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It was the second Indianapolis 500 that ended in a last lap pass after the 2006 race, and the only time to date that the race winner led only the final lap. Four months later, Wheldon was killed in a crash in the IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway , driving the car Tagliani had qualified on the pole in. [ 6 ]
The winner of the first race was American racer Ray Harroun in 1911, and the most recent winner is American racer Josef Newgarden in 2024. [3] Two editions of the Indianapolis 500, in 1924 and 1941 , were won by two drivers sharing a car; [ 15 ] relief drivers were used in the winning entries in 1911, 1912 , 1923 , and 1925 , but they are not ...
Exceptions to this will be the season opener at St. Petersburg, which would be set by final entrants' points from 2010, and the Indy 500, which carries its own pit selection process. On March 6, the series announced that the maximum field size for every IndyCar event this season would be limited to 26 cars, except for the Indianapolis 500 ...
The 108th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 26, 2024, on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Josef Newgarden won the 2023 race, but no one has won consecutive races since Helio ...
2011 Indianapolis 500; 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama; 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma; 2011 Indy Japan: The Final; 2011 Iowa Corn Indy 250; 2011 IZOD IndyCar World ...
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, [1] [2] and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis. The event is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend, usually the last weekend of May.
The ABC-TV Sports broadcasting complex at the 1993 Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 has been broadcast on network television in the United States since 1965. From 1965 to 2018, the event was broadcast by ABC, making it the second-longest-running relationship between an individual sporting event and television network, [1] surpassed only by CBS Sports' relationship with the Masters ...
Watson-built roadsters won the Indianapolis 500 in 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, and 1964; and the 1961 and 1963 winners were closely resembled Watson-based designs. During this time (1950–1960), the Indy 500 awarded points towards the World Championship of Drivers. However, very few European entries even made an attempt to race at Indy.