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Consistent results have led Helio Castroneves (far left) to the top of the championship standings through the first half, while James Hinchcliffe, Takuma Sato and Simon Pagenaud have been first-time winners in an unpredictable season.

AJ Allmendinger, who has comepeted at Barber and Long Beach for Team Penske and will seek to qualify for his first Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, will compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series' inaugural doubleheader weekend.

Tight and exciting competition has marked the IZOD IndyCar Series through the first quarter of the season on road/street courses with eight teams represented in the top 10 of the standings and 15 drivers earning at least one top-five finish.

AJ Allmendinger is among four first-year Indianapolis 500 Mile Race competitors who will go through the formal Rookie Orientation Program at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Opening Day is May 11 and Pole Day qualifying is May 18.

Sixteen different drivers have posted top-10 results through the first two races of the season while only Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves have been in the top five in both events. It will be another fight at Long Beach this weekend.

Charlie Kimball is surrounded by students at North Wayne Elementary School following their discussion about type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Kimball takes a fourth-place finish at Barber into the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach this week.

NBC Sports Network analyst Townsend Bell recaps the 90 exciting laps of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

Here's a close-up of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing driver Josef Newgarden. The Tennessee native is down to earth and he's seeking to be your prom date this weekend.

AJ Allmendinger, who made his debut last weekend, will compete for the first time in an IZOD IndyCar Series car on the streets of Long Beach, where he won the 2003 Atlantics race and competed three times in CART.

Josef Newgarden advanced a field-high 13 positions to claim his initial top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar Series in the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Simon Pagenaud and JR Hildebrand each moved up seven spots..

Scott Dixon was the runner-up at Barber Motorsports Park for the fourth consecutive year, though he earned the 100th top-five finish of his career. Josef Newgarden earned his initial top-10 finish.

Helio Castroneves enjoyed his second consecutive podium finish. The third-place finisher in the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama has a nine-point lead over Scott Dixon heading into the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.