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The Spaniard will have another crack at winning the Indy 500 in May

Fernando Alonso seems to be enjoying his life outside of Formula 1. The Spaniard has won Le Mans, launched his own racing team, and-just over a week ago-was hooning Toyota's Dakar Hilux around a desert.Now, another toy. McLaren

Which is why he’s heading back to Indy in 2019

Fernando Alonso will race the Indy 500 for a second time in 2019, as he continues to chase the unofficial 'Triple Crown' of motorsport.Graham Hill remains the only driver to have won Le Mans, the Monaco GP, and the Indy 500.

It was the pace car

Driving a motorsport event pace car is like being a football referee, or a special ops secret agent. Because it's one of those jobs that's very important, and yet no one ever tends to notice when you're doing it

Racing was in his blood

What a life Al Unser must've had as a kid. Father Jerry and uncles Louis and Joe were regulars at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and big brothers Jerry Jr., Louis and Bobby showed the same inclination for racing. Most

He was one speedy Italian

Despite his trophy count and personal claims, Mario Andretti wasn't bred to race. No, the Italian-American wasn't handpicked from a lineage of prominent motorsport figures-in fact, you could say it's a miracle he even entered the sport

It's his first time to drive an IndyCar

Fernando Alonso will start from fifth at next weekend's Indy 500 race. That means he'll be on the second row of the grid, an almighty effort given he'd not driven an IndyCar a month ago.It could have been

Button will take his place

McLaren has today announced its lead driver, Fernando Alonso, will miss the Monaco Grand Prix. He's swerving the most glamorous race on the Formula 1 calendar in order to compete at the Indy 500 in the US. Jenson Button will return

Series' 2nd fatality in 4 years

IndyCar racer Justin Wilson has passed away after sustaining a head injury at Sunday's ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway, according to a report by the Associated Press. His passing was announced by IndyCar, followed by a statement from his family

Here's how the weekend went

For Rounds 3 and 4 of the Mazda Road To Indy (Pro Mazda) Series, we found ourselves back at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. The series had previously been there in February for Winterfest, so I was excited to finally go

Testing with an Indy 500 veteran

Not long after I left sunny and warm Manila for the freezing cold of Indiana, I hopped on another flight for the warmer weather of California for a few days of testing at Thunderhill Raceway Park. Having already been there once, I

Getting ready for full campaign next season

Michele Bumgarner\'s Mazda \"Road To Indy\" debut proved to be a successful one after the Filipino-American race driver finished the last round of the 2013 Pro Mazda Championship series in the top 10 ahead of six other drivers last October

Preparing herself for a full season in Pro Mazda series

Michele Bumgarner has laid out her plans for 2013 in preparation for a full season in the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship (Road To Indy) series.In August, Bumgarner hopes to run at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the Circuit Trois-

Good news for Philippine motorsports

After the supposed Nascar RaceEx World Circuit Cup turned out to be a sham, Fil-American race driver Michele Bumgarner is now turning her attention to the Pro Mazda Championship (Mazda Road to Indy) series. This time, however, she will be backed

Nine years after his 2nd-place finish in 2004

After a string of bad luck that saw him finish no higher than second place in 11 previous tries in the Indianapolis 500, Tony Kanaan of the Chevrolet-powered KV Racing Technology team was finally given a milk bath for winning the