Sunday is a huge day for any fan of motorsports.

Formula 1 will run the Monaco Grand Prix with the Indianapolis 500 taking place in the afternoon and the Coca-Cola 600 at night to put a cap on the day.

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Ryan Blaney will be behind the wheel of the No. 12 Team Penske car for the Coca-Cola 600 with the BodyArmor Chill drinks emblazoned on the hood of his vehicle. Blaney’s fellow NASCAR Cup Series colleague Kyle Larson will be attempting to do "The Double."

"The Double" is one of the toughest feats any racecar driver could attempt to do during their career. It involves racing the Indy 500 and then flying on a plane to Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600. Larson became one of five drivers to attempt "The Double" last year but failed to make it to the NASCAR race.

Blaney told Fox News Digital it was "neat" to watch Larson attempt it last year.

"It’s the biggest day in racing," Blaney said. "You got Monaco early, then you got Indy, and then we end it with the 600. I get up and watch Monaco in the morning, I cheer on the Penske guys for the 500 and then I get ready to go race. I think it’s a great feat. It was neat to watch him do it last year. Last year didn’t really go his way with rain and stuff like that, it was kind of a crapshoot. Hopefully, it goes a little smoother for him this year just being able to do it all."

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An attempt at "The Double" appeared to pique Blaney’s interest given that Team Penske has drivers competing at the Indy 500.

"But yeah, it’s something I’ve always considered," Blaney said. "You never know, maybe down the road if I get a chance. I’m with a great team that has a chance to do it, but we’ll see. You never know, we’ll figure it out."

Larson, John Andretti, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch have all attempted the feat. Stewart was the only driver out of the group to complete both races on the same day.

No driver has won either race while making the attempt.

Larson is hoping that changes come Sunday.

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The iconic Borg-Warner Trophy is a constant in the legendary Indianapolis 500 race every year. 

Each winner gets their name, average speed, the year they won, and their face engraved on the trophy that weighs roughly 110 pounds and stands just over five feet, four inches tall. 

The first time the trophy was unveiled was in 1936, when it was given to Louis Meyer and declared an annual prize for Indy 500 winners.

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While the trophy was created in 1935, it honored the winners from 1911 onwards as they had their name, year, average speed and faces engraved on the trophy. 

In its original form, the trophy was 52 inches tall and 80 pounds of sterling silver. It was made to commemorate 70 race winners. Two bases were added to the trophy in 1987 and 2004, and those additions to the trophy can commemorate the winners of the Indy 500 through 2033.

There is one non-race winner who is engraved on the trophy, and that is Anton Hulman. Hulman owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death in 1977. His face is the lone one on the trophy that is gold. 

The trophy is permanently housed in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. 

The Indy 500 will be broadcast May 25 on FOX with coverage starting at 10 a.m. ET. It will also be available to stream live on FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports app. 

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Below is a list of every winner of the Indy 500:

1911 – Ray Harroun

1912 – Joe Dawson

1913 – Jules Goux

1914 – Rene Thomas

1915 – Ralph DePalma

1916 – Dario Resta

1917 – Not held due to World War I

1918 – Not held due to World War I 

1919 – Howdy Wilcox

1920 – Gaston Chevrolet

1921 – Tommy Milton

1922 – Jimmy Murphy

1923 – Tommy Milton

1924 – Lora L. Corum, Joe Boyer (Co-drivers)

1925 – Pete DePaolo

1926 – Frank Lockhart

1927 – George Souders

1928 – Louis Meyer

1929 – Ray Keech

1930 – Billy Arnold

1931 – Louis Schneider

1932 – Fred Frame

1933 – Louis Meyer

1934 – Bill Cummings

1935 – Kelly Petillo

1936 – Louis Meyer

1937 – Wilbur Shaw

1938 – Floyd Roberts

1939 – Wilbur Shaw

1940 – Wilbur Shaw

1941 – Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose (Co-drivers)

