|| *Comments on Indianapolis Motor Speedway:* View the most recent comment <#117> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Butch Stewart posted: 02.26.2010 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I love this place, I have been here 4 times and its great. The place is always PACKED! Lots of harley davidson motorcycles and pretty women to look at! Its american history, stock cars, the best fans and hungry for a win drivers! They all want this win and the big purse, to me its bigger than Daytona... 2. TeamPlayersBlue posted: 02.27.2010 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Home of the Indianapolis 500. First had NASCAR in 1994. After the split and during the IRL years had the same attendance has the Indy 500. However recently(also the goodyear tire problems didnt help) attendance has fell off for the NASCAR race and the Indy 500 attendance isnt as high as it used to be. 3. DieselDan posted: 03.04.2010 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Indy 500 races that are listed as Formula 1 races is a mistake. Those races were counted toward the World Driver's Championship in those years, but were not Formula 1 races. Races can be counted toward the WDC without being an F1 race. In fact, no Formula 1 races in certain years counted for the WDC. Listing these races as Formula 1 events is simply incorrect. 4. DieselDan posted: 03.11.2010 - 1:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Speaking of Formula 1, where are the results from the US Grand Prix held at IMS from 2000-2007? 5. Anonymous posted: 03.11.2010 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like they're listed here, I guess because those races weren't run on the speedway track: http://www.racing-reference.info/tracks?id=403 6. Cooper posted: 03.14.2010 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400. It has existed since 1909, and is the original Speedway, the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word. With a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people[1] and infield seating that raises capacity to approximately 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in the world.(By comparison, Strahov Stadium, the world's largest stadium, seats 220,000 spectators.) Considered relatively flat by American standards but high-banked by Europeans, the Motor Speedway is a two and a half mile, nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 1/4 mile turns, two 5/8 mile long straightaways between the fourth and first and second and third turns, and two 1/8 mile short straightaways, termed "short chutes," between the first and second, and third and fourth turns. 7. Madison posted: 04.14.2010 - 9:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This track is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks and is a National Landmark. It, Daytona, Le Mans, and Monaco are the most prestigious tracks in motorsports. It has a rich history with many fantastic finishes in the Indianapolis 500. Some memorable races are: -1911: Driver Ray Harroun comes out of retirement to supposedly win the first Indianapolis 500. This race was the first to utilize a rolling start with a pace car. Harroun was the only driver to compete without a riding mechanic, so he fit a mirror on the cowl of his Marmon "Wasp"(named for it's yellow-and-black paint scheme and pointed tail), which is the first recorded use of a rear view mirror. Nearing the end of the race, Harroun "cut" a tire and pitted, allowing Ralph Mulford to lead, who pit soon for new rubber as well. When Mulford had come back on track, Harroun was scored in the lead. Mulford protested Harroun's victory saying that he had lapped Harroun when the Marmon had limped in on the torn tire, an argument appearing plausible to some, due to an accident disrupting the official timing and scoring stand at nearly the same time. However, race officials were quick to note that Mulford's subsequent pit stop forced the Lozier crew to spend several minutes themselves changing a tire that had stuck to the wheel hub; Mulford's protest was thus denied, though the reality remains that the final result will always be open to dispute. -1912: Ralph DePalma breaks a connecting rod with four laps to go, with the car finally losing all power in turn 3 of lap 199. DePalma and riding mechanic Rupert Jeffkins begin to push their heavy Mercedes to the finish while Joe Dawson wins the race. Ralf Mulford, factor in the 1911 500, realized he would get no money if he retired from the race with a clutch problem. Long after drivers, crew, and even Speedway president Carl Fisher and starter Fred Wagner leave the grounds, Mulford finally finished 8:53:00 after the start which is the slowest finishing speed in 500 history. -1913: An oriental scoring pagota is added to the track and Jules Goux drinks 6 bottles of champagne during the race, becoming the first European to win the 500. -1920: Gaston Chevrolet, brother to founder Louis, wins after Ralph DePalma's engine catches fire with 13 to go. -1931: 1930 winner Billy Arnold is 5 laps ahead on lap 162 when his rear axle breaks and Arnold crashes. His wheel flies over a fence and hits and kills 12 year old Wilbur Brink who is sitting in his garden on Georgetown Road. Arnold and his mechanic are injured. Louis Schneider leads the remaining laps. -1934: Bill Cummings wins by 27 seconds from Mauri Rose, the closest ever finish at the time. -1936: Louis Meyer becomes the first driver to win a third time, drink milk (in actuality buttermilk) in Victory Lane, and receive the Borg-Warner Trophy. -1937: Wilbur Shaw leads most of the way but must slow late on to conserve engine oil. Ralph Hepburn catches Shaw in turn 4 on the final lap, but Shaw steps on the gas and pulls away to win by 2.16 seconds - the closest finish at that time. -1955: After two wins and 485 laps led of a possible 656 (74%), Bill Vukovich is killed on lap 57 after crashing out of the lead. Rodger Ward broke a rear axle and a back marker tangled with him in front of Vukovich, whose car hits them and vaults over the backstretch wall into a car park. Bob Sweikert wins after Art Cross blows his engine on lap 169 and Don Freeland loses drive on lap 179. Sweikert dies in a sprint car race a year later. Interesting fact: Sweikert built the Offenhauser engine that brought him the victory, while his car owner (AJ Watson) was at his wife's bedside while she was in labor. -1956: AAA drops out of sanctioning racing after the 1955 Vukovich crash and public outcry that briefly followed, and the tragedy at Le Mans that same year, so USAC is formed to sanction Indianapolis style racing. Torrential rains flood the facility the week of the race and threaten to postpone, or outright cancel the race. Track superintendent Clarence Cagle pulls off what becomes known as "Cagle's miracle" and has the track cleaned up in time for race morning. Pat Flaherty wins. -1958: A huge wreck in turn three on the opening lap wipes out several cars, and driver Pat O'Connor is fatally injured. Jimmy