IRL news tidbits

Pro Football Hall of Famer Lynn Swann will be the grand marshal of the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Swann, who won four Super Bowl rings with the Pittsburgh Steelers, is chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Since 1980, he's been the national spokesman for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America…Pippa Mann, who will sit out the Mid-Ohio 100 while recovering from hand surgery, will join Mike King in the broadcast booth for indycar.com's coverage of the Firestone Indy Lights this weekend at Mid-Ohio.