INDIANAPOLIS — Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks had major aspirations for how his network could transform the Indy 500 in its first year as partners. Fox launched a glossy ad campaign highlighting several IndyCar stars – with spots running during the Super Bowl — and put the full force of its analysts’ star power behind the race (featuring Tom Brady and Michael Strahan in pre-race roles), among other moves. It all seemed to pay off Monday, when Nielsen’s Fast National ratings revealed a mammoth number of average viewers: 7.05 million, the most to watch an Indy 500 in 17 years (7.2 million...

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Bryson DeChambeau Q&A at Indy 500: On parallels between golfers and drivers - The Athletic

Golf star Bryson DeChambeau took a lap around the Indy 500 track Saturday. "I think it's very similar," he says of golfing and driving.

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