Bryan goes on to win. Little-known rookie A.J. Foyt spins out and finishes 16th. -1961: A.J. Foyt, in his fourth 500, looks set for a win, leading Eddie Sachs, until his crew signal that Foyt's last pit stop didn't get enough fuel in car. Foyt gives up the lead on lap 184 for a splash-and-go. Sachs leads by 25 seconds until the warning tread shows through on his rear tire and Sachs decides to play safe. Foyt returns to the lead when Sachs stops on lap 197 for tires and wins (on the first of four occasions) by 8.28 seconds. Also, Jack Brabham drives in this race in a low-slung, rear-engined Cooper-Climax. In October 1961, the mainstrech is paved over in asphalt, and thus the entire track is now paved in asphalt. A single yard of bricks at the start/finish line is left exposed from the original 1909 surface. The remainder of the original 3,200,000 bricks now lie underneath the asphalt surface. -1962: A historic pole day as Parnelli Jones breaks the 150 mph (240 km/h) barrier in qualifying. Rodger Ward and Len Sutton finish 1-2 for Leader Cards Racing. -1964: A tragic day as fan favorite Eddie Sachs and rookie Dave MacDonald are killed in a fiery crash on lap 2. Fans look on in horror while the billowing black smoke becomes visible for miles, and the race is stopped for almost two hours. When the race resumes, Bobby Marshman dominates the early laps before driving too low in the third turn and tearing off the radiator cap to drop out, which then puts pole-sitter Jim Clark into a commanding lead before his Dunlop tires shred and break the car's suspension. Parnelli Jones takes the lead but he suffers a pit fire and is now out of the race. A.J. Foyt takes the checkered flag for the second time (the last win by a front-engined roadster), but is visibly subdued in victory lane, after losing his competitor and friend Sachs. -1982: Gordon Johncock, who had previously won the rain-shortened 1973 race, was the winner. Rick Mears finished second by a margin of 0.16 seconds, the closest finish in Indy 500 history to that point. Kevin Coagan starts a "friendship" with Andretti and Foyt. -1985: Danny Sullivan beats Mario Andretti by 2.5 seconds despite spinning a full 360 degrees between the first and second turn when battling with Andretti on lap 120. Sullivan becomes the third driver to both spin and recover and later lead the same race, after Jim Clark in 1966 and Parnelli Jones in 1967. Sullivan does not, however, duplicate Clark's '66 feat of two spins and two saves in the same race. -1999: Robby Gordon runs out of fuel on the last lap, allowing Kenny Brack to take the lead and win for A.J. Foyt. -2005: Dan Wheldon wins as Danica Patrick becomes the first Woman to win the Indy 500. -2006: Sam Hornish Jr. becomes the first driver to win the 500 by making a last lap pass and also wins in the closest finish in 500 history (0.0635). Marco Andretti finishes second and Michael Andretti finishes 3rd. -2009: After being charged with federal tax evasion months earlier, Helio Castroneves wins the 500. 8. RaceFanX posted: 05.04.2010 - 10:49 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 1957- After 12 tries Sam Hanks finally wins the Indy 500, the most starts of any driver in the race before winning it. He retires in victory lane never to race again. "-2005: Dan Wheldon wins as Danica Patrick becomes the first Woman to win the Indy 500." I think you mean the first woman to lead the 500 9. WillG_46 posted: 02.11.2011 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tom Carnegie, famous track announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, died today at age 91. http://www.indystar.com/article/20110211/SPORTS/110211006/-Voice-of-the-Speedway-Tom-Carnegie-dies-at-91?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE 10. Biscuits in a Red Bull posted: 04.02.2011 - 2:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1937 - Ffloyd Roberts is killed in a 3 car pile-up while leading the Indy 500 and defending his 1936 victory. Grand Prix and Champ Car racing legend Billy Vukovich would do the same in the 1955 500 after flying over the guard rail and into a tree. 1965 - Scot Jim Clark becomes the first non-American person to win the Indy 500, and his car is also the first mid-engined car to win the 500. From then on, every winner since has been mid-engined. 2010 - Dario Franchitti wins his second 500 while Mike Conway tangles with Ryan Hunter-Reay and flies into the catch fencing at 220mph. 11. nascarfreak99 posted: 05.29.2011 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2011 - Rookie JR Hildebrand smacks the wall on the final corner of the final lap, allowing Dan Wheldon to streak by and steal the win. 12. Eric posted: 07.05.2011 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Track will be getting Nationwide series race and a Grand-Am Rolex Series race during during its sprint cup weekend in 2012. Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/news/story?id=6738893 What I got is the track added those to races as a way to trying to help attendance for the Brickyard 400. The cup race has been in decline in attendance after tire gate in 2008. 13. Neal posted: 07.07.2011 - 3:34 am Rate this comment: (2) (2) A pathetic attempt by NASCAR to save a faltering exhibition of stupidity. The Ickyard 400 is an extremely boring race. I hope this move backfires on Helton & France because then they'll have no choice but to admit the Ickyard 400 is a dead "tradition" and they can drop IMS from the schedule. 14. RACE34 posted: 07.10.2011 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) You know I love Daytona and Indianapolis but NASCAR fans have this little rule that you can't dare to say bad thinks about tracks with alot of history so it's kinda funny how everybody trash talks Indianapolis I know it's more famous for Indycar and Daytona is more famous for NASCAR but in case you people didn't know Indianapolis was built half a decade before Daytona even was built! 15. Neal posted: 07.24.2011 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Your point is? The Milwaukee Mile opened a half-decade before Indy. All of Indy's tradition doesn't change the fact that the track produces god-awful stock car races. 16. RACE34 posted: 07.25.2011 - 2:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still it was built before Darlington, Daytona, Martinsville! In my opinion and I know I couldn't dare say this about precious Darlington but the racing at that track is okay but not good! 17. Anonymous posted: 07.31.2011 - 12:18 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) RACE34, I know my history of race tracks. I became race fan by watching the Indy 500 growing up and listening to Milwaukee Mile races back in the 1980's. I don't watch Nascar back in the 1980's at all. I know about history about IMS. What you don't get is just because a race track is famous, that doesn't mean a racing series shouldn't leave there because of poor attendance. You failed to mentioned that Formula 1 used to race at the Indianapolis Grand Prix Circuit located at IMS left in 2007 because of declining attendance. The Brickyard 400 really is declining in attendance. There is a decrease from 240,000 fans for the Brickyard 400 in 2008 to maybe 100,000 for the 2011 Brickyard 400. That is a rapid pace of decline in attendance. The attendance decline was caused by poor racing at IMS in Stock cars and the tire problems at 2008 Brickyard 400. IMS is really hoping the Nationwide Series and Grand-Am Rolex Series will stop the decline of the Brickyard 400 attendance. Maybe you can answer me how a Nationwide series race that will get at best 40,000 fans next year is going to help the attendance at the Brickyard 400? 