Indianapolis 500

The Indy 500 begins Sunday afternoon on NBC, after Formula One and before NASCAR. Heres how to watch and what to know about the famous race.

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s Indianapolis 500.

Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon added to his legacy after winning his fifth Indianapolis 500 pole position with a record-breaking time trial.

Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following years of health issues.

Bob Jenkins, who was ESPN’s lead motorsports announcer for more than 20 years and called the Indianapolis 500 on television and radio has died.

Castroneves won the 105th Indianapolis 500, which marks his fourth Indy 500 win.

Helio Castroneves has joined the exclusive club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners

All ticket holders for today’s Indianapolis 500 race are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at the Indianapolis Speedway.

A Chevrolet Corvette Stingray hardtop convertible will lead drivers to the green flag for the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30.

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has died

The Indianapolis 500 plans to host 135,000 spectators next month, which would make it the largest sporting event in the world since the pandemic

Marco Andretti has quite the eclectic group of celebrities rooting for him to win the Indianapolis 500.

The Indianapolis 500 scheduled for May 24 has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and won’t run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946.

President Donald Trump awarded one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Roger Penske, a businessman and founder of one of the world’s most successful motorsports teams. Penske received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday during a White House ceremony in the Oval Office. The president described Penske as a man who has “built a team and legacy that...

Like most aspiring broadcasters of his era, Mike Tirico remembers tuning into ABC every Saturday to watch Wide World of Sports, listening in rapt attention to the dulcet tones of Jim McKay. “It was Channel 7 back in New York,” Tirico recalled fondly, “and this was a time that was almost unfathomable — pre-cable, no internet. Wide World of Sports...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will work his first Kentucky Derby on Saturday as part of his expanding role with NBC Sports. The retired NASCAR superstar is also slated to cover his first Indianapolis 500 later this month. Earnhardt will work alongside reporter Rutledge Wood at Churchill Downs as the duo roams the infield, Millionaires Row and interacts with fans in attendance....

Danica Patrick will join NBC Sports’ inaugural coverage of the Indianapolis 500 as an analyst alongside host Mike Tirico.
Patrick says her eighth appearance in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” prepped her for a return as a television personality.

NBC Sports announced Friday that Mike Tirico will anchor the network’s inaugural Indianapolis 500 coverage on May 26, giving him his first glimpse at the largest single-day crowd to attend a sporting event anywhere in the world.

Will Power hated racing on ovals. He wasn’t a fan of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and figured he would never win the Indianapolis 500. That kind of attitude doesn’t fly when you drive for Roger Penske. Power had to change his thinking and his performance on oval tracks. He learned to respect the speedway. And the 37-year-old Power is now a...

Danica Patrick’s racing career ended with a wreck in Turn 2 at the track that made her famous. Patrick had been running near the middle of the pack in the Indianapolis 500 when she lost control, slid hard into the outside wall, then caromed across the track and hit the inside barrier. The rest of the field missed Patrick as...