Links: Centennial Indianapolis 500 Approaches

The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 is this Sunday, so, of course, Indy has been popping up in the news a quite a bit this week. To get you caught up, here is some of the chatter emerging online ahead of the race.

ESPN F1: Tagliani secures pole for Indy500

IndyCar: Hunter-Reay replaces Junqueira for race

Jalopnik: The toughest driver at Indy is a woman, and she’s not Danica Patrick

MSNBC Autos: Top 10 IndyCar technologies

MotorAuthority: Indy 500: Now, Goldbricking Is No Insult

Autoblog: TAG Heuer celebrates 100th anniversary of the Indy 500

TheThrottle: Indy 500: 100 years of awesomeness

CNet: Team Hot Wheels attempts longest car jump at Indy 500

Also, check out some of the highlight’s from last year’s race in the video below: