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Editor’s Note: Track Record
FOR THE BETTER part of two decades, from the mid ’90s through the aughts, I spent the Sunday of each Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway absorbing the sights and sounds of the Indianapolis 500. While I dreaded waking up around 5 or 6 a.m. to pack up necessities for the day—food, drinks, sunscreen, and seat cushions—I learned quickly that the best way to avoid race-day traffic is to arrive at the track early and go home early. My group tailgated for breakfast and exited the bleachers immediately when the checkered flag dropped. Everything that happened in between made up for the drowsiness and naps that would inevitably follow in the late afternoon.
Duke Energy’s Midwest Lineman’s Rodeo qualifies 15 local lineworkers to compete in international event
INDIANA – At a competition powered by skill and packed with competitors, 15 Duke Energy lineworkers secured spots over the weekend to compete among the most elite lineworkers in the world this fall at the International Lineman’s Rodeo. Duke Energy’s Midwest Lineman’s Rodeo in Plainfield was one of...
New IHSAA sectional alignments are out. Here are takeaways with plenty of teams on move.
The Indiana High School Athletic Association unveiled the new sectional alignments in six team sports — boys basketball, girls basketball, football, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball — at its executive committee meeting Tuesday for the next two-year period. The baseball and softball sectional realignment committee will...
Mayor says negotiations on Eleven Park soccer stadium 'terminated' while his new proposal advances
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett says the city is no longer working with the developer of Eleven Park to build a soccer stadium for the Indy Eleven at the site on the southwest corner of downtown. But the mayor's new proposal to build a different stadium for a...
Indycar Series Race Winner Wally Dallenbach dies at 87
INDIANAPOLIS — Wally Dallenbach, a respected former Indycar Series Race winner who made a name for himself championing driver safety, passed away at 87 years old Monday. According to an Indianapolis Motor Speedway news release, Dallenbach posted 13 Indianapolis 500 starts in a career spanning 12 years between 1967 and 1979. He recorded a fourth-place finish in 1976 and 1977 in the No. 40 Wildcat/DGC owned by Patrick Racing.
Second downtown soccer site taxing district gets preliminary approval
INDIANAPOLIS — The Metropolitan Development Commission, without comment, passed a Professional Sports Development Area designation for a site on the southeast side of downtown Indianapolis for Mayor Joe Hogsett’s alternative location on which to build a professional soccer stadium and accompanying mixed-use development. One downtown PSDA already exists on Kentucky Avenue at the location of […]
1984: Before Airbnb and VRBO, race fans relied on people like Mim Cork
SPEEDWAY — Attending "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" typically involves a lot of planning: tickets, food, adult beverages, sunscreen, and for the out of towners, lodging. Rental apps make finding a place to stay much easier today than it was 40 years ago. Before Airbnb and VRBO, word-of-mouth was the only way to find a place to stay, and one of Speedway’s most accommodating hosts was a woman named Mim Cork.
Here are the Indiana basketball alumni who will play in The Basketball Tournament
Indiana basketball is entering The Basketball Tournament for the first time this season. Hoosiers alumni Troy Williams, Miller Kopp and Juwan Morgan are the first announced players for Assembly Ball, who will play regional round games at Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse from July 17-23. Tickets are available here. The Basketball Tournament...
500 Festival kicks off with racecar coloring contest winners and Grand Marshal reveal
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHI) - The 500 Festival has kicked off!. To start the month-long celebration, it revealed the winner of the May Coloring Contest. Young race fans ages 12 and under were invited to show off their creativity by designing their own racecar. The two grand-prize winners are 9-year-old Winnie Mattingly,...
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