2023 Indy 500
Get To Know: Santino Ferrucci Finish better than where you started. It seems like it could be the official motto of Santino Ferrucci. It’s not where the journey began. It’s the direction you decide to take it. Perhaps that’s how he ended up in IndyCar. He began his career as a promising karter near his […]
Get To Know: Takuma Sato He may see it when he makes the drive from Carmel. There, just off the interstate, perhaps Takuma Sato sees his past, while on the way to his present. A bicycle track. The Major Taylor Velodrome, is right on the path. Right there for the Tokyo native to see as […]
Get To Know: Callum Ilott When 24 year old Callum Ilott decided to spend his 2022 season racing IndyCar, he said he was off to pursue the “American Dream.” In 2001, Ricardo Juncos left Argentina with $400 in a backpack, intent on someday owning his own racing team. He arrived in Miami, started working as […]
Helio Castroneves Before they were waltzing to a “Dancing with the Stars” crown on ABC, Helio Castroneves’ feet were traipsing through the “red foot” clays of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. It was there, in a city the size of Indianapolis on the edge of the Brazilian sugar cane fields, that he fell in love with racing. […]
Get To Know: Marcus Ericsson It stands to figure Marcus Ericsson enjoys a cup of Huski Chocolate while he watches his cooking shows. Sure, he’d have to get his sponsor to send him a few cases (the hot chocolate mix isn’t yet available in the U.S)., but the company painted alongside Ericsson’s car has something […]
Get To Know: Stefan Wilson There must have been 100 things going through his mind in the 2021 Indy 500, as he screamed towards pit road. As Stefan Wilson furiously pumped his brakes, his Andretti Autosport Honda refused to cooperate. Felt like his feet were pushing the pedals through the car tub. Just 32 laps […]
Get To Know: Jack Harvey Jack Harvey knows about patience. Day after day, he endures the importance of waiting for the perfect amount of time. It’s how he landed his girlfriend. Invited her over to sample some of his delicious baked goods. Jack Harvey. Expert baker. Jack Harvey knows about patience. Year after year, he […]
Get To Know: Romain Grosjean Racing is in Romain Grosjean’s genes. Well, snow pants, more specifically. His Dad’s Dad was an Olympian, after all. Fernand Grosjean rode his alpine skis all over the world. The ‘48 Olympics in his home country. The ‘52 Olympics in Norway. The World Championships in Aspen. There was Fernand, and […]
Get To Know: Alex Palou It was late in Alex Palou’s rookie IndyCar season that he wondered if he’d get a secomd year. “I need a good weekend”, he said. “I have nothing for next year.” He finished 12th, then last (23rd) in the two races of that September 2020 double header. Not good for […]
Time and again, the Indianapolis 500 brings hundreds of thousands of people together. Those people may never have come across each other if it wasn’t for the very event that gives our city its flare. Kids fall in love, adults connect back to the moments that made them first adore 16th and Georgetown. It’s special. […]