Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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View of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with cars on the track. The stands are filled with fans and people are standing along the infield fence. Two men are standing on a platform where the finish line has been strung across the track.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
It took Ray Harroun 6 hours and 42 minutes to win the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911. Speeding past the checkered flag in his bright yellow Marmon “Wasp,” Harroun had driven the five hundred miles at an average speed of 74.6 mph. Today’s…