18. RACE34 posted: 07.31.2011 - 3:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I know history of tracks to I know they have to leave if the fans are not attending but that's no reason to trash talk a prestigous race track! 19. martin-n-rusty posted: 01.19.2012 - 7:51 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Unless you add right turns, races on flat tracks usually does not work See New Hampshire. See Homestead pre-renovation. Pocono can be debated. Phoenix and Martinsville are the lone exceptions due to it being a quirky track (PIR), or a short track with a lot of trading paint (M-ville). It was a nice little novelty at first, stock cars running on one of the most famous speedways in the world, but over time, the novelty wore off, especially after Goodyear and NASCAR shot themselves in the foot. If NASCAR was smart, and wanted to stay racing in the Indy area, you renovate IRP, and send the Cup guys there. 20. martin-n-rusty posted: 01.19.2012 - 7:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And DieselDan. Technically, the races from 1950-60 at Indy were F1 races, but run to the rules in place at Indy. Most teams didn't bother wanting to build a car for Indy, especially with travel the way it was at the time. 21. Neal posted: 03.29.2012 - 10:14 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) RACE34 - I was never trashing Indy, I was trashing the Brickyard 400. The track is great...for open-wheeled cars. The Brickyard 400 is an advertising gimmick. There's absolutely nothing redeeming about the quality of the racing during the Brickyard 400. It's not close, it's not competitive. Very few passes actually occur on track because the track is ill-suited for low-downforce stock cars. If this were any other track, NASCAR would've folded up the tent stakes and left town, but since it's Indy, NASCAR fans are stuck with this turd of a race for the foreseeable future. 22. Anonymous posted: 07.29.2012 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) this track sucks with stock cars single groove low attendance no passing its just another race at new hampshire except more excruciating to watch it takes forever 23. Neal posted: 07.29.2012 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Another year, another terrible Brickyard 400. But wait, can't give up on the Ickyard 400 yet! IMS is looking at gimmicking up Brickyard weekend even further by installing lighting! So now we can watch a boring crappy night race at IMS! Excellent! 24. TeamPlayersBlue posted: 07.30.2012 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Hulman is rolling in his grave. 25. RaceFanX posted: 08.09.2012 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In addition to racing and the amazing Indianapolis 500 Museum the IMS property is also home to the Brickyard Crossing golf course which includes four holes located in the track's infield. The Crossing was built in the early 1990s, it replaced the original Speedway Golf Course that was built at the track in 1929. From 1994 through 2000 Brickyard Crossing hosted a round of the Senior PGA Tour / PGA Champions Tour at first called the Brickyard Crossing Championship and later the Comfort Classic, it replaced the previous GTE North Classic held at Indianapolis' Broadmoor Country Club (although GTE sponsored the first tournament at IMS). The tournament was discontinued after 2000 because sponsor Comfort Inn hotels pulled the plug and the track beginning to host the Formula 1 US Grand Prix made the event's timing a bit akward. The original Speedway Golf Course hosted a PGA Tour event that tied in with the Indy 500 from 1960 to 1968 along with a LPGA tour event in 1968. 26. Cornys posted: 05.19.2013 - 11:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Home of the world's dumbest grandstands. On the inside of the front stretch! 27. Ryan posted: 07.16.2013 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (6) (0) I know its because it is the format of the site but its really depressing to see BY400 results listed first on the IMS track page 28. waynekeith posted: 11.16.2013 - 2:07 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm pretty sure I saw Michael Schumacher win here in 2004. Why no mention? I also saw Jeff Gordon win the first Brickyard. The place was packed! The next year Earnhardt claimed he was the first "man" to win! Ha! 29. DH101 posted: 12.19.2014 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its a great track, rich in history. Indy 500's are always a blast to watch, All the GP races here are awesome. But the NASCAR Races absolutely suck. Every race here is follow the leader. Maybe NASCAR should try the GP circuit? 30. DH101 posted: 12.19.2014 - 11:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) and #28 this is the page for the OVAL not the GP Circuit 31. Alex posted: 12.13.2015 - 7:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There really should be some way of classifying the 1911-1938 races as being run on a "Brick" type track. Is this possible? ** 32. Gordon7timechamp posted: 01.27.2016 - 7:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Indianapolis, also known as the Gordon Shrine. 33. Cornys posted: 03.22.2016 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race day parking through Indianapolis Motor Speedway is sold out for Race Day of the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 (May 29, 2016). Those who didn't buy a parking spot will have to find one race morning somewhere off of speedway grounds. I wish I had purchased a spot now. Tickets for the race are running in short supply too. 34. Don posted: 03.23.2016 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There were races before the first 500 in 1911. You have left out stats for the races up through 1932. BTW, AAA sanctioned the race through 1955 and USAC sanctioned it up through the 90's. CART ran the series, USAC the race. 35. Cornys posted: 05.06.2016 - 11:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The speedway appears poised to announce a sell-out for reserved seat tickets today at the Indiana State Capital. I doubt the sell-out is exactly complete. There were spots of tickets available in the North Vista at the very bottom, but those seats in the first ten rows can just be completely eliminated. There are much better vantage points available for the $40 price of general admission than those $85 seats. Keep in mind that means 235,000 reserved seat tickets have been sold for the 100th Indianapolis 500. 