MARTIN: The Month Of May’s Spectacle

The field for the 107th Indianapolis 500 leaves the grid at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A huge crowd is expected for this year’s event on May 26. (Dallas Breeze photo)


  • Bruce Martin

    A career newspaperman, Bruce Martin has been covering IndyCar and NASCAR racing for SPEED SPORT since the mid 1990s.

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s the most anticipated time of the year for race fans around the world. The month of May is when motorsports takes the spotlight following March Madness in college basketball and The Masters — golf’s greatest tradition — in April.

It means the Indianapolis 500, a tradition that began in 1911, is showing signs of returning to glory with ticket sales for this year’s race approaching 350,000, according to Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske.

 

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