1942 – Not held due to World War II

1943 – Not held due to World War II

1944 – Not held due to World War II

1945 – Not held due to World War II

1946 – George Robson

1947 – Mauri Rose

1948 – Mauri Rose

1949 – Bill Holland

1950 – Johnnie Parsons

INDY 500 POLESITTER ROBERT SHWARTZMAN FLOWS ON AND OFF THE TRACK

1951 – Lee Wallard

1952 – Troy Ruttman

1953 – Bill Vukovich

1954 – Bill Vukovich

1955 – Bob Sweikert 

1956 – Pat Flaherty

1957 – Sam Hanks

1958 – Jimmy Bryan

1959 – Rodger Ward

1960 – Jim Rathmann

1961 – AJ Foyt

1962 – Rodger Ward

1963 – Parnelli Jones

1964 – AJ Foyt

1965 – Jim Clark 

1966 – Graham Hill

1967 – AJ Foyt

1968 – Bobby Unser

1969 – Mario Andretti

1970 – Al Unser

1971 – Al Unser

1972 – Mark Donohue

1973 – Gordon Johncock

1974 – Johnny Rutherford 

1975 – Bobby Unser

1976 – Johnny Rutherford

1977 – AJ Foyt

1978 – Al Unser

1979 – Rick Mears

1980 – Johnny Rutherford

1981 – Bobby Unser

1982 – Gordon Johncock

1983 – Tom Sneva 

1984 – Rick Mears

1985 – Danny Sullivan

1986 – Bobby Rahal

1987 – Al Unser

1988 – Rick Mears

1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi

1990 – Arie Luyendyk

1991 – Rick Mears

1992 – Al Unser Jr. 

1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi

1994 – Al Unser Jr. 

1995 – Jacques Villeneuve

1996 – Buddy Lazier

1997 – Arie Luyendyk

1998 – Eddie Cheever

1999 – Kenny Brack

2000 – Juan Pablo Montoya

2001 – Helio Castroneves

2002 – Helio Castroneves

2003 – Gil de Ferran

2004 – Buddy Rice

2005 – Dan Wheldon

2006 – Sam Hornish Jr. 

2007 – Dario Franchitti

2008 – Scott Dixon

2009 – Helio Castroneves

2010 – Dario Franchitti

2011 – Dan Wheldon

2012 – Dario Franchitti

2013 – Tony Kanaan

2014 – Ryan Hunter-Reay

2015 – Juan Pablo Montoya

2016 – Alexander Rossi 

2017 – Takuma Sato 

2018 – Will Power

2019 – Simon Pagenaud

2020 – Takuma Sato

2021 – Helio Castroneves

2022 – Marcus Ericsson 

2023 – Josef Newgarden

2024 – Josef Newgarden

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The winner of the upcoming 109th Indianapolis 500 will be given an ice-cold bottle of milk in the victory circle on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 

But why milk? When did the tradition begin?

The origin of the tradition was in 1936, when Louis Meyer, after having won his third Indy 500, sat perched on his car and had a bottle of buttermilk in his left hand. 

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But the tradition began with an accident. Meyer drinking the milk post-victory was unplanned. 

"It was a hot day. I came into the garage area … and all I could think of was some nice, cold buttermilk," Meyer said, per the Indianapolis Motor Speedway website. 

Meyer grew up in Yonkers, New York, and his mother told him that buttermilk would refresh him on a warm day. So, after a grueling race, Meyer wanted the drink he had growing up: buttermilk. 

The milk stuck because the moment of Meyer with the milk was caught by a cameraman. An executive in the dairy industry saw the footage of Meyer and requested that milk be given to every winner of the Indianapolis 500.

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Each winner from 1938 through 1941, and then after the race returned from a hiatus due to World War II in 1946, drank milk in the victory circle. 

However, there was a time when milk was not the drink handed to winners. Wilbur Shaw, who won the Indy 500 in 1937, 1939 and 1940, became president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and implemented some changes.

From 1947 through 1954, the winners of the iconic race were handed cold water in a silver chalice. However, the tradition did not last as Shaw died in a plane crash in 1954, and in 1956 the milk returned.

But the milk returned as an accessory prize as winners were offered $400 for drinking the milk. 

Since then, 69 consecutive winners of the race and 76 overall winners have enjoyed milk in the victory circle.

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NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney will have some chill as he gets locked in and focused on the Coca-Cola 600 Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Blaney’s No. 12 will feature the Bodyarmor Chill design for the highly anticipated race.

Each flavor of Bodyarmor Chill will be featured on the hood of his vehicle, including Frozen Cherry, Frozen Orange and Frozen Berry.

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The NASCAR star hasn’t been with Bodyarmor since 2017, and he told Fox News Digital he was looking forward to having the premium sports drink back on his car again.

"It’s been a fun ride, a fun journey," he said. "It’s been fun (to see) both of (us), whether it’s my career or their company, grow and be successful together. It’s pretty awesome when you can be teamed up with a group like that.

"They work like crazy, and it’s always fun to do different schemes through the years and multiple ones in the year. Whether we’re doing SportWater, we have the Bodyarmor Chill car this weekend at the 600, which I’m really excited about, Flash I.V. Being able to do all these fun schemes with all the products they have, that’s a dream."

Blaney said he likes being able to use unique designs and knows the fans enjoy it too.

NASCAR fans will pack the speedway for the race, and it will be the first Cup Series points race after the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

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The drivers will travel 600 miles, completing 400 laps in what could be considered one of the most grueling races of the year. Blaney agreed with that notion, mentioning how taxing the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway is each season.

