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Memorial Day weekend is always great racing fans. Formula 1 typically has its Grand Prix Monaco that Sunday, (although this year it was Turkish GP taking calendar slot), NASCAR has annual Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, “The Greatest Spectacle Racing″ takes IndyCar Series its namesake venue, Indianapolis Speedway eponymous Indianapolis 500.
The 2010 Indy 500 billed as part of Centennial Era races, celebrating birth of track 1909 and first 500 held 1911. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built by Indiana businessmen Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, Arthur C. Newby, and Frank H. Wheeler as a testing grounds help bolster Indiana’s burgeoning automotive industry. It wasn’t long before racing became raison d’être the facility. The original tar gravel surface was quickly replaced by 3.2 million bricks when safety became concern.
The first 500-mile race took place May 30, 1911, when Ray Harroun shocked everyone, unprecedentedly going solo his Marmon “Wasp,” the rest the field using ride-along mechanics. Harroun’s car was actually considered safety risk without that passenger, but it made up it by introducing major automotive safety device. The Wasp, you see, was fitted with the industry’s first rearview mirror. The average speed that first Brickyard endurance race was stupefying 74.602 miles per hour. This year’s polesitter, three-time defending race-winner Helio Castroneves, won last year’s Indy 500 at more than twice that speed, 150.318 mph.
While speeds way up, much at Indy has remained same. The 500 is tradition as much as anything, and so this Memorial Day, 33 cars once again lined up, set challenge each other, track, and fate – crossing bricks 200 times complete 500 miles around the2.5-mile-long squared oval. Follow jump see how 2010 Indianapolis 500 went down history books.
Gallery: 2010 Indianapolis 500
[Images: Tom Strattman, Mike Groll, Darron Cummings, Jeff Roberson, Steve Metz (AP), Chris Howell, Nick Laham, Jonathan Ferrey, Robert Laberge, Chris Graythen (Getty Images)]
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