Not exact matches
The famous name returns to the
Brickyard this year having been one of the
Indy 500s dominant forces back in the 1970s
That's a lot of history, but the
Indy 500 blows them out of the water: the first race at the
brickyard took place in 1911.
With the news that Fernando Alonso will race in the
Indy 500 in 2017, we take a look at the other F1 champions that tried their hand at the
Brickyard.
The end of the 1989
Indy 500 was a straight fight between Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser Jr. as both battled hard for their first win at the
brickyard.
Michael Worthington - Williams investigates / A
Brickyard Failure: Robert Arbuthnot at
Indy — David Venables researches the career of Robert Arbuthnot and his ill - fated attempt to compete at Indianapolis in 1946 / Back On The Road — Michael Ware travels to East Anglia to look at a recently restored 1913 Isotta Fraschini Tipo FC4 that is now on show at the Caister Castle Museum
Grancor, the speed shop and warehouse - distribution business the brothers formed in Chicago, sponsored
Indy roadsters in the»50s, and the Granatellis brought Novi roadsters back to run the
Brickyard for several years in the early and mid»60s.
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Indy 500 Festival Corvettes
The
Indy Legends Pro-Am was the premier event at the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA)
Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational held in June.
Introduced by vividly colored paintings of tarred - over pavement cracks, the centerpiece of Ingrid Calame's inventive and absorbing show «Tracks» at James Cohan Gallery is a four - wall multicolored wrap - around drawing of tire tracks from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — the legendary «
Brickyard» where the
Indy 500 is run every Memorial Day (installation image above).