23 days until race day. 36. Cornys posted: 05.06.2016 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2016 (100th) Indianapolis 500 is sold out of reserved seats (~235,000 tickets). First time the Indy 500 has been an announced sell out since 2002. 37. JRacingFast posted: 07.19.2016 - 8:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 300,000 est were at the Indy 500 As of Friday tickets for the Brickyard 400 Between 32,000-34,000 per Robin Miller My how this once mighty race has fallen 38. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 07.19.2016 - 9:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm one of those 32 to 34,000. Leaving at midnight on Saturday to catch all the action. Hope there's no rain. 39. Maverick11 posted: 07.19.2016 - 12:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The place was always packed for the Brickyard 400, but after the 2008 "race," that started to change. 40. Damon posted: 07.19.2016 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 39, True, but I also think the novelty of stock cars at Indy had worn off and it's almost as people were looking for a reason to not go anymore. Too bad Goodyear/NASCAR gave them a reason after 2008. 41. 484evs posted: 07.22.2016 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who is ready for some more garbage heat races from Xfinity this weekend?! For the sweet love of god NASCAR get rid of those in the off season. 42. Not Sure posted: 07.24.2016 - 10:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kicking the race to cable in 2007 certainly didn't help its status. The race dropped 2 million viewers from 2006 to 2007. 2006 and 2015 has a difference of 4 million viewers. 43. MvG Sports posted: 10.22.2016 - 12:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I think the NASCAR race should be a 500-miler and not a 400-miler...it just seems to make sense at such a hallowed track so they could have their own Indianapolis 500 if you will. Brickyard 500! 44. Anthony posted: 03.07.2017 - 10:59 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) why would you want a 100 more miles of boredom 45. Eric posted: 05.21.2017 - 11:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Rumor is Indy is going to get its race date changed. The rumor involves Indy getting Richmond's last race before the chase date with Richmond getting a chase date. I am guessing this change is for trying to help Indy's attendance. I don't think it will work. 46. Tide1732 posted: 10.04.2017 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Probably a non-official rumor. The next Indianapolis 500 is back to boardcasted to ABC Sports (Not in ESPN) with Allen Bestwick and Jerry Punch returning. 47. Newman31 posted: 10.04.2017 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The next Indianapolis 500 is back to boardcasted to ABC Sports (Not in ESPN) with Allen Bestwick and Jerry Punch returning." Who am I to believe that? 48. RaceFanX posted: 11.24.2017 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to IMS Historian Donald Davidson, the first rumors about bringing a stock car race to the speedway began in the 1950s. It would take about four decades for those rumors to finally come to fruition in 1994... 49. Tide1732 posted: 12.02.2017 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Former Indianapolis 500 Singer of 'Back Home Again in Indiana' Jim Nabors passed away at 87 years old. 50. Mike posted: 03.05.2018 - 1:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first track to ever have a green-white-checker finish in the Cup series. 51. joey2448 posted: 03.22.2018 - 7:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not sure where to post this, but figured this is the best page. Big news in IndyCar television coverage came out yesterday about ABC/ESPN leaving IndyCar and NBC and its cable channel NBCSN becoming the sole broadcaster for IndyCar racing staring in 2019. It's huge news considering that the Indianapolis 500 has been broadcasted on ABC for 54 years, every single year since 1965! NBC will present the Indy 500 next year as part of its "Championship Season" campaign, which features other highly prestigious early summer events such as horse racing's Triple Crown, the French Open tennis tournament, the Premier League soccer championship and hockey's Stanley Cup finals. Eight IndyCar races in 2019 will be broadcasted on the main network NBC, which is exciting for fans who might have endured all the races that have been only on the cable channel NBCSN. That is an increase from five races this year that will be broadcast on network TV (ABC). 52. Rider77 posted: 05.28.2018 - 8:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Has told NASCAR they are supportive of using the All Star aero package in this years Brickyard 400. 53. joey2448 posted: 03.26.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Starting in 2020, Indianapolis will host the Brickyard 400 on the July 4th holiday weekend, replacing the longtime "Firecracker" 400 at Daytona, which has held the Fourth of July schedule slot since its inception in 1959. This is the second schedule change for the Brickyard 400 in three years, having been held in late July/early August for over 20 years before being moved to early September in 2018 as the regular-season finale. 54. Sector posted: 03.26.2019 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @53 I sincerely hope they add lights to Indianapolis by then, because it won't feel right to have the race concluded during the day when the sun is still out on Fourth of July. 55. MSportRev posted: 11.04.2019 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sold to Penske Entertainment 56. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2019 - 8:59 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Penske's cars always seemed so dominant here in the 500 it almost felt like he owned the place...now he actually does. 57. Rider77 posted: 11.04.2019 - 9:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The article from Jayski- From an IMS press release: The Board of Directors of Hulman & Company are announcing the sale of the company and certain subsidiaries, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the NTT IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions (IMS Productions), to Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corporation A press conference will be held Monday morning with more details. 58. Canadianfan posted: 11.05.2019 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ownership of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 1909 to 1927 Carl Graham Fisher, James Asbury Allison, Arthur Newby, and Frank W. Wheeler purchased the property for $72,000. The group incorporated the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company on March 20, 1909, with a capitalization of $250,000, with Fisher and James Allison in for $75,000 apiece and Frank Wheeler and Arthur Newby on board for $50,000 each. 1927 to 1945 In 1926, Fisher and Allison were offered "a fortune" for the speedway site by a local real estate developer. They refused, selling instead to former racing driver (and World War One fighter ace) Edward Vernon Rickenbacker in 1927. How much he paid was not revealed. Eddie was the one to add the golf course. 