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Chicago Tribune
29-05-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to race the Indianapolis 500
Today is Thursday, May 29, the 149th day of 2025. There are 216 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 29, 1977, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (A.J. Foyt won the race for his record fourth Indy 500 victory). Also on this date: In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th and final original colony to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1914, the Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of Ireland, 1,012 died. In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1985, 39 people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev began their fourth summit meeting, in Moscow. In 2004, the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated by President George W. Bush. In 2009, a judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actor Lana Clarkson. (Spector remained in prison until his death in January 2021.) In 2020, fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (Chauvin was convicted in April 2021 on those charges as well as unintentional second-degree murder.) Today's Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Richie Guerin is 93. Actor Anthony Geary is 78. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 75. Musician-composer Danny Elfman is 72. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, is 71. Singer La Toya Jackson is 69. Actor Ted Levine is 68. Actor Annette Bening is 67. Actor Rupert Everett is 66. Musician Melissa Etheridge is 64. Musician Noel Gallagher is 58. Actor Laverne Cox is 53. Singer Melanie Brown (Spice Girls) is 50. Basketball Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony is 41. Actor Riley Keough is 36.
USA Today
22-05-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Get to know Indy 500 driver Alex Palou and his No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing race car
Get to know Indy 500 driver Alex Palou and his No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing race car Show Caption Hide Caption Watch 'More Than a Race,' our mini-documentary on the Indy 500 Indianapolis is the 500. A.J. Foyt once said, "If it wasn't for the Indianapolis 500, none of you would've ever heard of me." The same might be said of Indianapolis. Alex Palou has won four of the five IndyCar Series races in 2025. He has driven in five Indianapolis 500s, and his best finish is second place in 2021. Alex Palou seeks his first Indianapolis 500 win in 2025, though he is well on his way to a third consecutive IndyCar Series championship. He has won four of five races in 2025, and 15 in his five-plus seasons. Palou qualified sixth for the May 25 race with a qualifying speed of 231.378 mph over four laps. He won pole position in 2023. Here's what you should know about Alex Palou. Starting grid: A complete guide to the 33-car starting lineup for the 2025 Indianapolis 500 Has Alex Palou won the Indy 500? Indy 500 starts: 5 5 Indy 500 pole-sitter: 1 1 Indy 500 wins: 0 0 Best Indy 500 finish: 2nd, 2021 2nd, 2021 Career Indy 500 earnings: $2,834,905 Alex Palou Indy 500 results Year Finish Start 2024 5 14 2023 4 1 2022 9 2 2021 2 6 2020 28 7 Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing − Indy 500 driver profile Age: 28 28 Nationality: Spain Spain Hometown: Barcelona, Spain Barcelona, Spain Car number: 10 10 Race team: Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Engine: Honda Honda IndyCar series championships : 3 (2021, '23, '24) : 3 (2021, '23, '24) 2024 best IndyCar finishes: Won points-paying races at the Indianapolis Grand Prix and Laguna Seca, as well as non-points race at Thermal, California. He had seven podium finishes, including Thermal. When is the 2025 Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway? The 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place Sunday, May 25, 2025. What is the 2025 Indy 500 start time? The green flag drops at 12:45 p.m. ET. 2025 Indianapolis 500 rookies These drivers are in the race for the first time: Louis Foster Robert Shwartzman Nolan Siegel What channel is the Indianapolis 500 on? How can I watch the Indy 500? TV: Fox. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. How can I listen to, stream 2025 Indy 500? IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race) Indy 500 tickets Buy Indy 500 tickets on StubHub Alex Palou 2025 IndyCar results St. Petersburg: 1st, leading 26 laps Thermal: 1st, leading 13 laps Long Beach: 2nd Barber: 1st, starting from the pole and leading 81 laps Indianapolis road course: 1st, starting from pole and leading 29 laps Who is Alex Palou married to? His wife is Esther; they have a daughter, Lucia, born in 2023. Why is McLaren suing Alex Palou? The McLaren team claimed Alex Palou breached a contract when he decided to return to the Ganassi team rather than honor a three-year contract he had signed with McLaren in late 2022. McLaren sought $30 million from Palou. As of September 2024, the sides were scheduled to enter mediation. Open-wheel series: Here are the key differences between F1 and IndyCar in 2025 2025 IndyCar Series schedule The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval) March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida %, noon (Winner: Alex Palou) March 23, Thermal, California &, 3 p.m. (Winner: Alex Palou) April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) May 4, Birmingham, Alabama & (Winner: Alex Palou) May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou) May 25, Indianapolis 500 *, 12:45 p.m. June 1, Detroit %, 12:30 p.m. June 15, St. Louis *, 8 p.m. June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin &, 1:30 p.m. July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 1 p.m. July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m. July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 1 p.m. July 20, Toronto %, noon July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m. Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m. Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m. Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m. IndyCar drivers for 2025 (Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
