Author: Rob Peeters, Indianapolis Star

A new era was ushered in at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when AJ Allmendinger won the NASCAR Cup Series’ first race on the road course.

In the largest IndyCar field outside of the Indianapolis 500 in a decade, Will Power won the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso, James Hinchcliffe are among six drivers who will vie for the final three spots in the Indy 500 in Sunday’s Last Row Shootout.