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The 2021 Indy Lights season was the 35th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 19th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. After going into a hiatus in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic , the season started on April 17 at Barber Motorsports Park and was held over 20 ...
The 2021 Daytona 500, the 63rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on February 14–15, 2021 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 200 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the first race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season.
First IndyCar race: 1997: Last race: 2023: Distance: 375 mi (603.50 km) Laps: 250: Previous names: True Value 500 (1997–1998) Longhorn 500 (1999) Casino Magic 500 (2000–2001) Boomtown 500 (2002) Bombardier 500 (2003–2004) Bombardier Learjet 500 (2005–2006) Bombardier Learjet 550 (2007–2009) Firestone 550 (2010, 2012–2013) Firestone ...
Indianapolis 500: Qualifying After making contact with the turn four retaining wall, Herbert Jones's car shot across the track to the inside, tumbled and came to a stop upside down with Jones trapped inside. He sustained a fractured skull, [13] and died the following day. [14] Bill Spence: Driver May 30, 1929 AAA: Indianapolis 500: Race
The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded a small replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy.. The Indianapolis 500 (also called the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race) [a] [2] is an annual American open-wheel car race held on American Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), in Speedway, Indiana. [3]
Later in the 1978 season, Unser would go on to win the Pocono 500 and the California 500 again, sweeping the "triple crown" of Indy car racing for 1978. As of 2015 (the last year there was a " Triple Crown ") Unser is the only driver in history to win all three 500-mile "triple crown" races in the same season, and coupled with the win at ...
On September 29, 2006, it was announced that the Detroit Indy Grand Prix would return as the tenth race of the ALMS's 12-race season and penultimate race of the IndyCar Series' seventeen-race schedule. To improve access to the track, a park-and-ride system, similar to what was used at Super Bowl XL, was implemented.
Álex Palou Montalbo (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaləks ˈpalɔw monˈtalbu]; [1] born 1 April 1997) is a Spanish racing driver who drives for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series, where he won the 2021 and 2023 championships, and winner in the $1 Million Challenge.