Golden Oldie: Martin's Fairy Tale Season Now Includes Pole At Indianapolis Jul 26, 2009
Mark Martin Wins Pole for Brickyard 400 - IndySports. Golden Oldie: Martin's Fairy Tale Season Now Includes Pole At Indianapolis. (FOX59, IN)
Martin Tops In Qualifying At The Brickyard Jul 26, 2009
803 m.p.h. Montoya will attempt to become the first driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 ... Elliott, 53, won the Brickyard 400 in 2002 ... Jeff Gordon, a four-time winner of the Brickyard 400, will start 22nd. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Tasmania's Ambrose keen to show rivals he's a tiger on the ovals,too Jul 26, 2009
On Sunday he is racing at Indy, in the Brickyard 400, bigger than every race bar the Daytona 500. It's a track with modest banking which suits drivers from a road-racing background. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Mark Martin grabs pole at Brickyard, makes history Jul 26, 2009
Juan Pablo Montoya, the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner and a runner-up in the 2007 Brickyard 400, was second at 180 ... He could become the first driver to win both the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400. (Longview Daily News, WA)
MOTOR SPORTS Massa's scary crash Jul 26, 2009
Martin on pole at Brickyard: In qualifying for today's Brickyard 400, Mark Martin, 50, became the oldest driver in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 100-year history to win a pole, posting a 182 ... Edwards started 42nd out of 43 drivers because he spent the day at the Brickyard 400 qualifying. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Jimmie Johnson still in awe of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Jul 25, 2009
But, when you have a chance to actually race in the event, whether it s the (Indianapolis) 500 or the Brickyard 400, it s an amazing experience ... Indeed, Johnson has used performances at the Brickyard 400 to move up the standings and position himself for his three Chase for the Sprint Cup championships. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Junior's still chasing winner's circle Jul 25, 2009
Earnhardt has never won the Brickyard 400. His best finish is sixth in 2006. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Goodyear expects better tire performance at this year's Brickyard 400 Jul 25, 2009
And Greg Stucker, well, he insists Goodyear tires will hold up no matter what the conditions are for Sunday s Allstate at the Brickyard 400 ... He s Goodyear s director of race tire sales and he s the face of the company that looked so bad during last year s Brickyard 400 fiasco. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Gordon, Stewart are Indy favorites Jul 25, 2009
Not only is he the only driver to race in the Brickyard 400, Indianapolis 500 and US Grand Prix, he's having one heck of a season. Currently ninth in the standings, Montoya is becoming a serious contender for a spot in the Chase thanks to nine top-10 finishes this year; which equals the number of top 10s he earned in his first two NASCAR seasons combined. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Talk the Talk Jul 25, 2009
Hear from the Sprint Cup Drivers on Brickyard 400 Media Day - IndySports ... Hear From the Sprint Cup Drivers at Brickyard 400 Media Day ... INDIANAPOLIS - Tire issues, the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the double file restarts were among many topics discussed by the Sprint Cup Driver at Friday's Brickyard 400 media sessions. (FOX59, IN)
Better For Wear Jul 25, 2009
"20 or 30 times," answered Kenseth, though quickly admitting it was a handful of attempts that he made with the other Roush Fenway drivers before this weekend's Brickyard 400. Their performance on Friday, however, might have made Kenseth's original number believable, as the tire wear problems that plagued practices and the race last year were non existant. (FOX59, IN)
TEAM NOTES: Brickyard opens doors for NASCAR visit Jul 24, 2009
"There's a fair amount of braking that's needed to get through turns one and three, and it took me by surprise. And one of the coolest moments I experienced in the race my rookie season was coming around to take the green flag. When you look down the front stretch into turn one, with the fans on both sides of the track and so close, and in the hard turn that it makes, that spectacle and that view is just amazing. It's just like a 90-degree turn down the end of this tunnel full of color. It's... (USA Today -- Sports)
IMS, NASCAR, Goodyear, and drivers getting prepared for Brickyard Jul 24, 2009
I mean, everything looks great at the Brickyard 400 and go out there and run hard, and tire wear is not even going to be in the back of our minds. Stewart said, Am I concerned about the tires. (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
Winder-based company puts Shaw on right track Jul 24, 2009
Tonight's race, which will be held at O'Reilly Raceway Park, is part of the Brickyard 400 weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the famous Indy 500. Shaw said the competing trucks run at speeds as high as 150 mph, and she added she hopes to be added for other NASCAR events later this season, including the Labor Day Classic at Atlanta Motor Speedway. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jimmie Johnson still in awe of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Jul 24, 2009
But, when you have a chance to actually race in the event, whether it s the (Indianapolis) 500 or the Brickyard 400, it s an amazing experience ... Indeed, Johnson has used performances at the Brickyard 400 to move up the standings and position himself for his three Chase for the Sprint Cup championships. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Goodyear expects better tire performance at this year's Brickyard 400 Jul 23, 2009
And Greg Stucker, well, he insists Goodyear tires will hold up no matter what the conditions are for Sunday s Allstate at the Brickyard 400 ... He s Goodyear s director of race tire sales and he s the face of the company that looked so bad during last year s Brickyard 400 fiasco. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Riley and Andretti Jul 23, 2009
