The Indianapolis 500 race, held over the Memorial Day weekend, takes how many laps to complete the full 500 miles?
Indianapolis 500 the 33-car field, the annual singing of "Back Home Again in Indiana," and the victory lane bottle of milk. The Indianapolis 500 is held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a oval circuit. Technically, IMS is a rounded-rectangle, with four distinct corners of identical dimensions referred to as "turns", and four straightaways (2 long and 2 short). Drivers race 200 laps, counter-clockwise around the circuit, for a distance of . Since its inception in 1911, the race has always been scheduled on or around Memorial Day. Since 1974, the race has been specifically scheduled for the Sunday of Memorial Day
Indianapolis 500 this contract; the existing blackout policy is expected to continue. Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (better known as the Indianapolis 500) is an automobile race held annually at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. The event is held over Memorial Day weekend in late May. It is contested as part of the Verizon INDYCAR Series, the top level of American Championship Car racing, an open-wheel open-cockpit formula colloquially known as "Indy Car Racing". The name of the race is often shortened to Indy 500, and the track itself is nicknamed