Takuma Sato passed Helio Castroneves with five laps to go and hung on to win the 101st running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
Go Green Racing's Mike Bliss will be driving the #32 Ford Fusion in hopes of making the Duck Commander 500 on Sunday. Qualifying will take place Friday to see if Bliss gets a shot at participating.
A racecar driver and a friend of Ward's who was there says he doesn't believe Stewart intentionally hit Ward...but he thinks Stewart should accept a big share of the responsibility for what happened.
“It’s just an unbelievable tragedy,” Greg Zipadelli, Stewart-Haas Racing Vice President of Competition said. “Our hearts go out to Kevin and his family. Thoughts and prayers. This is a very tough, very emotional time for everybody." Tony Stewart co-owns four NASCAR Sprint Cup cars under the Stewart-Haas Racing name.
Ten fans were injured, but none seriously, when a camera cable fell during the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday. And apparently it was a bit more harrowing than you might expect for the fans sitting directly UNDER the cable.