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The event is contested by "Indy cars", a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars. As of 2020 , all entrants utilize 2.2 L V6 , twin- turbocharged engines, tuned to produce a range of 550–750 horsepower (410–560 kW).
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 [4] and formerly the home of the United States Grand Prix and Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix.
The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded a small replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy.. The Indianapolis 500 (also called the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race) [a] [2] is an annual American open-wheel car race held on American Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), in Speedway, Indiana. [3]
The company built midget cars, quartermidgets, sports cars, sprint cars, Bonneville cars, and USAC Championship cars. It was founded by Frank Kurtis when he built his own midget car chassis in the late 1930s. [1] Kurtis built some very low fiberglass bodied two-seaters sports cars under his own name in Glendale, California between 1949 and 1955.
Frederick Earl "Skinny" Clemons (February 14, 1889 – February 10, 1945) [1] was an American race car designer and racing driver. He was one of the first entrants at the Indianapolis 500 . He designed and built his own cars, engines and created his own Independent wheel suspension which he patented in 1934.
The discipline of Championship Car racing became a national sport, with the Indianapolis 500 as its marquee event. A maximum 33-car field was established, based on a 1919 mandate by AAA officials that of 400 feet of track per car. After World War I and during the Roaring Twenties, the
The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021. In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing.
Jim Hurtubise's entry, which dropped out after only nine laps, was the last front-engine car to race in the 500. This was also the first 500 won by a turbocharged engine. For the second year in a row, one of Andy Granatelli 's STP Turbine -powered machines was leading late in the race, but once again, it failed within sight of victory.