Talk:Indianapolis 500

message: I'm probably wrong, but I always understood that the winner was awarded a stainless-steel watch of some description. A Rolex Cosmograph, maybe? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Josh.Sinyor (talk • contribs) 01:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post Race? 

message: Why is it called the Indianapolis 500?
--132.185.144.122 09:19, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Really basic question

message: Added the section with the bottle of milk tradition.  If you can think of any other Indycar traditions, please add them to the section!  And yes, fyi I was born 'n raised in Indianapolis. :)  -Kasreyn
::Lucky SOB!  --Indyfan 05:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Traditions

message: 1960 Indy 500 was won by Jim Rathmann, not Pat Flaherty.(moved from article)
List_of_Indianapolis_500_winners seems to confirm this. ??
Gzuckier 16:23, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  who won in 1960? 

message: The article mentions the 3 million bricks paving the original track. When were the bricks replaced with a more modern surface?
*The brick surface of the track was covered over with asphalt in stages, first beginning en masse in 1937, for the 25th 500, with the paving of the turns and short chutes.  The backstretch was paved in 1940, leaving the mainstretch as the only part still brick, until after 1961.  Upon that 50th running, the mainstretch was likewise paved, with the exception of a yard-long strip coming across the stretch at the start/finish line.  This "yard of bricks" remains today, with most of the previous surface in place underneath the modern asphalt. Chr.K. 07:42, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Road surface 

message: Several feet of brick remain visible at the finish line--all other bricks have been removed or covered.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.37.224.130 (talk) 12:23, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finish Line 

message: Should there be a list somewhere(not necessarily in this article) listing all recipients of the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award? --D-Day 15:23, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rookie of the Year 

message: User 24.250.206.138 just erased information of years 1996-2005, writing "no such event exists, see ChampCar World Series," inside the last hour.  Requested that appropriate action be taken immediately. --Chr.K. 14:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abuse 

message: Image is generally superior, to the human eye, to verbal writing.  By the very nature of it being computer screen as a media, would not the best form of designating competitors to be able to identify the flag of what nation they come from, rather than writing it out?  The Formula One pages do much of this.  Likewise, why should competitor-nationality-identification in the race be solely for drivers?  European auto-makers in the teens won, and Teams Lotus and McLaren won in the 60's and 70's.  Even the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself won in 1919, and Michelin as a tire manufacturer won in 1915 on DePalma's car.  Are these nationalities to be ignored? --Chr.K. 14:56, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Put 'em all in. I'm in fav more fact of almost kind.  Trekphiler 05:40, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Maybe, but I'd guess less than you think. Where do they do most of their business? Firestone's a U.S. coy, regardless Japanese ownership. Cosworth's British. Galmer, I'd say, is, too, ditto Lola & Reynard, & Eagle American (despite Len Terry). And if there are big disputes, iron 'em out here.  Trekphiler 14:32, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality indicators 

message: What about a "superstitions" 'graph? I've heard "no peanuts in the pits", since a wreck in the '30s was blamed on them, & "no green cars", tho I can't say why.  Trekphiler 12:23, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to me a "Superstions" page link could do the job, with a passing mention to incidents in an extended "History" section. No? As for sourcing, I've seen a little book on the history of the Speedway that mentions them all, which is where I first read it, back around 1977; author & title are lost to the mists of time, tho... And I saw recently in Cutter & Fendell's Encyclopedia of Auto Racing Greats (Prentice-Hall, 1973) green & peanuts issue was also seen in NASCAR, with peanut hulls (per Indy) blamed for a wreck. If green was bad luck in open-wheel, Brit teams must have howled over the international racing colors... =)  Trekphiler 05:47, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not heard of green as being an unlucky colour for cars over here in the UK - as noted British Racing Green is 'our colour' and ooh we all dream of owning a classic sports car in this colour. Maybe a localised American superstition? --mgaved 13:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

text:  I know I'm coming back to this after a couple of years, and without expressing an opinion one way or another on whether a "Superstitions" section should actually exist, I would argue that as the official Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian, Donald Davidson and what he expresses on his program, The Talk of Gasoline Alley, are absolutely reliable sources as far as WP is concerned.  Furthermore, the 2009 TToGA episodes are posted here (except, unfortunately, for the actual post-race show--whether it will be in the future, I don't know).  Davidson discussed both the "peanuts" and the "green" superstition at some point this month (although I believe it was in the post-race show). Chuck (talk) 15:14, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  7 years Bernie Ecclestone? 