"It’s funny, I remember my first 600 in like 2015, and they’re like, ‘All right, halfway.’ And I’m like, ‘What? We’re only halfway in this thing? Like, I’m exhausted.’ So, it just really puts it into perspective of actually how long the night is, how physically draining it is. … I think just as physically exhausting as it is, it’s really mentally draining. Staying in the game for 600 miles is really, really tough."

Despite the race's challenges, Blaney said he enjoyed trying to outlast everyone else on the track.

Blaney won the 2023 Coca-Cola 600 en route to his first NASCAR Cup Series championship.

He will enter this year’s race fifth in the drivers’ standings. He has yet to win a race this season but has five top five finishes and six top 10 finishes.

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Conor Daly will roll off pit road at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indianapolis 500 with the obvious goal in mind – win the race and cement himself in racing lore for the rest of time.

A victory will do more than just make him a part of Indy 500 history forever; he will become a folk hero for his native Indiana, which is itching to see a lengthy drought end.

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It has been 85 years since an Indiana-born race car driver won the illustrious race. Daly will be driving the No. 76 ampm-sponsored Chevrolet with Wilbur Shaw on his mind, almost literally. Shaw won three Indy 500 races, but no one from Indiana has won it since 1940.

He will be wearing a helmet that honors the legendary driver on Sunday.

"It’s crazy, 85 years since the last Indy 500 winner from Indiana. That just seems wrong. It just seems sad. So we’ve got to change that," Daly, who was born in Noblesville, told Fox News Digital. "It was just a cool idea that I came up with my helmet painter. 

"I try to come up with something unique every year for the Indy 500 helmet because it’s just a special event, and we put a couple old picture of his car from back in the day – 1940 was the last winner, which is crazy. Put the 1940 ticket on top of the helmet as well with a couple of little small details."

Daly qualified 11th for the race and is set to start in between Scott McLaughlin and Alexander Rossi, who have both won the race in the past.

He touted how fast the car has been for him. His average speed during qualifying was around 231 mph.

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"I feel really good," he said. "This is one of the best cars I’ve had in my IndyCar career here, and I know that’s a bold statement to say, but it’s truly been a pleasure to drive all week. I’ve equaled my best starting position with 11th. We’re right alongside the pole-sitter from last year, Scott McLaughlin. We’re in the fight. … This car is just flat out fast and that’s really, really special."

He called driving at such a high rate of speed "truly crazy."

"I don’t know why you wouldn’t watch what we’re doing here because it truly is crazy," he explained. "We’re at that level where cars are flying through the air, crashing at a high level, because we are putting these things on the absolute ragged edge of control and that’s what it takes to win the biggest race out there.

"It’s the biggest race that there is across motorsports. Some people like to argue that but physically, if you ask any racing drivers who have been around the sport for a long time, the Indy 500, that’s the big one. It’s crazy and what we’re doing out there is wild."

Daly said winning the Indy 500 would be a realization of all the hard work he has put in throughout his entire career. 

"It’s why I wake up every morning," the Juncos Hollinger Racing driver told Fox News Digital.

Most importantly, he already has the milk picked out that he will chug should he be able to.

"I’ve gone whole milk the last few years, but I haven’t won yet," he said. "So, I decided to switch it up. We’re gonna go 2% because why not? Let’s pick something different and maybe that’ll get us the win."

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The Indianapolis 500 is the biggest single-day sporting event on the planet, and it's living up to that once again with the Greatest Spectacle in Racing's first full grandstand sellout in nearly a decade.

On Tuesday, IndyCar announced that all reserved seating tickets — meaning those in grandstands and suites — have been sold.

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"As promised, the very best fans in sports have delivered in fitting fashion for the stars of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and every last reserved seat ticket has been sold," IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles said in a statement. "Approximately 350,000 people will experience the ultimate spectacle that is the Indy 500 in person as everyone turns their focus to the Racing Capital of the World on Sunday."

The last time tickets sold out like this was for the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 in 2016.

If you're still hoping to snag a ticket, you can always check IMS Official Resale Marketplace, or you can pick up a ticket got Carb Day (Friday) or Legends Day (Saturday). There are also general admission tickets available for raceday.

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IMS and IndyCar officials saw this one coming last week, and as such decided to lift the local blackout of the race, meaning fans in the Indianapolis area who didn't score a ticket can still watch the race.

The Indy 500 is always one of the most anticipated races, but there's a lot of buzz around the 109th Running because there are some wild storylines to be on the lookout for.

For instance, Team Penske's Josef Newgarden is looking to become the first driver to win three straight Indy 500s. However, he'll be starting from the 11th and final row of the grid alongside his teammate Will Power after both drivers' cars failed pre-qualifying inspection.

