Some lessons are learned the hard way. Like many of the Indy 500 Rookies before him, Kurt Busch encountered his first open-wheel crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. The NASCAR Cup champion lost the back end of his car coming out of Turn 2, and slammed hard into the outside wall before coming to rest…

The field is set. Well, sort of. The 33 cars that are entered in this year’s Indianapolis 500 all qualified on Saturday. Tomorrow, nine drivers will have the opportunity to win the pole for the 98th running of the Indy 500. Ed Carpenter had the fastest qualifying run today, but the times will be erased tomorrow.…

It’s called Fast Friday, which made perfect sense today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Due to rain and hail (yes, hail) the start of practice was delayed, and it was ended early. Teams and drivers received an extra boost of horsepower to increase the speeds for qualifying this weekend, but there wasn’t much time to play…

So much for a shortened day of practice. The weather forecast for today looked grim, and many of us thought we would be lucky to get an hour or two of practice in. While it was still chilly, the rain drops stayed away. After practice began around 12:45, it was busy until the checkered flag…

It was a wet and wild day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday. After cold temperatures and rain delayed the start of Indy 500 practice until 5:00, the track got busy. There were 29 cars that went out when the green flag dropped, but only 28 of them came back in one piece. Rookie Jack…