Circle City

Celebrities walked the 2015 Indianapolis 500 red carpet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

One driver’s Jack Russell terrier is to IndyCar what Blue III is to college basketball.

We have a soft spot for IndyCar wives and girlfriends, who, along with their hunky beaux, bolster the racing series’s claim on the title of Most Beautiful Sport in America.

“One guy said something like, ‘Why don’t you let a man do that?’ It wasn’t that long ago.”

The first time in the parade’s history that a sitting mayor has served as grand marshal.

“Honestly, I really do feel like if Paul were alive, I would love to just sit down and watch this movie with him,” says Carolla. “I don’t think he’d necessarily appreciate a retrospective on his film career, but I think he would love this movie.”

No one has shouted “It’s a new track record!” at the IMS for a long time.

Ed Carpenter and crew pick up the pieces after a Pole Day crash, Tony Kanaan gets in some family time, A.J. Foyt makes an appearance—plus more images from Sunday’s qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“I’m 68,” Letterman said in the interview. “Who the hell is going to say, ‘Let’s get a really old guy in here and see what he can do?’”

Judge Sarah Evans Barker is still as much a force in Indiana as ever, not only from the bench but also as a prominent and respected voice in the community—and she’s still having fun.

“You’re there with the milk. Ain’t got anyone else on the podium. Just you and the milk,” Power mused. “Now that’s a selfie right there.”

“What we’ve had to do is look through the lens of, is something really a tradition?” says Boles. “Is it really core, central to our DNA? Or is it something that has just happened over time, and if you changed it, it doesn’t really change the importance of the race?”

“I don’t know if that’s stupidity or what, but I’m not nervous at all,” said McAfee. “I’m just very excited.”

2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis pole-sitter Will Power, his wife, Liz, and other IndyCar drivers captured in candid images.

As WIBC’s Ray Steele learned when he interviewed the 92-year-old Broad Ripple resident, one of McDowell’s recollections is particularly vivid.