San Francisco Chronicle
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- San Francisco Chronicle
Reimagined and reopened museum at Indianapolis Motor Speedway aims to be more than just a museum
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rick Mears spent some time recently walking through the reimagined, rebuilt and recently reopened museum at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which houses some of the cars and artifacts from his long and distinguished career in motorsports. It was on the new lower level, though, which had been used as storage and off limits to guests, where the four-time Indy 500 winner had to pause. The only other drivers to win that many times are A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Helio Castroneves, and together one of the smallest clubs in auto racing had an entire wing dedicated just to them. 'It's unbelievable. It really is,' Mears said. 'First of all, I never dreamed of being included in a list like that to begin with, period, and to be there with all the four winners and the way it's done up, and watch videos of all four races and be involved with it — it brings back a lot of memories, to begin with. But it's just an honor to be a part of it.' The museum, tucked inside the 2.5-mile oval between Turns 1 and 2, closed for nearly 18 months as it underwent its first major renovation in four decades, and the product of the $60.5 million project was revealed to the public on April 2. With the Indianapolis 500 on deck this weekend, thousands of fans are expected to flood through the seven permanent galleries, three rotating galleries and roughly 40,000 square feet of new space that houses new immersive and dynamic experiences. 'We wanted the museum to be more than just a gallery,' said museum president Joe Hale, who spearheaded the fundraising and construction effort. 'We wanted this to be a space that people can come back to over and over again.' The old museum was primarily of a large, cavernous space that allowed guests to meander through cabinets full of fire suits, trophies and other relics, which told the story of a speedway that not only has hosted the Indy 500 since 1911 but also NASCAR races, motorcycle races, the Red Bull Air Race and even gas-filled balloon competitions. Of course, there are still extensive spaces showcasing artifacts from more than a century of racing at the speedway, and dozens of cars from the museum's vast collection are on display. But the rebirthed museum represents more than that, from cutting-edge interactive technology to STEM spaces that can be used for school field trips and summer camps. It begins by taking visitors on a guided tour through a recreation of the garage area, known as Gasoline Alley, as it has looked over the years. There are the old, wooden stalls from the early 1900s, antiquated spaces used by Foyt and Mario Andretti in the '60s and '70s, and more modern spaces that teams have used to prepare their cars for this weekend. Then, visitors flood into the 'Starting Line Experience." There, replicas of the cars making up the front row of the Indy 500 sit as if they are on the starting grid. Video boards running along the walls and ceiling make guests feel as though they are right there on race day, preparing to take part in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.' Eventually, visitors spill into three levels of gallery spaces: the new mezzanine dedicated to non-vehicle artifacts, including the fire suit of reigning IndyCar champ Alex Palou; the main level, featuring numerous cars and a wing dedicated to IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske and his accomplishments in racing; and the lower level, where the four-time winners are celebrated and a rotating gallery includes cars from Chip Ganassi Racing. Last month, the museum used proceeds from the sale of 11 vehicles unrelated to Indianapolis Motor Speedway — including a rare Mercedes W 196 R — to help purchase 14 cars from the Ganassi team, including five Indy 500 winners. 'I was very pleased that for many years, our Indy-winning cars have been in our race shop, sitting up there on the wall,' Ganassi said. 'Forty-seven people a year would see them up there, and it was kind of a, 'Hey, that's our Indy winners up there on the wall.' But the fact of the matter is it dawned on me one day that they should be among other Indy winners.' Now they are on display for thousands of visitors every day. There was still money left over from the sale of the museum's other cars, though, and that will provide a sizeable boost to its endowment. The plan eventually is to build a separate preservation shop near the track to not only work on its 200-plus cars, most of which are running, but also display more of them along with some of the other 55,000 items in the collection. 'It's really a special place,' Ganassi said. 'I would encourage you to go see it. It's going to take this — I think it's going to add a lot to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's going to add a lot to the race. It's going to add a lot to the community.'
