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

“It’s just a different era,” says Daly. “I feel like there’s about 100 different people who come up every day and tell me if I was racing 10 years ago, I would have been hired instantly.”

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.

Spotting is no small job. “You screw up,” said Wheeler, “it’s big.”

Up-close photos with current and former IndyCar drivers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ahead of the 2015 Indianapolis 500.

“We haven’t heard the three magic words: Cleared to drive.”

Behind the scenes with drivers and their families, plus all the goings-on from around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

How to wear American flags and cute shoes to the Speedway.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway rumbles to life as IndyCar teams roll in for Opening Day 2015.

The NASCAR great shouldn’t need any pointers on how to manage the turns at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After all, he’s won the Brickyard 400 five times.

“When I won my first race, I wasn’t allowed to spray champagne because I was underage. So Dave [Letterman, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing] decided to send me some.”

Busch is attempting to join an exclusive club of drivers to complete “The Double,” the feat of racing, on the same day, in the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600.

Why race fans will spend up to $1,100 for a four-night stay in a tent.

By decisively winning the 1926 Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, Charlie Wiggins, a humble mechanic from Indy’s south side, earned the nickname “The Negro Speed King”—almost 65 years before Willie T. Ribbs would become the first black driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

This collection of highly pedigreed architectural elements also represents Indy’s automotive history.