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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Happiness. Scott Dixon can see it in their eyes, mask-enclosed smiles be damned.
That feeling you get as a young race fan to see a legendary champion up close, even if he s just walking by. Maybe you shout their name and hope they turn around and catch your eye. Maybe, even, you grab the hat off your head and ask for an autograph. Unheard of a year agowith fans barred from so many tracks, that sector of fandom is starting to come back to sports.
For IndyCar, it has reemerged at St. Petersburg.
“Coming here today was my first time in a while of walking into an event and getting bombarded to sign autographs,” defending series champion Scott Dixon said Friday. “It’s really nice to see that. Hopefully we see a lot more of that as the year progresses.
INDIANAPOLIS The Indianapolis Motor Speedway helped save the Indy 500 for fans, in essence doing itself a huge favor, by having more than 100,000 people vaccinated at the mass COVID-19 clinics it has hosted.
After a year without fans in 2020, Penske Entertainment Corp. said Wednesday its iconic race would be filled to about 40% capacity with 135,000 spectators allowed to attend.
One day after the announcement, Mayor Joe Hogsett urged Marion County residents to not let down their guard in taking steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 so we can return to the things we love like the Indy 500.
At that same COVID-19 update, Dr. Virginia Caine, director of the Marion County Public Health Department, said the Indy 500 was saved this year due to COVID-19 vaccines and help from IMS.
Indianapolis 500 officials proud to open the annual racing event to 135,000 spectators next month
The Indianapolis 500 is set to be the largest sporting event in the world since the start of the pandemic with 135,000 spectators permitted to attend The Greatest Spectacle in Racing next month.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Wednesday that it worked with the Marion County Public Health Department to determine that 40% of venue capacity can attend the May 30 race on Memorial Day weekend. The speedway is the largest sporting facility in the world, with more than 250,000 grandstand seats and the ability to host close to 400,000 on race day throughout the entire property.
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