...IROC race. On Sunday, Kinser and fellow rookie Robbie Groff, the younger brother of Indy Racing League point leader Mike Groff, became the 22nd and 23rd drivers to qualify for the tentative 33-car lineup of the 81st Indy 500. Kinser ran four...

...runner-up Davey Hamilton's seat over the winter. The second row will include Billy Boat in the second Foyt car and Mike Groff, with Jimmy Kite and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk in the third row. The top 20 spots were dealt...

...could begin. Among those still hoping to nail down a starting spot before the 6 p.m. close were Lyn St. James, Mike Groff, Stephan Gregoire, Joe Gosek, Hideshi Matsuda, Danny Drinan, Jimmy Kite and Claude Bourbonnais.

...Eddie Cheever, Robby Gordon, Stephan Gregoire, Lyn St. James, Buzz Calkins, Alessandro Zampedri, IRL points leader Mike Groff and Roberto Guerrero, a two-time runner-up who was the slowest at 207.371. Other rookies making the tentative...

...Aurora-powered Dallara onto the track. His four-lap, 10-mile average of 220.115 mph was just good enough to make Mike Groff the last of five drivers bumped out of the 33-car lineup on Sunday. "It happens to a lot of people," said Groff...

...Jack Miller spun into the turn-two wall after a rear suspension part apparently broke as he went into the corner. Mike Groff, the IRL season point leader coming into the race, spun to avoid Miller. Groff didn't hit anything, but he did...