While that controversy, which involved the modification of the cars' attenuators, was happening, rookie Robert Shwartzman stormed through qualifying to take pole for Prema Racing in their Indy 500 debut.

It's going to be a good one, folks, so if you snagged a ticket, have yourself a time.

If not, be sure to watch the race Sunday at 12:30 pm ET on Fox with pre-race coverage starting at 10 am.

In just a few days, fans attending the Indianapolis 500 will have the opportunity to watch Oscar Mayer’s six iconic Wienermobiles. 

The vehicles will come together for the first-ever "Wienie 500" race. The event will help kick off the race week's annual Carb Day festivities. The race will kick off at 2 p.m ET on Friday.

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"Carburetion Day," or Carb Day, is the last practice session before the Indy 500.

It marks the first time in a decade all six vehicles in the company fleet will be at the same location, and it's the first time they’ve ever raced.

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Each Wienermobile will represent a different region — the New York Dog for the East, Slaw Dog for the Southeast, Chilli Dog for the South, Chi Dog for the Midwest, Seattle Dog for the Northwest and Sonoran Dog for the Southwest.

The Indianapolis 500 has been around since 1911 and has produced countless memories over the past 108 years.

PREMA Racing driver Robert Shwartzman became the first Indy 500 rookie to qualify for the pole since 1983. Shwartzman, who has dual nationality in Israel and Russia, initially raced under the Russian flag. 

He currently competes under the Israeli flag, which makes the Tel Aviv native the first driver from Israel to make "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

The Indy 500 will be broadcast May 25 on FOX with pre-coverage starting at 10 a.m. ET. It will also be available to stream live on FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports app.

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NASCAR Cup Series drivers Ty Dillon and Zane Smith built up some tension between themselves during All-Star Race festivities at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday night.

Dillon finished in third place in the All-Star Open, six spots ahead of Smith. Unfortunately, neither driver made it to the final All-Star Race as Carson Hocevar and John Hunter Nemechek finished first and second, respectively, and earned a shot to win the $1 million grand prize.

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Dillon took issue with how Smith was driving and suggested it cost him a spot in the final race of the night. He was asked what he told Smith after the race.

"Coming off (Turn) 4, I think I gave him plenty of room, and he just doors me halfway down the straightaway. … There’s something about the younger guys in the sport now. They never had to deal with consequences," he said, via Dirty Mo Media.

"So, what I told him was if he wrecks me again, I’m just gonna beat his a--."

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Smith responded in a post on X.

"Ain’t beating nobody’s a--," he wrote.

The next race for the NASCAR Cup Series is the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday night. It was one of the most anticipated races on the Cup Series schedule.

All eyes will be on Dillon and Smith to see if there’s any kind of retaliation.

Smith is ahead of Dillon in the points standings going into the race. He sits at 22nd, and Dillon is in 30th.

Christopher Bell won the NASCAR All-Star Race and secured the $1 million prize.

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Indy 500 champions Josef Newgarden and Will Power were hit with a major penalty less than a week before the green flag drops for the race.

The Team Penske drivers will be forced to start in the rear of the field over modified attenuators, the IndyCar Series announced on Monday. The team strategists for both drivers were suspended for the race.

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"The integrity of the Indianapolis 500 is paramount, and this violation of the INDYCAR rule against modification to this part and using it ‘as supplied’ is clear," IndyCar President J. Douglas Boles said in a statement. "The penalty should be more than simply starting where the cars might have qualified anyway, if given the opportunity. The cars belong in the field as two of the fastest 33; however, starting on the tail of the field is the appropriate penalty in this instance."

IndyCar said Newgarden and Power will forfeit qualification points, and they were fined $100,000.

"The positive momentum around the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and the Indianapolis 500 has been on a steep crescendo over the last several months, and we want it to be clear that our intent is to maintain that momentum and discourage teams from putting INDYCAR in positions where it calls into the integrity of our officiating and the levelness of the playing field," Boles added.

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"As we look to the remainder of the week and the race this weekend, we will do everything we can to make it clear that this is not only the best racing on the planet but racing where the best win under completely fair conditions."

IndyCar said an illegal filling was found in the seams of the attenuator, according to FOX Sports.

Team Penske President Tim Cindric said Sunday the modification was performed to make the vehicles sleek and not to give it an advantage.

"In our eyes, it’s not a performance advantage but at the end of the day, if they don’t like the seam being filled, they don’t like the seam being filled," Cindric said via FOX Sports. "You’ve got to do what the inspection process is and conform to that."

Newgarden won the Indy 500 in 2023 and 2024. Power won the race in 2018.

Each driver will now have to pull off stunning racing to get to the front and possibly win the race.