Toronto Star
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Toronto Star
Reimagined and reopened museum at Indianapolis Motor Speedway aims to be more than just a museum
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rick Mears spent some time recently walking through the reimagined, rebuilt and recently reopened museum at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which houses some of the cars and artifacts from his long and distinguished career in motorsports. It was on the new lower level, though, which had been used as storage and off limits to guests, where the four-time Indy 500 winner had to pause. The only other drivers to win that many times are A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Helio Castroneves, and together one of the smallest clubs in auto racing had an entire wing dedicated just to them.
Hamilton Spectator
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Hamilton Spectator
Reimagined and reopened museum at Indianapolis Motor Speedway aims to be more than just a museum
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rick Mears spent some time recently walking through the reimagined, rebuilt and recently reopened museum at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which houses some of the cars and artifacts from his long and distinguished career in motorsports. It was on the new lower level, though, which had been used as storage and off limits to guests, where the four-time Indy 500 winner had to pause. The only other drivers to win that many times are A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Helio Castroneves, and together one of the smallest clubs in auto racing had an entire wing dedicated just to them. 'It's unbelievable. It really is,' Mears said. 'First of all, I never dreamed of being included in a list like that to begin with, period, and to be there with all the four winners and the way it's done up, and watch videos of all four races and be involved with it — it brings back a lot of memories, to begin with. But it's just an honor to be a part of it.' The museum, tucked inside the 2.5-mile oval between Turns 1 and 2, closed for nearly 18 months as it underwent its first major renovation in four decades, and the product of the $60.5 million project was revealed to the public on April 2. With the Indianapolis 500 on deck this weekend, thousands of fans are expected to flood through the seven permanent galleries, three rotating galleries and roughly 40,000 square feet of new space that houses new immersive and dynamic experiences. 'We wanted the museum to be more than just a gallery,' said museum president Joe Hale, who spearheaded the fundraising and construction effort. 'We wanted this to be a space that people can come back to over and over again.' The old museum was primarily of a large, cavernous space that allowed guests to meander through cabinets full of fire suits, trophies and other relics, which told the story of a speedway that not only has hosted the Indy 500 since 1911 but also NASCAR races, motorcycle races, the Red Bull Air Race and even gas-filled balloon competitions. Of course, there are still extensive spaces showcasing artifacts from more than a century of racing at the speedway, and dozens of cars from the museum's vast collection are on display. But the rebirthed museum represents more than that, from cutting-edge interactive technology to STEM spaces that can be used for school field trips and summer camps. It begins by taking visitors on a guided tour through a recreation of the garage area, known as Gasoline Alley, as it has looked over the years. There are the old, wooden stalls from the early 1900s, antiquated spaces used by Foyt and Mario Andretti in the '60s and '70s, and more modern spaces that teams have used to prepare their cars for this weekend. Then, visitors flood into the 'Starting Line Experience.' There, replicas of the cars making up the front row of the Indy 500 sit as if they are on the starting grid. Video boards running along the walls and ceiling make guests feel as though they are right there on race day, preparing to take part in 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.' Eventually, visitors spill into three levels of gallery spaces: the new mezzanine dedicated to non-vehicle artifacts, including the fire suit of reigning IndyCar champ Alex Palou; the main level, featuring numerous cars and a wing dedicated to IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske and his accomplishments in racing; and the lower level, where the four-time winners are celebrated and a rotating gallery includes cars from Chip Ganassi Racing. Last month, the museum used proceeds from the sale of 11 vehicles unrelated to Indianapolis Motor Speedway — including a rare Mercedes W 196 R — to help purchase 14 cars from the Ganassi team, including five Indy 500 winners. 'I was very pleased that for many years, our Indy-winning cars have been in our race shop, sitting up there on the wall,' Ganassi said. 'Forty-seven people a year would see them up there, and it was kind of a, 'Hey, that's our Indy winners up there on the wall.' But the fact of the matter is it dawned on me one day that they should be among other Indy winners.' Now they are on display for thousands of visitors every day. There was still money left over from the sale of the museum's other cars, though, and that will provide a sizeable boost to its endowment. The plan eventually is to build a separate preservation shop near the track to not only work on its 200-plus cars, most of which are running, but also display more of them along with some of the other 55,000 items in the collection. 'It's really a special place,' Ganassi said. 'I would encourage you to go see it. It's going to take this — I think it's going to add a lot to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's going to add a lot to the race. It's going to add a lot to the community.' ___ AP auto racing:
