Curt Cignetti

Previous drivers of the Indy 500 Pace Car include Morgan Freeman, Robin Roberts, Patrick Dempsey, and Tyrese Haliburton.

Curt Cignetti to drive this year's Indy 500 Pace Car

Samantha Horton

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Cignetti will drive the honorary Pace Car for the “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

Aiden Fisher speaks to media at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2026.

Arts & Culture

IU’s Aiden Fisher calls his journey to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis 'a blessing'

The Statehouse File

Aiden Fisher, of Curt Cignetti's 2025-26 College Football Playoff National Championship team, calls his journey to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis "a blessing."

Indiana players celebrate with the Old Oaken Bucket after defeating Purdue in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, in Bloomington, Ind.

Local News

Indiana at Notre Dame in CFP will be teams' 1st meeting since '91, winner gets Georgia in Sugar Bowl

Associated Press

The College Football Playoff bracket sends No. 10 seed Indiana to No. 7 Notre Dame for a first-round game on Dec. 20 with the winner facing No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. The Indiana and Notre Dame campuses are separated by 200 miles but their football teams haven’t met since 1991. Georgia has played Notre Dame three times and all were high-stakes games. The Bulldogs have never played Indiana.