Find out what’s happening around the area and nationally with our RaceDayCT Video News Update weekend wrapup for Monday May 25, 2026
RaceDayCT News Update For Thursday May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Find out what’s happening around the area and nationally with our RaceDayCT Video News Update for Thursday May 21, 2026
Presidential Announcement Of IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix Of Washington, D.C.
January 30, 2026 by Leave a Comment
INDYCAR To Deliver First Motor Race in History on the National Mall An executive order signed today by President Donald J. Trump directed the White House Task Force on Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday to designate a race route through Washington, D.C. and the National Mall for the purposes of conducting an NTT INDYCAR SERIES race […]
Alex Palou Wins Indianapolis 500 To Earn First Oval Victory, Immortality
May 25, 2025 by
Alex Palou’s place among the legends is now secure. Three-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Palou earned the first oval victory of his career, capturing the biggest race of them all, the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “Best milk I’ve ever tasted,” Palou said on the Victory Podium after […]
NASCAR Team Owner, Former IndyCar Driver Shigeaki Hattori Killed In Car Accident
April 7, 2025 by
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship winning team owner Shigeaki Hattori was killed in a car accident Saturday in Huntersville, N.C. Hattori was 61 years old. Hattori, a native of Okayama, Japan, was one of eight Japanese-born drivers to compete in the Indianapolis 500. Hattori raced in the Indianapolis 500 twice, finishing 20th in 2002 and […]
Josef Newgarden Goes Back-To-Back At Indianapolis 500 In Thriller
May 26, 2024 by 2 Comments
It was worth the wait, and then some. Josef Newgarden joined the immortals Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by becoming just the sixth driver to win the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in two consecutive years, edging Pato O’Ward in a scintillating race that included the start delayed four hours by a midday rainstorm. Two-time […]
Pressure Mounts As Spotlight Is Focused On NASCAR Star Kyle Larson At Indianapolis 500
May 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Kyle Larson sat center stage – his fellow Indianapolis 500 second row starters on either side for the last formal news conference before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. One after another – after another and another – the questions all came for Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion who will roll off fifth […]
RaceDayCT Poll: Which Major Motorsports Event Will You Watch On TV Sunday
May 24, 2024 by 6 Comments
Sunday is the biggest day annually for having a variety of major motorsports events on TV. Sunday kicks off with the 81st running of the Monaco Grand Prix for Formula 1 at 9 am. Then it’s the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 for IndyCar at 12:45 p.m. The day ends with the 65th running […]
Baseball Legend Ken Griffey Jr. To Drive Pace Car At 108th Indianapolis 500
May 20, 2024 by 1 Comment
Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Ken Griffey Jr. has been named honorary Pace Car driver for the 108th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday, May 26. Griffey will drive the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray and lead the field of 33 drivers to the start of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” “Driving the Pace Car […]
Former Indianapolis 500 Winner Gil de Ferran Passes Away At 56
December 29, 2023 by 2 Comments
Gil de Ferran, who won the 2003 Indianapolis 500 and two INDYCAR SERIES championships, died suddenly after a brief illness Dec. 29 near his home in Florida. He was 56. De Ferran edged Team Penske teammate and fellow Brazilian Helio Castroneves in a scintillating finish in the 2003 edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” […]
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