Category Archives: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

As Attention Turns to Indy 500, Honda Teams Hope for Better Results
May 11, 2015

by Bert Beiswanger Chevy versus Honda: Just past the quarter pole of the Verizon IndyCar Series season, Chevy’s dominance stood out on the road courses. Honda’s lack of results stood out, as well, and left teams frustrated. If you aren’t Graham Rahal and Rahal Letterman Racing right now and you are a Honda IndyCar Series […]

Longtime Brickyard Friends Will Be Missed
March 12, 2015

by Bert Beiswanger I once walked up to Ron Lemasters in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Media Center and said, “Ron, they always taught in journalism class to write for your audience at an eighth-grade level. At the Muncie Star, did they have to tell you to write at a seventh-grade level?” I got a long […]

A Press Conference James Hinchcliffe Style
October 8, 2014

by Bert Beiswanger That fresh cracking sound heard when a can of beer is opened also resembled the sound of a new career opportunity opening up for James Hinchcliffe Tuesday. The guy has his own beer. Why not promote it? Verizon IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe and his new team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports utilized the […]

The True Gladiators of Sport: MotoGP Riders
August 12, 2014

by Bert Beiswanger After the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix this past Sunday, I waited outside the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team garage for rider Bradley Smith, who had just finished sixth. As Smith hopped onto his scooter, he looked at me and held his bloody, disgusting looking finger up high so I could see […]

Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Brickyard 400 is a withering event, and for good reason
July 28, 2014

by Kent Sterling Yesterday’s Brickyard 400 (I’m choosing to remove all sponsorship mentions because I would like to leave some room for content in this 800 word post) was attended by approximately 85,000 (an estimation by Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star), roughly one-third of the permanent seating capacity, and that is a failure shared […]

Indianapolis 500 – Five ways to save the Greatest Spectacle in Racing
May 26, 2014

by Kent Sterling A stunningly good race, beautiful weather, and the closest thing to filled grandstands in years make a discussion about saving the Indianapolis 500 a wasteful exercise – or so the staff at 16th and Georgetown might think. Not me, not after spending a couple of previous Memorial Day weekends 230 miles away […]