IndyCar

Racing greats past and present were in high spirits at Friday’s 2015 Indianapolis 500 Carb Day.

“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.”

Former Colts QB pays tribute to Hoosier funnyman

“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.

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?”

“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.