Memorial Day Weekend brings us the 109th running of “the greatest spectacle in racing” — the Indianapolis 500. The Indy 500 sold out its grandstand of 350,000 for the first time since 2016, and the decades-old local TV blackout has been lifted so locals can watch the race live.

He won the pole with Italian team Prema Racing, a dominant European organization that this season expanded to IndyCar. Shwartzman has never before raced on an oval and will start alongside two-time winner Takuma Sato and Pato O’Ward, who lost to Newgarden on the last lap year.

It's been a rough week for Team Penske, but everything was 'Penske perfect' in the Pit Stop Challenge on Friday

Has any driver won the Indy 500 from positions 31 through 33? Why the odds are stacked against Josef Newgarden and Will Power. INDIANAPOLIS — A bizarre buildup to the 109th Indianapolis 500 included its two-time reigning champion to make the Fast 12 ...

Newgarden has 31 career wins, making him the winningest active American driver on the IndyCar series. He is tied for 10th on the all-time list. Newgarden became the first back-to-back champion at the Indy 500 since Helio Castroneves in 2001 and 2002. He is trying to become the first driver ever to win the race in three straight years.

Last Sunday’s FOX broadcast of Indianapolis 500 qualifying showed a grinning Alex Palou, of Chip Ganassi Racing, and Josef Newgarden standing together on pit lane, watching the Team Penske driver’s team work on the car’s attenuators.

Josef Newgarden didn't get a chance to make a run for the Indianapolis 500 pole position, so he went for a run. The two-time defending race winner was spotted jogging Sunday afternoon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway not long after his car and that of ...