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IndyCar rookie Robert Shwartzman earned the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 with the quickest lap around the track on Sunday afternoon.

It was Shwartzman’s first time on an oval track. He appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Monday morning, just hours after attaining the top spot in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." 

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"Honestly, I still can’t believe it. It’s a new day and I still feel like it’s a dream. I’ve been dreaming about it for a long time and, yesterday, everything was just going so well, the car felt amazing," he said. "I was going full out. And when I saw myself in P1, I was just like, ‘Wow, this is unbelievable.’

"The reaction of fans and people here in the U.S. is unbelievable. I think it’s the most memorable and best emotional part my entire career."

Shwartzman was traveling at speeds of up to 230 mph and somehow was able to maintain control for the blazing-fast laps. Some other drivers traveling at similar speeds suffered devastating crashes going at a similar rate.

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The 25-year-old Russian Israeli driver was able to stay in control, maintain his focus and become the first rookie to win the pole since 1983.

"It’s really, really fast," he said. "But as a racing driver, you are training yourself to have a proper vision. You have to see the road really far because the speed is so quick. Plus, when you’re going into the corners at that speed, anything could happen.

"As we’ve seen, there was some incidents from other guys. It hurts quite a lot. … It’s so stressful. Mentally, I was so tired afterward because it’s four laps, and it seems quite short, but no. You’re going so fast there. You have to keep every second under control."

Shwartzman said he will try to stay cool, calm and collected in order to win the race.

"I’ll do my best as I did in qualifying, and we’ll see where we’re gonna be at. I don’t want to put any huge expectations. I just want to enjoy it. I want a fast car and battle with the top guys."

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A rookie driver celebrated an unlikely pole victory for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. 

While Team Penske was disqualified before the final two rounds of qualifying, Robert Shwartzman won the pole.

The 25-year-old was driving for PREMA Racing and became the first Indy 500 rookie to qualify for the pole since 1983. Shwartzman, who has dual nationality in Israel and Russia, initially raced under the Russian flag. He currently competes under the Israeli flag, which makes the Tel Aviv native the first driver from Israel to make "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

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Until Shwartzman's win, Teo Fabi was the last rookie to qualify for the Indy 500 pole. Coincidentally, he was an Italian — just like Prema, which was also founded in 1983. Prema is established in Europe and races in the Formula 2 series. It made its IndyCar debut this season.

Prema is the first team making its debut in the Indy 500 to land on the pole since Mayer Motor Racing put Tom Sneva there in 1984.

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The event also marked Shwartzman's racing debut on an oval. He said the victory felt like a dream.

"Honestly it feels like I'm dreaming. I just had it in my dreams when I was going how would it feel to do such a good job in quali," he said. "It's the Indy 500. It's the main race of the year. Honestly it feels unbelievable."

Shwartzman had been pursuing a career in Formula 1 and was part of the Ferrari development program as well as its reserve driver from 2021 until the end of last season. Prema then nabbed him for its two-car team.

The pole was first wide open for the taking when Team Penske was disqualified from qualifying for an illegal modification on the cars of two-time defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden and Will Power. Then, Scott McLaughlin destroyed his car in a Sunday morning crash during practice.

The three Penske drivers all started on the front row last year, but will be 10th, 11th and 12th in the fourth row together next weekend. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Scott McLaughlin had a harrowing practice experience at the Indy 500 on Sunday. His car went airborne after it slammed into the wall on the track just ahead of Pole Day qualifying.

Video showed the car sliding and spinning across the track after the hard collision with the wall before finally coming to a stop. McLaughlin is not the first driver to flip over.

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In the past few days, at least two others have also experienced frightening airborne moments.

Kyffin Simpson flipped over during Fast Friday, with Colton Herta went airborne during Saturday's qualifying.

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McLaughlin was able to emerge from the wreckage and appeared to avoid any major injuries.

Mclaughlin received a medical evaluation. Shortly after he was released from a care center, he said he was "fine." He also offered an apology to Team Penske.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Mclaughlin said. "I'm just really, really sorry for everyone at Team Penske, the guys on the #3 car and everyone who builds these fantastic cars. It (the car) was talking to me and I sort of felt it and I probably should have backed out.  But you try to complete a run to see what it feels like. Was it (worth) the risk? Probably wasn't. Incredibly sad. That's basically what it felt like. You just try and brace yourself, and I was just hoping I didn't go into the catch-fence. Very grateful to IndyCar, the safety, my team, the SAFER Barriers and everything like that, because it kept me safe."

Shortly before the crash, McLaughlin managed to propel to the top of the charts in Fast 12 practice. The disastrous moment happened during Turn 2 on Sunday.

