OMAHA, NE.–After winning its first game in Omaha Friday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost to Oklahoma 6-2 in their second game at the College World Series. Aidan Tyrell was charged with the loss after allowing five runs, two of them earned, over three innings of relief for the Irish. For Notre Dame, Carter Putz […]
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. — Josef Newgarden and Team Penske are $1 million richer becoming the first driver this season to win on a road course, street course, and an oval this season. Newgarden overcame two late caution flags in the last ten laps to secure his third win of the season. Evermore crucial, the win […]
DETROIT — A risky strategy call paid off in the end for Will Power as he won the Detroit Grand Prix literally by the cords of his tires on Sunday. Power, who chose to start on primary black tires and finish on the alternate, less durable red tires held off a hard-charging effort from Alexander […]
DETROIT — Andretti Autosport has confirmed that long-time driver Alexander Rossi will not return to the team in 2023, instead choosing to go with up-and-coming driver Kyle Kirkwood to pilot the #27-car next season. It has not been a secret that Rossi’s time at Andretti Autosport was coming to an end. Rossi has not scored […]
Marcus Ericsson wins The 106th Running Of The Indy 500! https://omny.fm/shows/hammer-and-nigel-show/marcus-ericsson-wins-indy-500
INDIANAPOLIS — The purse this year for the Indianapolis 500 was the largest it’s ever been, and Marcus Ericsson is seeing a huge chunk of it. For winning the Indianapolis 500, Ericsson has been awarded $3.1 million at last night’s Victory Banquet, of a total purse of over 16-million. “The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest […]
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — In a race dominated by his Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon, it would be Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson to claim the checkered flag in the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500. In a classic finish, Ericsson, who started 5th in the middle of Row 2, desperately weaved, swerved, and clawed his way around […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL has announced that after opening a bidding process for the NFL Scouting Combine, the event will remain in Indianapolis for 2023 and 2024. The NFL said in a press release that Indianapolis “remains the best city to host the Combine.” The other finalists to host were Dallas and Los Angeles. “We […]
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — With the fastest pole speed in the history of the Indianapolis 500, Scott Dixon will lead the field of 33 to the green flag for the second consecutive year on Memorial Day weekend. Guess we were lucky with the weather and that had us in the Fast 12,” Dixon said. “Step One, […]
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Once again dodging quickly changing weather and track conditions, the field for the Indianapolis was mostly set on Saturday. Rinus Veekay is the quickest driver of them all heading into Pole Day on Sunday, setting the third-fastest qualifying speed in the history at 233.655 mph. Only Arie Luyendyk (236.986) and Scott Brayton […]
