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Indianapolis 500

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Heat vs. Pacers: Five Reasons Indiana Is the Butthole of America, From a Guy Who Lived There

    The Miami Heat take on the Indiana Pacers tonight in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. It promises to be a fine basketball contest. The Heat are without the advantage of Chris Bosh. LeBron James is gonna go cobradick, and Rony Turiaf has promised to do more dancing. Nobody knows who's ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    The Super Bowl prostitution hoax

    Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Two Powerboat Racers Killed In Key West Championship Race (Video)

    via YouTube​As hundreds of spectators on Mallory Pier watched in horror in Key West yesterday, a powerboat skipping across the water amidst the Super Boat World Championships hit a wake, caught too much air, and then violently flipped. A helicopter rushed to the crash, but the boats pilot and thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Cyndi Lauper Forgets "Star-Spangled Banner" Lyrics and Four More National Anthem Flubs

    ​"The Star-Spangled Banner" ... In American sports, it's the "We Will Rock You" of patriotism. A song that often sends chills down our spine. And in some situations, precedes fighter jet fly-overs. But our national anthem is also an incredibly tough tune to carry. Performers often succumb to ner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Attention NASCAR Fans! Homestead-Miami Speedway Announces New BYOB Policy!

    via Flickr brianc"Did ya hear that Billy Jo? We can bring in more beer!" ​Denny Hamlin is in the lead for the 2010 Sprint cup with the Ford Championship Week just one race awa....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Whoa, sorry for falling asleep there, but NASCAR is so boring. This happened once before when our da ... More >>

  • News

    August 19, 2010

    Indy driver Jay Howard and teen protege Tristan Nunez struggle in today's pay-to-ride car racing

    via Flickr brianc"Did ya hear that Billy Jo? We can bring in more beer!" ​Denny Hamlin is in the lead for the 2010 Sprint cup with the Ford Championship Week just one race awa....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.Whoa, sorry for falling asleep there, but NASCAR is so boring. This happened once before when our da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Charlie Murphy Discusses His Brother, Bitch-Slaps, and the Death of Chappelle's Show

    ​What exactly was Charlie Murphy doing before he got famous for slapping the shit out of Rick James on Chappelle's Show? "Well, I was in movies. The last 20 years, I've been writing movies, being in movies. Between that and just hustling... I was a martial arts instructor for a couple years. I did ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Miami Free Times: Christopher Hitchens, Andres Escobar, Helio Castroneves, and Sebastin Junger

    A still from Sebastian Junger's doc Restrepo about the frontlines in Afghanistan. ​What's free in the 305 this week? With the exception of one World-Cup-themed film, it's the week of testosterone-fueled book readings. There's a cranky British intellectual, a suave racecar driver, an embedded journ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Dances With Racecars

    A still from Sebastian Junger's doc Restrepo about the frontlines in Afghanistan. ​What's free in the 305 this week? With the exception of one World-Cup-themed film, it's the week of testosterone-fueled book readings. There's a cranky British intellectual, a suave racecar driver, an embedded journ ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Gerald Posner plagiarized New Times, PBS, and many others

    A still from Sebastian Junger's doc Restrepo about the frontlines in Afghanistan. ​What's free in the 305 this week? With the exception of one World-Cup-themed film, it's the week of testosterone-fueled book readings. There's a cranky British intellectual, a suave racecar driver, an embedded journ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    More Gerald Posner Plagiarism in Miami Babylon, From New Times, PBS, and Many Others

    Back on March 16, Riptide broke the news that South Beach-based author Gerald Posner's latest book, Miami Babylon, had stolen eight passages from Frank Owen's 2003 work Clubland. photo by Bill Cooke New Times and a doctoral student have found more than a dozen new instances of plagi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Miami Beach Police Plays Mind Games Using Fake Cop Cars

    So you're speeding down the MacArthur Causeway in your beat-up Toyota when you spot a Miami Beach Police cruiser. Only it's the same cop car you've seen there for the past month. It hasn't moved an inch. It's been glistening in the morning, slumbering at night -- but there's no driver. Where could t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

    So you're speeding down the MacArthur Causeway in your beat-up Toyota when you spot a Miami Beach Police cruiser. Only it's the same cop car you've seen there for the past month. It hasn't moved an inch. It's been glistening in the morning, slumbering at night -- but there's no driver. Where could t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Danica and Dale Jr.: Go for It!

    Take it easy, Danica. You've won only one of these.​Aside from the cars going really fast on four wheels, with about three-quarters of the laps being relatively dull, NASCAR and IndyCar have about as much in common as the Rock and Philip Seymour Hoffman. However, the two racing leagues ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Helio Castroneves Strikes Back

    After a year of dodging tax charges, Miami's fastest driver takes the Indy 500.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Castroneves Acquitted

    Two days after everyone paid taxes, and thousands protested this basic fact, one guy got off free on charges of evading his taxes. Indianapolis 500 and Dancing With The Stars champion Helio Castroneves was acquitted on tax evasion charges. Castroneves was charged last October with failing to report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    History's Best Designed Car May Be Worth The Drive

    via National Automobile MuseumThe Phantom Corsair may be one of the most striking one-off cars in existence. I mean, just look at the thing. The concept car was designed in the '30 by Rust Heinz (of the ketchup Heinzes), but his death ended hopes for production. It usually sits inside the National A ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    January 10, 2008

    Shift Happens

    Indy Legends brings Brickyard history to life.

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Milkamania

    She's fast, she's smart, and she's headed for Indy

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2006

    Behind the Wheel

    She's fast, she's smart, and she's headed for Indy

  • Film

    January 30, 2003

    Blowin' Smoke

    Biker Boyz is furious, but it ain't fast, which is a real drag

  • Film

    December 24, 1998

    Southern Cross

    Biker Boyz is furious, but it ain't fast, which is a real drag

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    55 SW Miami Avenue Road

    A tale of Seminoles in canoes, little plastic men with parachutes, Connie Chung, a twenty-foot-tall high-heel shoe -- and Big Fish

  • News

    January 22, 1992

    The Classic Caddy Conundrum

    One 1973 ragtop Cadillac. One seller. One buyer. One's got the title, the other's got the car. Who owns the Eldorado?

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