Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I have been chasing race cars since the first Michigan 500 in 1981. In a week when the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum ...

The Indianapolis 500 is run every year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 560-acre facility on the west side of the city. The race is scheduled for the day before Memorial Day each year, weather ...

Editor's note: A version of this story originally published in 2021. We are republishing it with updates as part of our coverage of the 2026 Indy 500. Some things have changed around Indianapolis ...

In 1911, Ray Harroun entered racing immortality when he became the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500. Eight decades later, Jeff Gordon put his own stamp in the Speedway history books when he ...