Indy500: Where Legends Are Made
Courtesy: IndyCar/Penske Entertainmen t || Borg-Warner Trophy - 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 - Photo by Chris Owens If you prefere video, right after the text there is the video Em português após a estrela, vídeo após o texto Older than a century, 500 miles, IF you win you become immortal, that’s ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. First let’s talk about the scenery, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, envisioned by Carl Fisher, along with his partners James Allison, Arthur Newby, and Frank Wheeler, in 1909, founded the second purpose-built, banked oval racing circuit, but the first one to be call ‘speedway’, and the third oldest permanent race track in the world behind Brooklands in England and the Milwaukee Mile. The goal was to have a proving place for the automobile industry. The first Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, held on May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, after 6h 42min the winner was the...