For 13 years the event has been a staple of the month for Andretti, who is a full time driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series and will race in Sunday's Brickyard 400. The main celebrity race, which features Andretti and other local celebrities, is one of many during the day to help raise money for the Riley Hospital for Children. (FOX59, IN)
Tireless effort applauded Jul 23, 2009
But until (June), we didn't have anybody that was ready to race this race and put on a great show for the Brickyard 400. (In June) they hit on it. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Tim TuttleINSIDE RACING Jul 22, 2009
Chitwood, who will work through this weekend's Brickyard 400, becomes the second major management change at IMS in less than a month. Longtime CEO Tony George was removed from power in the last week of June, replaced by Jeff Belskus. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
ESPN/ABC's turn with NASCAR ratings Jul 22, 2009
And as it airs what's left of NASCAR's season starting with Sunday's Brickyard 400, it's deploying heavy throw-weight to a sport that didn't used to need it ... "This has all the ingredients to be the best (Brickyard 400) yet," says race announcer Jerry Punch. (USA Today -- Sports)
Gettin' Ready for the Brickyard Jul 22, 2009
The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - IndySports ... I officailly started my pre-Brickyard 400 regiment a week or 2 ago, as you do normally for a big NASCAR event. (FOX59, IN)
Stewart finally accepts new tire Jul 22, 2009
But until (last month), we didn't have anybody that was ready to race this race and put on a great show for the Brickyard 400. (Last month) ago they hit on it. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Tires Should Not Be An Issue At Indy This Year Jul 21, 2009
Jeff Gordon, a four-time Brickyard 400 winner, participated in the last test at Indy, and was pleased with Goodyear's tire combination for the race. "I'm 100% confident in this tire," Gordon said. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Rubber Match Jul 21, 2009
Keep in mind, when the Inaugural Brickyard 400 was held in 1994, tickets to the event were the most prized of the year ... One media cynic -- that would be me -- even went so far as to rename the Brickyard 400 the "IRL's Annual Summer Bake Sale and Fundraiser" because it didn't take an MBA to figure out that the millions taken in at the gate made it possible to fund the IRL.. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Following the "Yellow" Brickyard Jul 20, 2009
"You always ask the same question and I always have the same answer," said the driver about getting asked about the importance of the Brickyard 400 ... "My mind is at ease over the tires," said Jeff Gordon, when asked about his expectations for this year's Brickyard 400 after the Lifelock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. (FOX59, IN)
Here Kevin, Kevin, Kevin..... Jul 16, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS - One of the Brickyard 400's best stories since its inception in 1994 has to do with a radio, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick in 2007 ... We'll the little cat call worked in that race, as Stewart passed Harvick in the final laps to pick up his second Brickyard 400 championship. (FOX59, IN)
Activision Teams With Pro vs. GI Joe to Support Troops Through Video Games Jul 16, 2009
Activision Showdown' Series of Professional Athlete vs. Troop Game Competitions Kicks-Off at NASCAR's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ... Activision's Showdown kicks-off next week Friday, July 24, prior to the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with members of the Indiana National Guard, currently stationed in Kuwait and Iraq, facing-off in a match of Guitar Hero Smash Hits against NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 1 Guitar Hero... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
BOWLES:Stewart continues his reign atop the power rankings Jul 15, 2009
A winner there in IndyCar, Montoya already has a runner-up NASCAR finish under his belt, and will be one of the favorites to score a Brickyard 400 victory. 5. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Johnson, Vickers favored at Chicago Jul 11, 2009
Next up: The Sprint Cup Series takes to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400. Looking for a new, exciting way to spend your race day. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Dale Jr. says hed like to race in Indy 500 Jul 10, 2009
Indy Car driver Dan Wheldon, left explains the controls of a two-seat Indy Car demonstrator to NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Thursday during a media event to promote the July 26 running of the Brickyard 400. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Little E at Indy 500? Jul 10, 2009
Discussion of Earnhardt's curiosity with open wheel racing was apart of his pre-Brickyard 400 media session today, including his tour of the IMS Museum, where the driver claims he saw an F1 car up close for the first time ... Yet business will be on the mind of Earnhardt when he returns to the Sprint Cup series this Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway and then the Brickyard 400 at the end of July. (FOX59, IN)
Goodyear Claims They've Got It Jun 17, 2009
"I'm very pleased with the results. I was very surprised to see how much rubber was on the track yesterday when I arrived, and just to see how the tires are reacting from a grip level with the car as well as how it's wearing the tire, heat in the tire. I mean, everything looks great at the Brickyard 400 and go out there and run hard, and tire wear is not even going to be in the back of our minds," commented four-time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon. The Pride of PIttsboro went on to guarantee... (FOX59, IN)
Bill J. WhitleyJune 30, 1932-May 26, 2009 Jun 3, 2009
He attended the Brickyard 400 Nascar race at the Indianapolis Speedway, which was one of his Nascar highlights. Whenever Bill traveled he knew someone and everybody knew him. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Tom BowlesINSIDE NASCAR May 30, 2009
