2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (326+ words) The position of second place. Understatement is more than a professional approach for Palou'it's a way of life. For his fifth birthday, Palou's family pooled their resources to buy him a small, used go-kart. Instead of playing soccer after school…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (107+ words) With decades of experience contributing to national magazines and top-tier digital platforms, Christina Vercelletto crafts fresh, fascinating, and actionable content for Indianapolis Monthly as its lifestyle editor. - Pedal any route you like to make your pickups. There is no prescribed…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (43+ words) Mike Botkin is an experienced sports writer. He still uses one finger to text and pen and paper to report. His methods may be antiquated to some but his stories are true. Every one of them. Check them out at…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (365+ words) FOR DANIELLE TROTTA'and fellow broadcaster Adam Alexander, walking into Indianapolis Motor Speedway for NASCAR's famed Brickyard 400 isn't just a part of their job. It's a full-circle moment. "There is no place like home," says Trotta, a Carmel High School graduate…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (558+ words) This museum started out a much more modest affair. Its first iteration'a nondescript building at 16th Street and Georgetown Road'opened in 1956. It possessed only a handful of cars, but soon donations of vehicles and other memorabilia broadened the collection. In 1976, the…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (37+ words) Illustration By Ryan Johnson. Q: Do the Indy 500 pace car drivers get any training? A: Piloting the pace car is a big honor, but it's no walk in the park. Celebrity drivers, including Colin Powell, .. ....

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) KYLE LARSON won't sleep much the night before the Indianapolis 500. "We try, but it's tough," the 32-year-old driver tells Indianapolis Monthly. "I just remember last year; the cannon went off at like 5 or 6 in the morning. And once you hear…...