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The lap times on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will heat up as Fast Friday approaches; of course that will depend on the weather gods.

Welcome to Indiana-ville with Jay Alley on site to for the Indy 500 activities -- on and off the famous oval. Yesterday Ed Carpenter was fastest on Opening Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway along with 3 rookies passing their test.

Rookie trio of Tristan Vautier, AJ Allmendinger and Carlos Munoz completed their Rookie Orientation Program at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

AJ Allmendinger will contest the IndyCar Detroit event in the Penske Racing No. 2 Quicken Loans Chevrolet.

Celebration of Automobiles among special Opening Day attractions.

Lisa Davidson's take on last weekend's IndyCar contest at the legendary Grand Prix of Long Beach

What a turnaround for Allmendinger! Even with his open-wheel experience and having race at the Brickyard 400, he holds rookie status for his first Indianapolis 500

The IZOD IndyCar racers are at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama and today was practice as they fine-tuned their racing machines prior to qualifying tomorrow.

Allmendinger's arrival in the IndyCar paddock at Barber Motorsports Park was one filled with excitement but he admitted "I am more nervous than anything”

Testing at the Barber Motorsports Park ended with the Australian maintaining the fastest lap time. Up next is the St. Pete race on March 24.

Twenty-five drivers set faster laps today than the pole winning time last year by Will Power including the Aussie who set the fastest time today.

Some may question Roger Penske and Tim Cendric on giving AJ Allmendinger a chance to prove he is ready to return to the team while others may praise their decision of putting him into an IndyCar.

AJ Allmendinger drove for Roger Penske's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team in 2012 before he was suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

After being out of an Indy car since 2006, A. J. Allmendinger stepped into a Team Penske Chevrolet and quickly got up to speed during the preseason IndyCar Series testing held at Sebring.

AJ Allmendinger lost his ride last year due to failing the NASCAR random drug test. He ended up in the NASCAR Road to Recovery and made his return to racing. Now it appears his former team boss will give him a shot in an IndyCar.

Team owner Michael Shank stood by his long-time friend AJ Allmendinger during his time of admission regarding the failed drug test, and encouraged the race car driver to complete the NASCAR Road to Recovery program.