Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Graham Rahal’s Weekend at Belle Isle

June 8, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

T     he 2017 Indycar season had not been going so well for Graham Rahal and the Rahal-Letterman Racing Team. With a 6th place at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis being their best showing of the year, the team needed to find a combination to get back on the winning track. … Read More

The Checkered Flag for the Month of May

June 1, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

The 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race is now in the record books. The event started it’s second 100 years with a bang….so to speak, with a history-making winner. There was a crash that was horrifying to watch and miraculous in that no one was seriously hurt. A … Read More

The First 500 Festival Parade in 1957….60 Years Ago

May 25, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

May 1957, the first 500 Parade marched, the day before the 1957 500 Mile Race. That is 60 years ago exactly! The idea of a city celebration of the race had been floating around since 1946, but in 1954 some city leaders and businessmen started serious planning to get the … Read More

No Triple Crown

May 25, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

Long shot three-year-old Cloud Computing with jockey Javier Castellano on board took the 142nd running of the Preakness stakes at Pimleco last Saturday, May 20 with an upset victory to shoot down any possibility of a Triple Crown champion for 2017. Derby winner and the race favorite Always Dreaming started … Read More

Mid May Sports

May 18, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

Cathedral Wins City Baseball Championship The Cathedral Irish won  their sixth straight city high school baseball championship Monday night at Victory field 8-3 over Heritage Christian. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that three of those eight runs were driven by my grand nephew Seth  Link. Seth is … Read More