Conor Daly

IndyCar and the IMS are in a race for your attention. But, in the process, has the Indy 500 become more spectacle than sport?

That time they dressed in French-fry costumes.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sharna Burgess, and other stars turned out for the Indy 500 Red Carpet ahead of the 101st Running of the race.

The men stole the show playing against swimsuit models, thanks to these moments of bonding and spontaneity.

“People don’t actually believe me,” a jovial Daly admitted. “Especially after the last three years. It’s really happening.”

“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.

@IUBloomington offers the week’s best #humblebrag: “Just another day at IU (with Grammy Award winner Joshua Bell and Academy Award winner Meryl Streep).”