David Malsher-Lopez

Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing's runaway points leader in the NTT IndyCar Series, took a dominant pole for Saturday’s Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis road course, with a 0.4s margin over his nearest pursuer. Three of his closest rivals were the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Hondas of Graham Rahal, rookie...

Graham Rahal emerged fastest in second practice for Saturday’s Sonsio Grand Prix, ahead of his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing teammates Louis Foster and Devlin DeFrancesco. Rahal used Firestone’s alternate compound to lap the 14-turn 2.439-mile Indianapolis road course in 1m09.7242s an, average of 125.930mph, to shade his rookie teammate by...

Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s three-time and defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou produced the fastest speed in Thursday's final test session ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. The current IndyCar points leader set his best time on his third of 83 laps, a 223.993mph tour of the iconic 2.5-mile...

Former IndyCar ace Paul Tracy is confident that his “Racers Unchained” podcast, announced earlier this week, will prove a hit with listeners and viewers. Addressing the media at this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, the 2003 Champ Car title winner said: “Last week we recorded a couple of...

Well, kinda… 50 years ago, California unveiled its harborfront street race, and while perhaps less glamorous than Monaco, the birth of the Grand Prix of Long Beach is no less extraordinary.When a pack of Formula 5000 cars bellowed into life on Friday, Sept. 26, 1975, somewhere around 1:15pm PT, then...

A 212mph crash at Pocono Raceway in his 2018 rookie NTT IndyCar Series season left Robert Wickens with a thoracic spinal fracture, a neck fracture, tibia and fibula fractures to both legs, as well as fractures to both hands, a forearm, an elbow and four ribs. Through a long period...

Just before the 2020 season, Will Power provided some observational evidence that Rinus VeeKay’s career momentum was set to continue unabated as he moved up to the “big cars.” The former karting sensation had finished runner-up in USF2000 in 2017 -- the year he changed his last name from the...

Time it was, and what a time it was,It was a time of innocence, a time of confidences.Long ago, it must be… I have a photograph.Preserve your memories; they’re all that’s left you.The words are Paul Simon’s and sung by he and Art Garfunkel in 'Bookends'. I find myself humming...

As much as our rose-tinted retro spectacles like to believe that motorsports was better in the old days, domination has been a regular occurrence in racing’s 120-year existence. On YouTube, you can find Shell’s fantastic half-hour documentary on the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix. It’s a delightful trip back in time...

BorgWarner has presented Roger Penske with his 20th Championship Team Owner’s Trophy and Josef Newgarden with his second “Baby Borg” in honor of their triumph in last year’s 108th running of the Indianapolis 500.The ceremony, held at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, saw Newgarden receive the 20-inch miniature...