Rural racing: The legend of the notoriously deadly Jungle Park Speedway Wilbur Shaw, Joe Huff, Arthur Chevrolet, Louis Schneider and Howdy Wilcox, who would all race in the Indianapolis 500 ...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway History. ... he named himself chairman of the board and installed the late Wilbur Shaw ... A new South Vista stand was erected for the 1985 race, ...

Indianapolis 500 milk tradition in 2025. Sunday will mark the 69th year in a row, and 76th time overall, the Indy 500 winner drinks milk in Victory Circle at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Milk returned to Victory Circle for the 1956 Indianapolis 500 following Shaw's death. The winner, according to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, received $400 for drinking milk and his chief ...

In 1911, Ray Harroun, in a streamlined Marmon, startled the auto-racing world by winning the first 500-mile Indianapolis auto race at an average speed of 74 m.p.h. More startling still was the fact ...

Wilbur Shaw, who won the Indy 500 in 1937, 1939 and 1940, became president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and implemented some changes. From 1947 through 1954, the winners of the iconic race ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is gearing up for a potentially record-breaking Indianapolis 500 in 2025, with over 350,000 attendees expected to fill the iconic venue.

Schedule for Carb Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Other events that will take place during Carb Day include the Wienie 500, the $150,000 Pit Stop Challenge and a concert featuring Bret ...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway has a seating capacity of 250,000, but attendance for a race can bring in nearly 300,000 fans when adding fans to the infield section of the track. With a 2.5 mile long ...