NASCAR superstar Kyle Larson will once again attempt to do the “Double” at the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 this Sunday, but decades before crossover drives made headlines, Donnie Allison etched his name into racing history by taking on both races in the same week, twice, and conquering both.
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Exclusive | NASCAR’s Donnie Allison: The Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 Double pioneer

NASCAR superstar Kyle Larson will once again attempt to do the “Double” at the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 this Sunday, but decades before crossover drives made headlines, Donnie Allison etched his name into racing history by taking on both races in the same week, twice, and conquering both. Allison was a pioneer long…

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Indy 500 | Practice 3 | Newgarden reminds field he’s still defending champ, tops timesheets for Thursday

The field for this year’s Indy 500 finally got a full day of running in Thursday, and the result in Practice 3 was a familiar one. Two-time defending race winner Josef Newgarden topped the timesheets with a lap of 226.632 mph. Scott Dixon came second with a speed of 225.457 mph, with Conor Daly third…

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Indy 500 | Qualifying | McLaughlin breaks 4-lap average record to storm to pole as Penske sweep the front row

Santino Ferrucci kicked things off in the Fast 6 and had a couple of very close shaves during his run at turns 1 and 4 respectively. His average was 232.692mph. 233.211mph, 232.819mph, 232.425mph, 232.314mph was the speed on his four laps. Kyle Larson was up next. His average was 232.846mph to beat Ferrucci. 233.383mph, 232.903mph,…

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Indy 500 | Qualifying | Scott McLaughlin fastest as Kyle Larson books a spot in the Fast 6

Ryan Hunter-Reay went first and his average was 230.567mph. 231.440mph, 230.118mph, 230.197mph, 230.519mph was the speed on his four laps. Rinus VeeKay was next following his extraordinary Saturday. His average was 232.610mph. 233.499mph, 232.777mph, 232.194mph, 231.975mph was the speed on his four laps. Pato O’Ward was third out and his average was 232.584mph as he…

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Indy 500 | IndyCar Qualifying Day 2 | Newgarden and Legge fastest in Practice

The final practice session ahead of the latest begins with an hour of track time reserved to the drivers taking part in the Fast 12. The first driver to get on track was Pato O’Ward, which signed a four laps average of 233.462mph, consistently better than his yesterday’s achievement. Among yesterday’s surprise names in the…

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