1945 to 2019 Warren Wilbur Shaw convinced Rickenbacker to sell IMS to Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. chairman of Clabber Girl and Hulman & Company for $750,000. Shaw in turn became president of IMS until his death in 1954. Tony passed away in 1977 and Mary Fendrich Hulman (Tony's wife) became chairman of IMS and Hulman & Company until 1988 when her daughter Mary Antonia "Mari" Hulman George became chairman when Mary's health began to decline. Mari was in charge from 1988 to 2016 when due to declining health her son Anton Hulman "Tony" George became chairman of IMS and Hulman & Company. Tony was the president and CEO of IMS from 1989 to 2009. 2019 to - At the urging of his family Anton Hulman "Tony" George sold IMS, IndyCar, and IMS Productions to Roger Searle Penske chairman of the Penske Corporation. Estimated sale price as much as $2,000,000,000. 59. Sector posted: 11.05.2019 - 3:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's a lot of money... Damn! I wish I had that much! Did the folks in 1909 build it themselves or was the place already built in 1909? Additionally did they also hire others to build it or did they actually build with their own hands? 60. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2019 - 8:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track was constructed in 1909. 61. Canadianfan posted: 11.05.2019 - 11:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @58 I'm glad I put that as an estimated sale price now I'm hearing from Adam Stern mid-nine figures so we are looking $600,000,000 plus or minus $100,000,000. 62. Canadianfan posted: 11.05.2019 - 12:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also one last thing Robin Miller was the radio yesterday ?The Ride with JMV? he was told 3 weeks ago something big was happening at IMS. He denounced it because he had heard the same thing for the last 10 years with nothing happening. Then a week ago he heard from a contact close to the Hulman-George family that they were selling and it would either be Liberty Media or Roger Penske. 63. Canadianfan posted: 11.06.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @61 Adam Stern now saying it was between $300 and $350 million for IMS, IndyCar, and IMS Productions. 64. MSportRev posted: 01.15.2020 - 11:02 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Xfinity Series will run the Road Course while the Brickyard 400 will run the Oval in 2020 65. Timothy_Eklund posted: 01.15.2020 - 11:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I honestly think that this could go either way, but it will be interesting for sure! 66. Sebastian posted: 01.15.2020 - 11:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @64 this will make 5 road course races for xfinity this year if I'm not mistaken I don't mind this change, as it might be interesting. I wouldn't mind if a few tracks each year alternated between their oval and their road course 67. MSportRev posted: 01.15.2020 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @66 You are correct that this would make 5 road courses for the Xfinity Series. IMS has in the past host Road Course and Oval races on the same weekend with the transition from one course to the other only taking 1 hour. Other tracks, such as Charlotte Motor Speedway, takes several weeks to swap from one layout to the other. 68. Gopher88 posted: 01.15.2020 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I like the idea and applaud NASCAR for trying something different. Personally I've enjoyed the Xfinity races here the last couple of years, but it'll be fun. 69. Canadianfan posted: 02.14.2020 - 1:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Changes announced today. These are just the main important ones Indianapolis 500 Purse The event purse for the 104th Indianapolis 500 will be the largest in the history of the event. The purse will grow by $2 million to more than $15 million, boosting the prize pool for NTT INDYCAR SERIES teams and drivers. Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Qualifying weekend for the 104th Indianapolis 500 -- Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17 -- will feature a variety of changes to its format and broadcast to create even more memories and drama. Multiple attempts will return to the Last Row Shootout, expanding it to 75 minutes. Previous versions of the Shootout featured one attempt per car. While fans enjoyed that format, feedback indicated they wanted even more drama as drivers try to seize one of the three final spots in the field. A boost in turbocharger level will see speeds climb this year during the Indianapolis 500 qualifying sessions. Turbocharger boost will increase horsepower by 45 horsepower this year. An expanded weekend TV schedule will ensure NBC televises coverage of qualifications on both Saturday and Sunday, with total network exposure increasing over 2019. Full weekend broadcast details will be released soon. From Nathan Brown: Roger asked about adding the apron back: "As far as I'm concerned, we have no budget to change the apron." Asked if he would think it would make the racing better, "I'm not into that discussion today." 70. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 02.14.2020 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Roger asked about adding the apron back: "As far as I'm concerned, we have no budget to change the apron." Asked if he would think it would make the racing better, "I'm not into that discussion today." " Come on Roger. You got the money. Maybe not now but later dude. Do it for at least the Cup cars... assuming the Cup series stays there. 71. JohnG1 posted: 02.15.2020 - 11:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70 Doesn't sound like it. The other space a lot of us want to see opened up is in the four corners of IMS but The Captain said he had no plans to re-install the apron where Rick Mears and Michael Andretti traded the lead in 1991. ?I don't want to tear up the track, let's get the race run,? he said with a grin. ?I think the racing has been damn good the last few years without the apron.? 72. Canadianfan posted: 03.23.2020 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @IMS has floated the idea of moving @IndyCar's GMR Grand Prix to 4th of July weekend with @NASCAR's Brickyard 400, should such a move be necessary, per people familiar. ? IndyCar and NASCAR had no comment on the option, which would set up the first Cup/IndyCar doubleheader. 