TOKYO — Two Hoosiers helped Team USA advance into the finals of their respective track and field events at the Tokyo Olympics Thursday morning. Pike High School-graduate Lynna Irby ran the anchor leg of the women’s 4×400 meter relay team in the semi-finals of the event at Olympic Stadium. She held a lead built by […]

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Juncos Racing is returning to the NTT IndyCar Series next year as a full-time team. The small racing team based in Speedway, Indiana, has primarily focused on its Road To Indy programs in Indy Pro 2000 and Indy Lights over the last two years. 2022 will be the first full-time season in […]

WESTFIELD, Ind.–Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz will have surgery on his injured foot. It is a procedure that will keep him out for several weeks. That announcement was made by Colts Head Coach Frank Reich in a news conference Monday morning. Wentz is scheduled to have surgery at 4 pm Monday. He thinks the timeline […]

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Ticket sales for the first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are looking strong, according to IMS President Doug Boles. “Our overall number is gonna be similar to where they’ve been in the past,” Boles said. “We’ll be in that Colts football range so roughly […]

INDIANAPOLIS–The Indianapolis Colts have a 60% coronavirus vaccination rate, which is 31st in the NFL (second-worst). On Tuesday at training camp, some Colts players shared their thoughts on getting vaccinated. Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner contracted coronavirus last year and he said that played a factor in his decision to get vaccinated. “Last season when […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson is hoping to work his way onto some oval tracks down the road in his career in IndyCar racing. Johnson says his Chip Ganassi Racing team is planning to gauge his comfort level on an oval track in a test session coming up in August at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida. The […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the announcement of Brad Keselowski moving to Roush-Fenway Racing for the 2022 season onward, the future is now uncertain for South Bend, Indiana-native Ryan Newman. Newman, a graduate of Purdue University, has been with Roush-Fenway as the driver of the #6-car since 2019. Keselowski will be taking over the driving duties […]

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The NTT IndyCar Series is staying with NBC as its exclusive TV broadcast partner. The new multi-year agreement will guarantee that NBC will broadcast 13 of the series’ planned races for the 2022 season on network television with NBC. This includes the Indianapolis 500. The remaining races will be broadcast on the […]

INDIANAPOLIS—If you listened to 93.5 and 107.5 The Fan on 1070 AM, before we transitioned to our FM signals, or grew up listening to WIBC on 1070 AM, you will soon hear nothing on that frequency. The familiar crackle of those AM airwaves will go silent indefinitely on Aug. 2. The land where The Fan […]

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The NTT IndyCar Series is getting into the video game industry. The series has announced a new partnership with Motorsport Games to create a new video game, which is expected to be released in 2023 and will be available on Xbox, Play Station, and PC. “Our partnership with Motorsport Games will bring […]