ASKEW WINS FREEDOM 100 ON CARB DAY AT INDY

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Indy Lights newcomer Oliver Askew passed teammate Ryan Norman at the start-finish line Friday to win the Freedom 100 race by .0067 seconds, the fourth closest finish in race history on Carb Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tony Kanaan had the fastest lap during the final practice Friday for Sunday’s Indy 500 and Marcus Erickson and his Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team beat Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi Racing in the best of three final to win the annual pit stop challenge. It is the first time in 15 years that anybody other than Ganassi or Team Penske won the event. The Indianapolis 500 race is Sunday and you can hear coverage of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on the Legend 99.3 FM and AM 910 WAKO beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time 10 Central.