73. possum posted: 03.23.2020 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @72 - well, that would be an interesting challenge for Goodyear. Their tires have, in recent years, shown a marked dislike for other brand's rubber, and it might be very interesting seeing the Cup cars running on a track with a good layer of Firestone rubber on it. 74. Canadianfan posted: 03.26.2020 - 11:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @IndyCar/@IMS is expected to make a schedule announcement as soon as later today related to the Month of May, per people familiar. ? Clearly a postponement is expected due to the coronavirus, but the exact plans are not yet clear. 75. Canadianfan posted: 03.26.2020 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) From IMS: Month of May Update from @IMS and @IndyCar: The Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge has been rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 23 and the GMR Grand Prix will move to Saturday, July 4. 76. RaceFanX posted: 03.26.2020 - 1:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wow. This is will be different. And the unthinkable alliance has finally happened: An IndyCar-NASCAR joint weekend for the Fourth of July! 77. Canadianfan posted: 03.26.2020 - 1:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @76 Yes the Grand Prix will be first then the Xfinity race and then the Cup race on Sunday. 78. Corey posted: 03.26.2020 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It might be a matter of time before NASCAR postpones it's May races. If they do that, the they should drop the hope of preserving the playoffs. 79. Mbenoit posted: 03.26.2020 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) And so, for the first time in 109 years, the Indianapolis 500 will be run outside the month of May. 80. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.26.2020 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Forget the playoffs, lets run a schedule of ~25 races, person with the most points wins. Would nascar remove the stages in that case? 81. JSPorts posted: 04.20.2020 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Top 10 drivers since 2017: 1st: Kevin Harvick 2nd: Joey Logano 3rd: Ryan Blaney 4th: Denny Hamlin 5th: Ryan Newman 6th: Clint Bowyer 7th: Brad Keselowski 8th: Daniel Suarez 9th: Aric Almirola 10th: Kurt Busch 82. Canadianfan posted: 06.04.2020 - 11:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) From IMS: July 4th Weekend Update from #IMS:? The @BigMachine Hand Sanitizer 400 at the Brickyard and the GMR Grand Prix will run without spectators in the stands, following extensive consultation with local and state officials. 83. Canadianfan posted: 06.09.2020 - 1:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Nathan Brown: Talking to Roger -The Indy 500: "We're gonna run the Indy 500 in 2020." That came before his comments this weekend stating a 500 in 2020 would only be run with fans. Combine both together, and you get a definite 2020 race definitely to have fans in attendance. -The NASCAR partnership: "Our biggest focus now is the Brickyard weekend. Maybe we'll have more doubleheaders with NASCAR. We'll see how it works on the Brickyard to see if that is an action we want to take in the future." Other racing events: "-We'd like to have a big sportscar event. We're talking right now with that October date when we're going to be there for the Harvest race...And is there an opportunity in F1 in '21, '22, '23 (to host a race)?" 84. Canadianfan posted: 06.26.2020 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Nate Ryan: The 104th Indy 500 will be held before a crowd limited to 50 percent of @IMS' 230,000-seat capacity. Fans older than 65 are encouraged to consider staying home. In January, Roger Penske had said 78 percent of the race's tickets had been sold. From Nathan Brown: I'm told 50% mark announced today encompasses IMS's "total capacity", i.e. grandstands, infield & suites. In 2016, that was projected to be roughly 350,000...so 50% of that would be 175,000. Roughly 175,000 tickets have already been sold & fans are receiving an email now outlining their next steps. 85. Corey posted: 06.26.2020 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just gives an idea of how big Indy is. 50% capacity is still 200% of other tracks total capacity. 86. Jimmie4life posted: 06.26.2020 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, the cup series gets around 30,000-40,000 people a race, which is about 15% of the capacity the track has, and that is more than an average MLB games attendance numbers. 87. Canadianfan posted: 06.29.2020 - 1:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Adam Stern: @NBCSports for this weekend's NASCAR/IndyCar doubleheader will have its IndyCar staff on site @IMS, while its NASCAR talent will call that series' action from hundreds of miles away @CLTMotorSpdwy. ? This is to reduce travel during the pandemic. 88. Corey posted: 06.29.2020 - 2:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @87 I'm only going to assume it's because the NASCAR guys are centrally located around Charlotte. So it's easier to keep them their. The IndyCar guys however are spread out across the country, so if you have to bring them together, it might as well be at the race track. 89. Canadianfan posted: 06.29.2020 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @88 Actually in the lead up to Texas NBC said something about them doing broadcast from their Connecticut base. But then the broadcast crew went to Texas anyways. 90. TheDewCrew posted: 07.01.2020 - 11:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This track was always great for IndyCar since I started watching. But recently it's gone up on my list of NASCAR tracks. Since 2017, both Cup and have felt more entertaining and more racey. The move to the 4th of July this weekend should be interesting. Last time they raced there in the Summer, it was my favorite race of all-time. Excited for this weekend 91. Canadianfan posted: 07.07.2020 - 1:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Nathan Brown: For years, NASCAR & IndyCar couldn't ever come to terms for the type of doubleheader event we saw this past weekend. Roger Penske is ready to make it a staple. ?We hope next year to run three (IndyCar races) here. That's my hope.? 92. Canadianfan posted: 07.21.2020 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) From Jenna Fryer: #Indy500 update: - Attendance limited to 25% - Face masks required - Ticket sales end Friday - Hand sanitizer distributed -Temperature checks at entry -Concession stands limited to mostly prepackaged food - A full 95-page health protocol to be released Wednesday. 