The left-rear wheel suffered visible, severe damage immediately upon impact. The racing line next to the Turn 2 exit was left with a noticeable gouge. There was a stoppage in action and crews were deployed to make repairs.

The SAFER Barrier also suffered considerable damage.

McLaughlin, last year's Indy 500 pole-sitter, will not participate in Fast 12 qualifying. Therefore, McLaughlin's official starting position on the Indy 500 grid will be No. 12.

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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway ended in controversy on Saturday as Corey Heim spun out while racing Layne Riggs on the final lap.

Heim and Riggs raced hard in overtime. Heim was leading with Riggs on his bumper as they took the white flag. Heim claimed the high line as Riggs went low. Heim slid up the track and Riggs was right on his door as they went down the backstretch.

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As the came around Turn 2, Heim spun out. Chandler Smith was able to maneuver around Riggs and took home the victory. Riggs finished in second place.

Heim delivered a message to Riggs after the race.

"Calm down or else I'm going to take care of you," he said.

Needless to say, Heim was upset with how Riggs raced him and confronted him about it once everyone was back on pit road. Heim called Riggs’ decision on the final lap "scum racing."

"Just why? More than anything. He tried to do it to the 7 (Carson Hocevar) last week for the win, and mission accomplished for him," Heim said, via NASCAR.com. "I guess, this week – and it cost him one, too. I don’t know. We’ve given up so many of them this year after dominating the race. The 38 (Smith) was the only other guy that was rightfully good. 

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"I felt like he deserved to win over anyone else, not the 34 (Riggs). I got really loose into (Turn) 3. Just struggled being loose on the short runs, and he had an opportunity, and he wrecked me. Just disappointed."

Riggs defended his "strong move."

"If I have a reputation of going for wins, I’m not going to regret that at all," Riggs said. "You know, I feel like I came from short-track racing, last-lap battles, and feel like that’s what this kind of racing is made for. I feel like it’s not like we’ve seen at Martinsville in the past, and gotten upset. I feel like it was a strong move, and I thought it was going to pay off. 

"But sadly, didn’t get the win."

Heim finished the race in 17th.

Heim still leads the drivers standings with 450 points – 47 more than Smith. Riggs moved up to eighth in the standings.

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Journalism won the 150th Preakness Stakes in a thrilling race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. 

Journalism, who went off at even odds in this race, edged Gosger, a long shot at 15-1, by a nose in the two-horse finish.

Coming in third was Sandman (6-1 odds), who was followed by Goal Oriented (8-1).

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Journalism finished second at the Kentucky Derby to Sovereignty, who wasn't a part of the nine-horse field at the Preakness. 

But jockey Umberto Rispoli and his trusty steed would not be denied the crown this time, though it looked bleak heading into the final stretch. 

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At the start of the race, it was Clever Again, who entered the race with 9-2 odds to win, leading most of the way. But Clever Again finished dead last. 

Gosger started pulling away from the competition as the horses made the final turn into the last half mile, and that's where the thrills began in this race. 

Rispoli was trying to get Journalism to make a push toward the front of the pack, but there was nowhere to go. Then, Journalism and Goal Oriented bumped hard, and that could've had serious consequences, but both horses stayed upright. 

It appeared the bump led to the separation Journalism needed, and the chase for Gosger was on as the finish line got closer. 

Journalism hit an extra gear and was able to get a nose past Gosger in an official time of 1:55.47. 

This edition of the Middle Jewel was a thriller until the end, and the race favorite, looking for redemption from the Kentucky Derby, got exactly that in the end. 

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Colton Herta was involved in a terrifying crash during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on Saturday.

He was entering Turns 1 and 2 at 236 mph when he lost control of his vehicle and spun around. The No. 26 car hit his front end into the wall on the backstretch. As he drove backward, Herta’s car went airborne and flipped over.

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The car continued down the backstretch and into Turns 3 and 4. It clung to the wall before it came to a stop.

Herta was able to get out of the car and walk away from the frightening accident.

"I’m fine. Luckily, nowadays, these crashes look scarier than they feel," Herta told FOX Sports after leaving the emergency care center. "Not to say that that one felt good, but I think the team’s gonna be hard at work right now trying to get the backup car ready. It’ll probably be impossible to try to get it out today.

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"Terrible day for this to happen. . . . No real signs leading to it. We were super happy with the car this morning and go out loose. We couldn’t even get Lap 1 done. So, yeah, it sucks but I’m good. We’ll keep going."

As of Saturday, Herta was a 16-1 shot to win the Indy 500.

Herta has nine wins in his IndyCar Series career. He last won at Nashville to end the 2024 season. He had three top-10 finishes this year and one top-5 finish.

He will enter the Indy 500 ninth in the points standings. He was seventh last season at Indy.

