated their first victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with driver Justin Lofton taking home his first checkered flag in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Lofton led the final 10 laps after getting past Brad Keselowski on a restart and held on through the final caution period to record his first victory in his 55th series start.

Kyle Busch wins NASCAR All-Star pole

  by Pete McCole
For the second year in a row, Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag for the NASCAR Sprint All Star Race with a $1million dollar prize on the line, winning the pole in Friday’s qualifying session at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch was the fastest driver in Friday’s practice session in the no. 18 Toyota, putting him last among the 20 drivers to take to the track in qualifying, which featured a unique format of three laps and a four-tire pit stop.

Marco Andretti turns fastest lap of month at Indy

  IndyCar
Marco Andretti believes he has a car capable of winning the 96th Indianapolis 500 no matter where he qualifies for the race. But winning the pole for the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" could go a long way to making the goal a reality. The third-generation driver from one of racing's most famous families topped the timesheets on Fast Friday with a lap of 39.5535 seconds (227.540 mph) mph, the fastest lap of the Month of May.

Indy 500 Fast Friday Team Transcripts

  IndyCar
Many of the IndyCar teams were paraded into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway media center on Friday to answer questions from the media.  Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Andretti Autosport, and KV Racing all participated.  Presented are all the transcripts in one document.

Remembering the 'Pass in the Grass'

  by Dave Grayson
Prior to the annual Sprint All Star Race, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, we were treated to several video highlights of this famous race from the NASCAR themed  television shows. Although we've seen these highlights many times over the years, we're still in awe struck wonder over this no holds barred, winner take all, unleashed display of motorsports fury. Needless to say, the one video highlight we see the most is the famed "Pass In The Grass."

Scott Dixon tops Day 6 at Indy

  IndyCar
Following six days of practice totaling 35 sun-splashed hours on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it's time for teams to literally switch gears.  INDYCAR, the sanctioning body of the IZOD IndyCar Series, approved an increase in the turbocharger boost level for "Fast Friday" on May 18 and the May 19-20 time trials for the Indianapolis 500 from 130 kPa (kilopascals) to 140 kPa. The increase will add 40-50 horsepower to the 2.2-lter, turbocharged V-6 engines supplied by Chevrolet, Honda and Lotus, resulting in an increase of 4-5 mph per lap. The boost level will be returned to 130 kPa for the 200-lap race May 27.

Audi heading for Le Mans with all-wheel drive

  R18 e-tron quattro
In a month from now a prestigious success will be at stake for Audi. On June 16/17, a hybrid vehicle could be winning the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time. Electrified drive and quattro all-wheel drive - what looks like two different worlds at first glance has been merged into a technological synthesis by Audi. "Soon after the TDI phase had begun we started to think about the hybridization of a Le Mans sports prototype, when it was foreseeable that the regulations would open up this option," explains Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich.

Carroll Shelby was part of Ford Family for 60 years

  Video talking about winning LeMans in the 60s
Carroll Shelby was a member of the Ford family for the better part of 60 years, producing stunning performance vehicles from concepts to production models.  He once said his energy and passion for performance products were always strongest when he was working with Ford. Shelby most recently collaborated with the company on the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang, the most powerful production V8 in the world. Working with SVT engineers at Sebring and the Arizona Proving Grounds, at times he drove for more than eight hours – at the ripe old age of 88. He was having so much fun, he didn’t want to stop.

Practice Report from the Indy 500 - Car underpowered

  by Stephen Cox
The opening weekend of practice for the 2012 Indianapolis 500 is behind us and things just get weirder and weirder. Rather than dwell on headlines that are already well covered in mainstream news releases, let me dive into a few behind-the-scenes observations and some educated guesswork. My personal, unofficial opinion (which I reserve the right to deny later) is that the new Dallara/Firestone combination simply provides more grip than this engine package is capable of surpassing.