93. Canadianfan posted: 07.27.2020 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Nathan Brown: Just 27 days from the green flag, 19 from qualifying & 15 from the start of practice...and the Indy 500 field sits at 30 confirmed entries. One more is all-but certain. Some notes: - @ByrdRacing won't field an entry but is ready into help get @JD33Davison in the field - @DRRIndyCar is expected to announce their 2nd car soon. - Additional @DragonSpeedLLC, @juncosracing, @CarlinRacing, @DaleCoyneRacing, Top Gun entries TBD 94. Canadianfan posted: 07.27.2020 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Forecasted Entries (31): A.J. Foyt Racing, Chevy, (3): Tony Kanaan, Dalton Kellett, Charlie Kimball Andretti Autosport, Honda (6): Marco Andretti, Colton Herta, James Hinchcliffe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi, Zach Veach Arrow McLaren SP, Chevy (3): Fernando Alonso, Oliver Askew, Pato O'Ward Carlin Racing, Chevy, (1): Max Chilton Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (3): Scott Dixon, Marcus Ericsson, Felix Rosenqvist Dale Coyne Racing, Honda (2): Santino Ferrucci, Alex Palou Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevy, (2): JR Hildebrand, Sage Karam Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevy, (3): Ed Carpenter, Conor Daly, Rinus VeeKay Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (1): Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda, (3): Spencer Pigot, Graham Rahal, Takuma Sato Team Penske, Chevy, (4): Helio Castroneves, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, Josef Newgarden Entry Filed or Possible Entry (5): Carlin Racing, Chevy (1): TBD Dale Coyne Racing, Honda (1): TBD DragonSpeed, Chevy (1): TBD Dreyer & Reinbold, Chevy (1): TBD Top Gun Racing, TBD, (1): RC Enerson Possible Drivers: Sebastien Bourdais, Oriol Servia, Stefan Wilson, Pippa Mann, James Davison, Kyle Kaiser, among others. 95. Canadianfan posted: 08.03.2020 - 9:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Nathan Brown: Can confirm @JennaFryer's initial report that the opening day of Indy 500 practice has been moved from Tuesday, August 11 to Wednesday, August 12. Working to get more information/clarification. 96. joey2448 posted: 08.04.2020 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So is it true that the 2020 Indy 500 will have a green flag at 1 pm ET? Instead of its traditional noon start time? 97. Canadianfan posted: 08.04.2020 - 1:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @96 The green flag as I understand will be 2:30pm and it will overlap with the first half of the Cup race. And From Indianapolis Motor Speedway: News from #IMS: It is with great regret that we announce the Indianapolis 500 will take place on August 23 without fans. This tough decision was made following careful consideration and extensive consultation with state and city leadership. 98. thog posted: 08.05.2020 - 9:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know with the coronavirus that everything is unstable and unpredictable, but they moved the 500 to August for no good reason. It would have been simpler to just run it on it's usual May date without fans instead of just beating around the bush only to say fans aren't allowed anyway. 99. RaceFanX posted: 08.05.2020 - 9:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @98 I understand that but I'll go with the counterpoint that things were so unpredictable that it was a good idea at the time. There was a hope that conditions would improve if they waited and they decided to do so to best preserve the event. It looked like it was going to pay off and some fans would be allowed to attend, perhaps at 25% the usual capacity, before the recent surges in the number of infections across the Midwest ended it. I'm just glad we're still going to have an Indy 500 in 2020 and not end up with a skipped year like we had during the wars. 100. Corey posted: 08.05.2020 - 10:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @98 So I don't know what Indy was like in April and May, but you're forgetting that a good portion of non-essential businesses were still in some state of shut down at that time. NASCAR was able to get going in mid-May, but they also started with nearby tracks, worked with the governors and stayed in the Carolinas. It might have been a different case for IndyCar and Indiana. 101. Sector posted: 08.05.2020 - 11:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #100 Corey, I have a friend that lives about 15 minutes from Fort Wayne, he had the coronavirus back in February. We live 15 minutes from Sandusky, Ohio (Home of Cedar Point on Lake Erie); My mother and so many of her co-workers at Walmart had the virus in February as well. She has asthma and was in a very bad state but survived. Of these two cities had issues with the virus in February, then Indianapolis got hit before and in April/May too. 102. Canadianfan posted: 08.07.2020 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Racer: In a shocking but understandable head slap of reality, the 2020 Indianapolis 500 purse has been cut in half. Roger Penske told the car owners earlier this week that instead of $15 million, the Aug. 23 payout would be $7.5 million in the face of the pandemic that has crippled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's ability to make any money. With no fans allowed, there are no ticket sales and that alone takes away a minimum of $20m. Penske, who purchased IMS and the IndyCar series last January, had previously announced he was adding two million for this year's race to increase the purse from $13 million to $15m before the COVID-19 virus started shutting down businesses and wrecking the economy. Since then, the winningest owner in IMS history has spent $15 million refurbishing IMS and several million more to put on races at Road America and Iowa, where IndyCar was co-promoter of the doubleheaders. 103. Canadianfan posted: 08.22.2020 - 1:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) FIA President Jean Todt is touring the track today with Roger. Maybe not next year but definitely F1 will return in 2022, I would be willing to bet. 104. That's_Racin' posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) The Brickyard 400 is officially dead. NASCAR will no longer race on the oval at IMS, but they WILL race on the road course and pretend it's just as meaningful. 105. JSPorts posted: 09.30.2020 - 11:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's too bad. My ideal week at Indy was always run the road course on a Saturday, then run IRP the following Wednesday night, followed by the 400 the next Saturday (as they used to do, the Indy 500 was the only event that ran on Sunday at the track.) 106. Anonymous posted: 10.04.2020 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hard to believe the Brickyard 400 is no more. If you look at the list of winners it was a race champions won. Even among those who didn't win championships, only McMurray and Menard have no shot at Hall of Fame induction (Rudd will get in eventually, Kahne and Newman will warrant serious consideration). That first race in 1994 was so hyped and really delivered. It will remain one of the greatest moments in NASCAR's history. Sad, but this was inevitable. A decade plus of large crowds followed by a decade plus of dwindling crowds. It will be interesting to see if the road course improves turnout. 