35 days from today - 108th running of the #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IsItMayYet 1984 #35 Pat Bedard before and after photos. #Indy500 #IndyCar

The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 35 days away. The only top-4 finish for car #35 was in 1922, when JIMMY MURPHY won the race from the pole. Murphy was originally thought to have led every lap. He did lead the first 74 laps, the 3rd-longest such stretch in race history.

36 days til raceday in Speedway, IN.... the 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race. #36 1930 Cy Marshall w/brother Paul as Riding Mechanic. Paul suffered fatal injuries in T3 crash. Cy would not return til 1947 - 17 yrs. #IsItMayYet #Indy500 #IndyCar

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The quiet before the 1911 #Indy500 .

Think about these things from back then.

1. How did you get to the track?
2. What did you eat there?
3. What did you wear?
4. The thrill of 40 race cars.
5. Reading about the race in next day in the newspaper.
6. You saw Ray Harroun!

38 days til 108th running of the #Indianapolis500 Mile Race 1938 - Winner 🏁🏆Floyd Roberts gets some air in his Firestone Racing tires🛞. #IsItMayYet Indianapolis Motor Speedway #Indy500 #IndyCar

39 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IsItMayYet 1939 Joel Thorne looked like he was ready for a chemical attack on the eve of WW2. He finished 7th. #Indy500 #IndyCar

40 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IsItMayYet 1985 #40 Emerson Fittipaldi

The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 41 days away. Car #41's best finish is 6th, which has happened 3x. IMO, the most successful of those drivers was CHET MILLER, who was 7th at the halfway point in '41 and later moved up to 6th when WILBUR SHAW crashed out.

41 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IsItMayYet 1941 #42 Russ Snowberger in the Jim Hussey Sportman's Club Special. 'Sip your drink under the spell of the Hammond Electric Organ'. No wall to wall televisions in those days. Snowberger finished 21st. #Indy500 #IndyCar

Just 6 weeks til the 108th Greatest Spectacle in Racing - #Indianapolis500 #IsItMayYet The 🚀Rick Mears sat on the Pole a record 6 times. Anyone know which active driver has 5?

42 days til 108th running of the #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IsItMayYet 1972 #42 David 'Swede' Savage. #Indy500 #IndyCar

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Donald Mascola Indianapolis Motor Speedway My occasional Facebook cover photo. Great shade of blue on that car. Petty blue on #43.

43 days til 108th Greatest Spectacle in Racing - The #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2015 #43 'Fueled By Bacon' entry of Conor Daly has early mechanical issues. #IsItMayYet #Indy500 #IndyCar .

44 days til 108th running of the #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Greatest Spectacle in Racing 2023 0.0044 was the difference between making the field and getting bumped. Literally the blink of an 👁️ #Indy500 #IndyCar

The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 44 days away. DICK SIMON! drove car #44 6x, but he never finished better than 13th in it. 3 drivers finished 4th in #44; among that group, JIMMY VASSER in '01 was the strongest contender, so IMO, he was the most successful driver of #44.

The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 45 days away. CLIFF BERGERE had the best finish in car #45 (5th in '37), but I think LOUIS MEYER had the most success, even though he only finished 12th in in '39. He led 79 laps and had a 2-lap lead before cutting a tire on the 183rd lap

I’m all for safety, obviously.

But, you can’t deny seeing the driver’s helmets was aesthetically better.

#Indy500 || #IndyCar

46 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway #IsItMayYet 1932 Studebaker cars with #46 Luther Johnson 2nd from right. He would finish 16th, completing 164 laps after losing a wheel on the front stretch. #Indy500 #IndyCar

Here's your annual reminder that starting the NCAA Men's National Championship game at 9:20 pm ET on a Monday is certifiably insane.