Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Racing and Pacing with the Pros

June 27, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

The 26 year old, Ontario, Canada-born driver James Hinchcliffe driving the GoDaddy Chevy for Andretti Autosports won the 2013 Iowa Corn Indy Car 250 last Sunday. Hinchcliffe dominated the race and held off a late race charge by his teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay to score his third Indy Car victory of … Read More

The Fever Meets the President and the Colts are Getting Ready

June 20, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

The Indiana Fever championship team were the guests of President Obama and the First Lady at the White House last week. The President  acknowledged not only their skills as professional basketball players, but their service to the community as well. He called them great role models for young American women … Read More

Of Hoofs, Furlongs, and Four-Legged Athletes

June 13, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

The final leg of the Triple Crown of American horse racing, the Belmont Stakes, was run at Belmont Park in Elmore New York,  a suburb of New York City. It’s held on the third Saturday after the Preakness and is second only to the Kentucky Derby in both attendance and … Read More

The Pacers are Out to Get Me

June 6, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

I really have not written much about the Indiana Pacers because, frankly, I don’t go to the games at Bankers Life. I watch them on television and I really have no inside connections to them other then being frustrated when they don’t play well. Since I have blood pressure problems, … Read More

Driving in Circles

May 30, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Big sports weekend in Indy. Pacers got popped by the Heat at Bankers Life. The Big Show at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway had the city at the center of world attention on Sunday afternoon. The race was once again blacked out for a 75 mile radius. Lots of records broken. … Read More