107. TheWackyRacer posted: 10.05.2020 - 12:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) If Ricky Rudd , Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman are Hall Of Fame drivers that's lowering the bar about 3 rungs. They had nice careers but the HOF should be elite only. 108. WardBurtonFan22 posted: 10.28.2020 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the HOF has had some issues with the names they have inducted, as Davey Allison seems to have been inducted based on last name and "what ifs", and by the HOF's own rule standards they set in place, Davey Allison isn't deserving as they explicitly stated a driver must race 10 years or more and Davey only raced 9. But to get back on track, Rudd won 23 times, including 6 as an owner/driver. He also managed to snag a top 10 points finish the first three years of competing as one, from 94-96. Newman, he'll never be a HOF driver, as his best year was his second year as a driver statiscally speaking, winning 8 times(which heavily inflates that 18 win total). Every other year he has raced, he has won between 0-2 races, including a Daytona 500 in 2008 and the disputed major Brickyard 400 in 2013. Newman will never go down as a what-if driver, although winning the 2020 Daytona 500 would've been big for him and Roush. Kahne is the same story as Newman in a way, of peaking early. Kahne's best year was his third year, with 6 wins that also heavily inflate his 18 win total, with 3 of those 18 wins being a Coke 600 win and one Brickyard 400 to go along with those, which elevates him above Newman. But a lot of Kahne's early career issues boil down to when he was peaking, Evernham was collapsing due to Evernham's off-the-track shenanigans with Erin Crocker. To a lot of people, myself included, Kahne is a what-if driver, as he was the most talented driver I have ever seen race and are left to wonder what could've been had he raced for a team that was stable in his formative years. 109. Corey posted: 10.28.2020 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @108 Two things 1 Allison raced ten years in NASCAR. He has 4 starts in the Xfinity/Late Model Sportsman series in 1983. The first one came over 10 before his last Cup start. 2. The Hall has said they would wave the 10 year requirement under unique circumstances. That is how Alan Kulwicki is in despite not racing 10 years in NASCAR. 110. Ryan posted: 10.28.2020 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @108 "I think the HOF has had some issues with the names they have inducted, as Davey Allison seems to have been inducted based on last name and "what ifs", and by the HOF's own rule standards they set in place, Davey Allison isn't deserving as they explicitly stated a driver must race 10 years or more and Davey only raced 9." Actually on RR Davey is credited with ten years racing if you include Xfinity, which obviously the HOF considers it all. Ron Hornaday made it because most of his truck series race. Davey just got in on his name? Davey only raced five full seasons in Cup and lead the league in wins for two of them. He won 19 of 191 races so you might as well say he won 10% of the races he entered. And what if? Well lets just say he was just as talented and smarter than his successors after he passed away and they had great years. He's a champion if not for an unfortunate flat tire from the 4 car at Atlanta in 1992. 111. RaceFanX posted: 10.29.2020 - 9:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Davey Allison's first known NASCAR start was in the Goody's Dash Series in 1982. Records area bit spotty and I don't think he was a regular, as he was mainly an ARCA guy then, but Allison meets the criteria. 112. RacingDude01 posted: 02.16.2021 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track just announced long track announcers m Bob Jenkins not the owner of Front Row Motorsports is battling brain cancer almost 10 years after losing his wife to that :( 113. TeamDCRfan posted: 02.16.2021 - 11:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thats too bad, but Jenkins has had cancer before and beat it (colon) in the 2000s (I think). If its early stages, theres a chance, but unfortunately it probably means his annoucing days are over. A woman who lived in the same nursing home my great grandma was in had it, but she had hers surgically removed, but she unfortunately lost a lot of abilities to do things and had to relearn a lot of stuff. 114. Canadianfan posted: 03.26.2021 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From The Race: #IndyCar will attempt to simulate 2023 - when its new hybrid power unit will deliver an extra 100bhp with its push-to-pass system - by doing a trial run with four cars at Indianapolis this coming Friday. Driving will be @scottdixon9, @josefnewgarden, @PatricioOWard and @AlexanderRossi. The idea is to get a feel for how the added horsepower will affect the cars racing in traffic, closing speeds and tyres. 115. Canadianfan posted: 04.16.2021 - 1:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unofficial Indianapolis 500 Entry List Confirmed Entries #1-J.R. Hildebrand (Foyt) #2-Josef Newgarden (Penske) #3-Scott McLaughlin (Penske) #4-Dalton Kellett (Penske) #5-Patricio O'Ward (SPAM) #06-Hélio Castroneves (MSR) #7-Felix Rosenqvist (SPAM) #8-Marcus Ericsson (CGR) #9-Scott Dixon (CGR) #10-Álex Palou (CGR) #11-Charlie Kimball (Foyt) #12-Will Power (Penske) #14-Sébastien Bourdais (Foyt) #15-Graham Rahal (RLLR) #16-Simona de Silvestro (Paretta) #18-Ed Jones (DCR with VS) #20-Ed Carpenter (ECR) #21-Rinus VeeKay (ECR) #22-Simon Pagenaud (Penske) #26-Colton Herta (Andretti) #27-Alexander Rossi (Andretti) #28-Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti) #29-James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Steinbrenner) #30-Takuma Sato (RLLR) #45-Santino Ferrucci (RLLR) #47-Conor Daly (ECR) #48-Tony Kanaan (CGR) #51-Pietro Fittipaldi (DCR with RWR) #59-Max Chilton (Carlin) #60-Jack Harvey (MSR) #86-Juan Pablo Montoya (SPAM) #98-Marco Andretti (AH-HA with MA & C-A) Almost Confirmed Entries #24-Sage Karam (DRR) He was at April test for DRR. #25-Zach Veach? (Andretti) Michael confirmed 6th car and Veach is high on his list. #52-Cody Ware (DCR with RWR) He was at the April test and passed his rookie orientation. #75-R.C. Enerson (TGR) Co-owner posted photo of acquisition of Chevrolet engine. Possible Entry #32-Kyle Kasier? (Juncos) Instagram video showed Juncos car of being retrofitted with aeroscreen. 116. possum posted: 04.16.2021 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @115 - I'd take that list with a grain of salt (Dalton Kellett in a Penske #4 seems suspicious, since 4 is usually a Foyt car, and Kellett at Penske seems unlikely) but if it pans out that's 37 cars, which probably uses up all the available engines. (Glad to see Simona back - I always thought she made a mistake leaving Indycars. And I gather Paretta is something of a Penske subsidiary, so she may do better than expected). 117. Canadianfan posted: 04.16.2021 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @116 Whoops my bad. Should've double checked. 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