Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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.

“On Fast Friday or Carb Day, there’s nothing wrong with a beer at breakfast.”

“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.

All the IndyCar drivers, celebs, and sights from the 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

“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?”

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

“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.

“I have to be an owner, more so than a father,” says Bobby Rahal. “It’s not just all about him. It’s all about everyone else on the team, too.”

After two quick tours around the circuit, the second of which involved a brief battle with Helio Castroneves down the main straight, we peeled into pit lane and roared back to the team’s garage.

“Domestic violence impacts our families and friends, our workplaces, and our communities,” said Castroneves. “I’m encouraging racing fans to clean out their drawers and donate their old phones and accessories.”