Andretti team topping Indy speed charts

Car owner Michael Andretti, left center, talks with his drivers, left to right, Carlos Munoz, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and James Hinchcliffe, during practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Andretti team topping Indy speed charts

INDIANAPOLIS | Michael Andretti smiles like a kid when you ask what's different in 2013.

Hinchcliffe's profile raised by hot IndyCar start

INDIANAPOLIS | James Hinchcliffe might have the busiest appointment calendar in IndyCar.

Allmendinger enjoys taking 1st laps at Indy

INDIANAPOLIS | AJ Allmendinger needed help buckling down Saturday.

Jourdain returning to Indianapolis 500

INDIANAPOLIS | Michel Jourdain Jr. will return to the Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Indy safety chief: more security likely at events

INDIANAPOLIS | Officials said Tuesday that police and other security workers at upcoming events like the Indianapolis 500 may have a heightened state of awareness following the explosions at the Boston Marathon, but odds are spectators won't notice any difference.

Indy safety chief: more security likely at events

Public Safety Director Troy Riggs talks about security for the upcoming Mini Marathon and Indianapolis 500. The Mini Marathon is the nation’s largest half-marathon, with 35,000 participants, and is run on May 4 this year.

Focus returns to racing as IndyCar opens season

Ryan Hunter-Reay, second from left, and team owner Michael Andretti, in black, celebrate Hunter-Reay's IndyCar World Championship at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., last season. It's been over six months since Hunter-Reay became the first American driver in six years to win IndyCar's …

Focus returns to racing as IndyCar opens season

Ryan Hunter-Reay enters his pit stall during a practice session for the Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in January. It's been over six months since Hunter-Reay became the first American driver in six years to win IndyCar's championship. Final…

Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR's Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. | Danica Patrick has made history before — as a woman and a racer, in Indianapolis and Japan.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes points lead

Dale Earnhardt Jr., drives through the first turn during the Brickyard 400 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

Johnson dominant at Indy, wins 4th Brickyard 400

Genevieve Marie Johnson, 2, watches her father, Jimmie Johnson, kiss the yard of bricks after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

Hunter-Reay wins third in a row with Toronto victory

TORONTO | Flat oval, banked oval or street course, the Midwest or Canada: Ryan Hunter-Reay is proving he can dominate anywhere on the IndyCar circuit.

Indy 500 gives all to salute Wheldon

SPEEDWAY, Ind. | Dan Wheldon's influence on the racing world was omnipresent Sunday as the crowd at the Indianapolis 500 and the drivers paid tribute to him from start to finish.