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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 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 ...
4-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves voted into IMS Hall of Fame. ... The 49-year-old Brazilian driver won the Indy 500 in 2001, 2002, 2009 and 2021 and will be chasing his record fifth win at ...
Foyt won Le Mans in 1967, about one month after winning his third Indy 500. Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World Championship and is a three-time Sebring winner (he also won the 6-hour version of Daytona). Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford once won one of the Daytona 500 qualifying races.
The pre-Borg-Warner Indianapolis 500 winner's trophy awarded to Ray Keech in 1929 Detail of the image of a man on the top of the Borg-Warner Trophy. Because this man is depicted naked, after the traditional depiction of athletes in ancient Greek art, the trophy is most often photographed at an angle so that the man's arm blocks the view of the figure's genitalia.
The IndyStar staff did a remarkable job predicting the results of the Indy 500 last season. Check out our picks for 2024 ... Dixon is long overdue for his second Indy 500 win. His first came in ...
Souders becomes the first driver to win the full-500-mile race solo, with neither any relief help, nor a riding mechanic. The race was part of the 1927 World Manufacturers' Championship. 1928: Jimmy Gleason has a good lead when he stops for water for the radiator on lap 195. A crew member misses the radiator and douses the car's magneto.
A newer Indy 500 tradition, it began at the Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway's NASCAR race. In 1996, Dale Jarrett won the third edition of the Brickyard 400, and he and his crew ...