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INDIANAPOLIS Puzzled by this uber-deep Indy 500 field in making your pick for who will win? Maybe you’re betting hard-earned cash or just looking to be the smartest person in your group when the checkered flag falls.
We so often hear the mantra “the track picks the winner” because of how much luck is involved in taking the checkered flag. The best car hasn t won this race numerous times.
So why not look at who the track has “picked” the most, in other words, a driver who best fits that profile? I’ll give you one better; you don’t even have to do the work.
Known as the “greatest spectacle in racing”, the Indianapolis 500 is renowned for close racing in excess of 220mph with drivers just inches apart for 500 miles. But how many cars race, for how long does it last and has there ever been a race without a caution?
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It’s the biggest day of the racing calendar: the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. No driver is racing The Double, but Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi have a double-dose of what to look forward to this weekend.
Gluck: The shifting of Monaco to last week deprives us of the usual Motorsports Christmas, but Sunday is still the biggest day in American racing with the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600. And this is a day we didn’t get last year, since Indy was moved to August. Does it make you feel normal to have these two events on the same day again, Jordan?
Indy 500 Race Preview: Start Time, How To Watch, Pole, Lineup - Indianapolis, IN - The Indianapolis 500 IndyCar race returns to its traditional running at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Sunday before Memorial Day.