Indianapolis 500

What: The ‘Great­est Spec­ta­cle in Rac­ing’ and unques­tion­able to most impor­tant and pres­ti­gious event of the Indy­Car cal­en­dar, the Indi­anapo­lis 500 sees 33 starters in “Indy Cars” race at speeds of 240 Miles per hours over 500 miles and 200 laps of Indiana’s Motor Speed­way sta­di­um to be crowned not just the great­est Indy Rac­er, but also receive a $2.5 mil­lion cash price and receive and be doused in a com­pli­men­ta­ry bot­tle of milk.

Part of the Triple Crown of Motor­sport (along­side the Mona­co grand prix and  the 24 hours of le mans) the Indy 500 is stepped in tra­di­tion, with the race begin­ning with a ren­di­tion of the local favourite “Back Home Again in Indi­ana” the tra­di­tion­al release of red, white and blue bal­loons at the race start and, along­side the award­ing of Milk to the win­ner, the pre­sent­ing of the famous Borg-Warn­er Tro­phy to the dri­ver that both sur­vives and com­pletes the course in the fastest time.

When: The race takes place annu­al­ly, tra­di­tion­al­ly held on the last week­end of August, although dates do vary.

Where: The Indi­anapo­lis 500 is held unsur­pris­ing­ly in the town of Indi­anapo­lis, in the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca, with the event tak­ing place at the 2.5 mile oval cir­cuit of the Indi­anapo­lis Motor Speed­way.

Dura­tion: Race day kicks off at 1pm, with spec­ta­tors nor­mal­ly indulging in Amer­i­can Cui­sine in the sur­round­ing area in the hours before­hand, with the race last­ing for approx­i­mate­ly 3 hours – give or take allow­ing for inci­dents.

Tick­ets: Tick­ets for the Indy 500 are easy to come by, with avail­abil­i­ty for pur­chase at [https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/buy-tickets] and on the gate at the race day itself. With tick­ets for the day of the race in gen­er­al admis­sion cost­ing $40, tick­ets for reserved seats (Rec­om­mend­ed) cost­ing $60 to $135, and tick­ets to the snack pit, which is a par­ty-like stand­ing are cost­ing $90.

Need to Know: Along­side being pre­pared for a long race, the Indy 500 can be a dan­ger­ous event espe­cial­ly for those in the snake pit of gen­er­al admis­sion with parts of the cars and espe­cial­ly tires known to fly into spec­ta­tors, with 10 audi­ence mem­bers hav­ing been killed so far watch­ing the INDY 500.

More Infor­ma­tion: For infor­ma­tion about the race, the exact date and tick­ets see [https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/].