A more likely option would be pairing Earnhardt with a guy like Greg Zipadelli, a "put up or shut up" kind of guy who led Tony Stewart to a pair of championships and Brickyard 400 wins with Joe Gibbs. Most important of all, it's time to find out how much of the blame for this season falls on the driver and not the team. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
ODDBALL ITEMS: Sports are spooked; tomato-can Canseco May 29, 2009
Causi joined such other combat veterans as SI's Tony Tomsic, who caught a little horsehide from truculent slugger Albert Belle in 1996; Target Center house photographer Eugene Amos, Dennis Rodman during a Bulls-Timberwolves game in 1997; Indianapolis Star freelancer Gary Mook, who was on the business end of Tony Stewart's wrath at the 2002 Brickyard 400; and WCBS-TV's Vinny Everett, who had a little run-in with crusty Yankees hurler Randy Johnson on the sidewalks of New York in 2005. The tomb of... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Smith celebrates 50 years of racing at Lowe May 24, 2009
"To me the Daytona 500, the Southern 500, the Coke 600 and the Brickyard 400 are the four big races," veteran Jeff Burton said. "I like going back and looking at the old pictures. This is a really, really cool race track, a difficult race track and it keeps changing. The history of it is special. That to me makes it one of the crown jewels.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
The Brickyard at 100: Retaining tradition, embracing innovation May 22, 2009
"The first time that we came to watch the qualifying and stuff (in 1954), and wasn't none of this modern stuff here," said seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty, who retired two years before the Cup series arrived in 1994 with the Brickyard 400 (now called the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard). He will make his debut as an IndyCar co-owner Sunday, overseeing John Andretti's No. 43 Honda. (USA Today -- Sports)
Driver notes May 22, 2009
"This is a big race I feel the Coke 600 ranks in the top three behind Daytona (500) and Indy (Brickyard 400)," Newman said of NASCAR's longest race (400 laps, 600 miles). "Charlotte is a very historic race track and a place we all try to shine at. There are a lot of great drivers who have won there. Joining that list is what we all search for. We haven't quite reached victory lane yet, but we can sure feel it and taste it. It's been exciting to be a contender week in and week out. The more you... (USA Today -- Sports)
Hang a Left.... May 8, 2009
In that event the drivers went in the opposite direction to which the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400 are run, using the infield course that incorporates only the frontstretch of the two-and-a-half mile oval. Not that Doornbos misses it all that much now that he's joined the IndyCar series for the first time. (FOX59, IN)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway marks 100 years May 5, 2009
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 1994 file photo, NASCAR drivers Dale Earnhardt, left, and Rick Mast lead the field into the first turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the start of the Brickyard 400 auto race in Indianapolis (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File). FILE - In this May 3, 1987 file photo, Pancho Carter's car goes airborne and flips upside down during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race in Indianapolis. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
BOWLES: RCR decision to separate Harvick, Berrier was long overdue Apr 28, 2009
In a little more than six years together, they've won the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, and finished in the top 5 in the season standings three times. Brought together at a time when Harvick's future with RCR was being questioned, the matchup changed public perception and turned the Californian from a hot-tempered, inconsistent driver into one capable of contending for championships. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
THE BRICKYARD: The King finally at Indy, thanks to Andretti Apr 8, 2009
From the mid-1960s through the early 1990s, he showed up on qualifying weekends to promote longtime sponsor STP. Plus, Petty has become very familiar with the place since the arrival of the Brickyard 400 in 1994. Despite all those trips to the track, Petty didn't actually see an Indy 500 in person until last year. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Golf to aid Humane Society Mar 26, 2009
Additional items up for auction include four tickets to the Brickyard 400, five days and four nights boarding at Bar S Animal Clinic, two days of animal care at K-9 Korral, Del E Webb Center for the Performing Arts 2009 season tickets for four, and storage for one year at Sunshine Plaza and Storage. For more information call the Humane Society at 684-8801. (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
NASCAR, USAC ready to roar at Thunder Hill Mar 8, 2009
The West Series historically competes in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, and has been a launching pad for the careers of Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 winner Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday, Hershel McGriff, Brendan Gaughan and many others. Past winners include Eric Holmes (2008 and 2006) Scott Lynch (2007) and Steve Portenga in the innuagural race in 2005. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Fans, read all about NASCAR Feb 19, 2009
--After a crash at the 1996 Brickyard 400, Kyle Petty screamed in pain after a crash when being lifted. Advertisement. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Being his own team's boss has Tony Stewart in fast company Feb 12, 2009
In 2002, he was fined $60,000 and placed on probation by NASCAR and then-sponsor Home Depot after an altercation with a photographer at the Brickyard 400. (Stewart apologized. (USA Today -- Sports)
51st Annual Daytona 500 Speeds Through Florida on Valentine's Day Weekend Feb 11, 2009
Now in its 51st year, The Great American Race, which has historically hosted a sold-out crowd, has the largest total payout prize money for any motorsports event in the United Sates, surpassing even the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. Visit for more information or to purchase tickets. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