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IndyCar driver Kyffin Simpson was involved in a scary crash during Indianapolis 500 practice on Friday.

Simpson came around the final turn and was headed toward the front stretch when the rear of his vehicle wiggled, and he lost control. Simpson slammed his left front into the wall and went airborne for a few moments before he came back down. He did not flip.

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Parts and debris were strewn across the track as practice was suspended briefly before it started up again.

"I’m all good, praise the Lord," Simpson told FOX Sports after he was checked out at the emergency care center. "It’s a tough way to start out Fast Friday. Just a weird crash. Everything about it was weird.

"Even from out-lap, something didn’t really feel quite right. I kept going right on weight jacker and trying to help the car out. It just never really felt the way I expected it to. It was just a weird one. We’ll go back and look at some data and try to figure out what might’ve been wrong and try to make sure it doesn’t happen again."

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The Caymanian driver has competed for Chip Gnassi Racing on the IndyCar Series since 2023. He has yet to win an IndyCar race.

He had the best finish of his career at the Grand Prix of Long Beach earlier this season. He finished in 10th.

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The Indy 500 hasn’t officially begun yet, but that doesn’t mean tensions aren’t running high on day three of practice on Friday. 

Nolan Siegel took issue with Christian Rasmussen after he aggressively cut inside Siegel on a turn. The FOX broadcast aired Siegel’s communication with his crew following Rasmussen’s risky maneuver.

"Rasmussen is such a f------ idiot," Siegel said.

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Rasmussen was already on Siegel’s "idiot" list before that, but Rasmussen is in a league of his own on Siegel’s list now. 

"He's already on the list of idiots, but there are too many of them, but he's like, above everyone else," Siegel said. 

The FOX broadcast team sympathized with Siegel’s frustration.

"I can feel it based on what I just saw, that was throwing caution to the wind for sure right there," the announcers said. 

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Friday of the Indy 500 weekend is also known as "Fast Friday," where the qualification draw will take place at 6:15 p.m. ET.

On Saturday, the IndyCar qualifications take place throughout the day. The first qualifications begin at 11 a.m. ET on FS1, and then at 1:30 p.m. ET the qualifications are aired on FS2. The last part of Saturday’s qualifications will air on FOX at 4 p.m. ET.

Throughout the day on Saturday during Full-Field Qualifying, the fastest 30 cars will secure provisional spots. Positions 13-30 are locked in, and those spots are unable to re-qualify on Sunday. 

In the Top 12 Qualifying on Sunday, that determines positions 7-12. The cars will run in order from slowest to fastest based on Saturday’s results. 

The fastest six times advance to the Firestone Fast Six to compete for the pole.

Tensions are already running high in practice, and everything will be turned up a notch once the qualifying begins on Saturday. 

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On May 29, 2022, Marcus Ericsson was on top of the IndyCar world, having just driven 500 miles faster than anyone else on the planet.

At 31 years old, Ericsson earned his first Indy 500 victory. Not long before, he had been having trouble finding his footing in Formula One.

Ericsson joined F1 in 2014 and lasted for five seasons, but he never won a race. In fact, his best finish was an eighth-place run in 2015, and he had just 11 top-10s in his five-year stint there.

But today, he's in IndyCar lore.

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"The problem in F1 is it’s about being in the right car and right team to win. In F1, the same guys win. In F1, all the guys build their own car. So if you’re a big team with a lot of resources, it’s easy to build a very good car. If you’re a small team with less resources, it’s more difficult," Ericsson told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "So over five years, I was on smaller teams and never got a chance to show what I could do. So IndyCar came up as an option, everyone has the same option, and you can set it up for you as a driver. Waking up on race day knowing I had a chance to win was something I really missed in Formula One."

Of course, no matter what circuit Ericsson is running, winning is difficult. There aren't milk, beer and champagne showers in victory lane for no reason. For Ericsson and racers alike, it's a mental game, knowing that you will lose much more often than you win.

"It is very tough, and it's one of the biggest challenges with racing. I would say it’s that mental side of things and always sort of believing in yourself, pushing yourself forward and staying tough and sort of staying confident," Ericsson said. "That’s a constant challenge that we all go through. Racing, golf, even if you win a lot, you win rarely. It’s a special thing, it takes a lot of mental toughness to perform at a high level every weekend and go through that season after season."

"In the past, I was very results-driven, I want to have this many wins and this many podiums in a year," he added. "But I’ve learned in my career that that’s not a great way of focusing. Sometimes, there are things outside of your control that’s happening. In racing, there are so many things that can go wrong. So I try to focus on my own performance. I want to have as many weekends where I felt like I performed at my best. And due to other circumstances, your best may only be a fifth-place finish, but that was your maximum that day. That’s something I’ve learned throughout my career. And be honest with yourself – did I get the most out of myself today?"

