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Full qualifying results for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, round six of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Full qualifying results for the fifth round of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)

In the final practice at Pocono Raceway before Sunday's race, Marco Andretti once again topped the times in race trim but there were also encouraging signs from the Honda camp.

Ryan Briscoe claimed his first win in the IZOD IndyCar Series in over two years, thanks to a late caution for a violent accident when Sebastien Bourdais crashed out of third place.

Justin Allgaier won the NAPA Auto Parts 200 Nationwide Series race in Montreal, after he tipped a slowing Jacques Villeneuve into a spin on the second green-white-chequered finish of the day.

There was no question who was setting the pace for the second group of IndyCar drivers testing at Sebring International Raceway, with Scott Dixon way in front of the rest.

Canadian driver Alex Tagliani has signed a race deal with Bryan Herta Autosport for 2012

IndyCar worked for months to make the 2011 season finale a fitting climax and affirmation of a series on the way back. No one could know it would end up being its darkest hour.

A record field of 34 cars is set to take the green flag at the IZOD IndyCar World Championship season finale at Las Vegas next weekend.

Canadians rose to the top of qualifying in Montreal, with former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve taking pole position ahead of current IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani.

Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to victory lane after a confused and heated end to the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway twice interrupted for rain.

Dario Franchitti quickly took the lead of the first race of the Firestone Twin 275 double header event, and refused to be dislodged despite a strong late challenge from team mate Scott Dixon.

Recovering from a desperately poor qualifying performance at Indy, Andretti Autosport has snapped up the engineer who put Alex Tagliani on pole - angering Sam Schmidt.

Dan Wheldon might be unemployed after his Indy 500 victory on Sunday, but he's not going to be short of cash for the foreseeable future - after pocketing $2.5m for the day's work.

The winner of the 2011 Indy 500 gets twice as much in prize money as the driver in second place, but no one walks away with a less than a quarter of a million dollars after Sunday.

Dan Wheldon was never far from the front of the field during the three hours of the 2011 Indy 500, but he never looked like winning and never led a lap. Except the last one.

Ever since teams and drivers arrived at Indianapolis, there has been a rolling campaign to get IndyCar to drop double file restarts for the Indy 500. But to no avail: they stay.

The final day of practice before qualifying is known as "Fast Friday," and it lived up to its reputation with six drivers topping 228mph - led by Penske's Helio Castroneves.

Practice finally got underway in Indianapolis in much improved weather conditions but it was a short run for Simona de Silvestro before a vicious crash left her car upside down and on fire.

Alex Tagliani will race in next weekend's Indianapolis 500 despite failing to qualify for the race on Bump Day, after his Conquest Racing team opted to place the Canadian in temporary team-mate Bruno Junqueira's car.

Conquest Racing's new relationship with the Rubicon Sports Agency has yielded a first sponsorship announcement in the run-up to this year's Indianapolis 500, preparations for which get underway at the Brickyard today [Tuesday].

Conquest Racing driver Alex Tagliani took a podium finish alongside sportscar racer Joey Hand and Gatorz sunglasses owner Kerry Lynch in an end of season endurance karting event held at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Sunday AM: Garage sale? With no future for the Champ Car series after this weekend's race, the teams continue to ponder what to do with their cars.

Rocketsports Racing's Alex Tagliani produced the fastest time of a busy test day at Road America on Tuesday where the classic Wisconsin circuit produced much of its notorious fickle weather.