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One way Ericsson does get the most out of himself, though, is by taking Allegra, a brand which he will be representing at this year's Indy 500. It's a partnership that is perfect timing given allergy season, but it also makes a world of a difference on the track.

"Zero percent brain interference, staying sharp, non-drowsiness, those are the keys to not only in the race car but a day in the life. And to represent them at the Indy 500 is really cool," Ericcson said. "It’s perfect timing. Everyone on my crew is using it to stay sharp, because every split-second in racing matters."

Ericsson knows that better than anybody – he led on the final lap of the Indy 500 in 2023 as well, but crossed the finish line second.

"When we’re racing 200-plus miles an hour, you need to be mentally there all the time. It’s so important for someone like me to be able to do that and not drift away. The mental side is always something I’ve focused on, because the higher you are in any sport, but racing in particular, the mental strength can make a difference between winning and losing," he added. "People don’t realize how tough it is to drive our cars. He hit up to five Gs, and that focus to stay laser sharp for two or three hours is definitely challenging. You’re drained, body’s drained, mind’s drained, it’s really tough."

The racing spectacle is now less than two weeks away, and Ericsson knows exactly what he has to do to bring home the victory again.

"The month of May is all about winning. This is our Super Bowl – winner takes all. I need to have a car that’s beneath me, take it step by step, patience is the name of the game," he said.

"It’s a long month before we get to race day. And hopefully the Allegra car will be in victory lane."

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One year ago at this time, Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward had a dream. 

When he closed his eyes at night, O'Ward told Fox News Digital he would dream of crossing the finish line at the Indy 500 before the rest of his competition. 

"I keep racing multiple Indy 500's in my head. It’s crazy," he said last May. "You try and tone it down as much as you can, but this race…it’s unlike anything else."

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The dream looked like it was about to come true when "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" saw O'Ward leading with one lap to go until Josef Newgarden came flying from behind and past the McLaren black and orange car to come away with the win.

Instead of celebrating victory at "The Brickyard," O'Ward was slumped over his vehicle as his team tried to console him. For the second time in three years, O'Ward was runner-up. 

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"I mean, at that moment, it was a moment that a lot of emotions were kind of exploding out of a bottle, and they truly were uncontrollable," he told Fox News Digital recently before the big race on Memorial Day weekend. "It was a very raw scene of what it’s like to be just right there, but just missing it. It’s been a few times that that’s happened, so that’s why I think it was such a heavy emotion. 

"I dedicate and do everything for this moment, and sometimes it’s just right there, but haven’t quite gotten it. It’s just the human side of it, I would say."

Despite the results of the last few years in Indianapolis, O'Ward's optimistic outlook on his profession has not wavered entering this year's race. 

"I mean, this time last year, I had like three [did not finish] by this point," he said while laughing. 

"It’s one of the only months all year when you really get to enjoy the present, and you’re not focused on the future, you’re not focused on the past. You’re just focused on where you’re at. It’s a very amazing experience."

The sting of defeat is something that almost never leaves the mind, even one full year after it happens. However, with every failure, an opportunity to learn comes, and that is exactly what O'Ward is getting from last year's finish. 

"You gotta be up at the front the last stint," he said when asked what he learned from last year's runner-up finish. "The last stint is super important, but also a race that can turn around one lap to another just because of a yellow flag falling. There’s a lot of different strategies going on, and it’s a race that constantly wants you to be flexible, agile. You need to adjust sails, rather than go against it."

In five starts this season, O'Ward is still searching for his first victory, though he has two top-five and three top-10 finishes. As a result, he is currently ranked fourth in NTT IndyCar Series standings. 

Perhaps his best race of the year came at the 2025 Grand Prix of Indianapolis this past weekend, finishing runner-up behind Alex Palou. 

While O'Ward is not currently dreaming again about celebrating with his Arrow McLaren team, kissing the famed Yard of Bricks, and chugging some milk, as is custom for the champion, it is in the back of his mind somewhere. 

That moment is what continues to drive him, especially knowing how close he was to realizing that dream. 

"I think at this point, it’s a combination of a lot of different things, but it hasn’t been a reason like, ‘Hey, we’ve been lucky to have these opportunities.’ No, we’ve put ourselves in these opportunities, and we have earned ourselves the position to have these opportunities," he said. "I think that alone just gives me a peace of mind along with my core team. We know how to do this, we know how to put ourselves in positions to win this race. 

"I think, deep down, it gives us a lot of self-confidence of we’re not searching for something that we’ve never been in or we’re not searching for something that haven’t done." 

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Blackmore won both the Grand National and Gold Cup in a career that included 575 wins across 4,566 races