message: The part that states that the Indianapolis 500 is the one day sporting event with the most international viewers is incorrect, along time ago it was the most watched race in the USA, never was the most watches race in the world, but it was huge in the US now almost every NASCAR race gets more ratings in the US, and international audience doesn[t gets near F1 races worldwide.
Someone should change that part.
There is technically no way to tell how many actually listen, as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race can be heard broadcast wherever English is spoken.  I know that the 320 million mark is one of the most recent estimates, placed as of 2005 in, so far as I remember, an issue of the Indianapolis Business Journal. On the subject of NASCAR, event ratings have been going down compared to 2005 throughout the season (and the 500 itself had higher ratings in '05 than the Coke 600 at Charlotte), save at the high-speed Tetris tracks of Daytona and Talladega. As for F-1 beating it, you may have a point. --4.224.201.195 05:16, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error on the beginning 

message: Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, not Indianapolis 500.  The latter is, granted, ubiquitously used, even on the tickets, but the actual name, since 1981, has been the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. Ask universally-knowledgable Speedway historian Donald Davidson if you don't believe me. As admittedly attempted to do personally before, the name should be adjusted. --4.225.21.208 10:01, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  In cases such as this, the most commonly used name supercedes the technical name. Besides, it's still referred to as "Indianapolis 500" and "Indy 500" in plenty of official documents, press releases and ads, so the question is moot. Crabapplecove 23:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official name of the race 

message: When you compare the nature of the 1995 and 1996 races, the only thing that had changed was politics; the nature of the cars was almost universally equal, since the normally-aspirated formula was not introduced until 1997.  With that as the case, I submit that the table should be changed to identifying the different sanctioning bodies of the race since its inception, which are easy enough to know: Founding-1955, the American Automobile Association; 1956-1997, the United States Auto Club; 1998-Present, the IndyCar Series. --Chr.K. 13:51, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Table on the top right side

message: I'm going to classify the article with a B-rating, and Top importance, for the following reasons: 1) There is far more than stub material present, but a lot of other necessary things, such as the order of events throughout the month of May, the order of ceremonies the morning of the race, and more technical aspects of how things are done for the event itself (such as the ancient yet unique ten mile average speed qualifying system), are missing; 2) In importance rating for Indiana: it's the Indianapolis 500.  Self-explanatory.  I'll copy the reasons for the article mentioned as being for it at the top, as well. --Chr.K. 14:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ...and quality and importance scales

message: I've heard only 2 TV celebs drove it, Leno being one. Anybody think mentioning them's worth including?  Trekphiler 14:37, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, there have been quite a few (even notwithstanding the question of defining what constitutes a "celebrity").  Here's a list: . Chuck 01:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Off the pacecar

message: The historical and modern uniqueness of the manner of Indianapolis rookie orientation, practice, qualifications and final practice should be put in.  For all the talk of traditions, the actual "nuts and bolts" of preparation remains unaccounted for. --Chr.K. 07:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need for new material on events throughout month 

message: The Indy 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 to 1960, in that drivers were credited with World Championship points. However, this only gets a passing mention in this article. Someone with sufficient knowledge should expand on this. Philsy 14:10, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's only given passing mention because it's considered a very minor part of Indianapolis 500 history.--Mycroft.Holmes 15:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FIA World Championship 

message: I think in the individual race articles, there should be a listing of all drivers who did not qualify for the race, if known. Thoughts? --D-Day 19:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. DH85868993 02:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Yeah, let's just say anyone who was on the entry list for now. The only exception would be the duplicate entries that sometimes pop up. --D-Day 17:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Qualifying chronology (including wave-offs, bumps, withdrawls, etc.) from 1967 to the present is available at here. Here's an example of the 1983 chronology. This information was drawn from the official IMS daily trackside reports. --Mycroft.Holmes 03:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  DNQ's 

message: I think this article could benefit from information regarding what the teams are doing throughout May to qualify a car for the field.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaedglass (talk • contribs) 
:This is an encyclopedia article, not a news bulletin. -Drdisque 19:21, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Such information is fine: see the specific dedicated pages for individual races, however. --Chr.K. 16:38, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Qualifying 

message: Le Mans began in 1923; Indy in 1911. If it's not the oldest auto race in the world, someone please inform. --Chr.K. 05:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The first French Grand Prix was in 1906. DH85868993 05:42, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

text: The Brooklands circuit  in the UK opened in 1907, it was a banked racing track. It hosted what might have been the first 24 hour race in 1907. It was won by an Australian, Selwyn Edge. --mgaved 12:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither of which is still held at those original tracks, which was the meaning of the statement of Oldest. Indianapolis is still Indianapolis. --Chr.K. 16:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, well it wasn't clear (to me) that's what you meant by "oldest". In that case I would agree that the Indianapolis 500 is (to the best of my knowlegde) the oldest (circuit) race still held at the original track. But I also note the Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb which was first held in 1905 - which as far as I'm aware makes it the oldest motorsport event still held at the original venue. -- DH85868993 23:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Then that information should be tweaked, and the circuit-course detail added. --Chr.K. 08:59, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One thing that I think is worth mentioning here is that the 2014 Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb is the 97th running and the 2014 Indianapolis 500 is the 98th running, so in those terms, the Indianapolis 500 can correctly be called the oldest automobile race. Donald Davidson points out in his official history that when Indy runs its 100th race in 2016, it will be the first automobile race to reach 100 runnings.JVorpe (talk) 06:27, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oldest of all motor races? 

message: I am currently looking at the front cover of the 2007 Indianapolis 500 program, and emblazoned on the upper margin, right between the 2007 symbol (which labels it as Indianapolis 500), are the words INDIANAPOLIS, on the left side, and 500-MILE RACE on the right side.  I'm sure others have the program, and can obviously verify.
I would ask for this page be renamed the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, due to the fact that it is more historically accurate in the long term (and it's the term Tony Hulman, among others, once preferred, if the stories are accurate).  Discuss. --Chr.K. (talk) 04:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 

message: I am editing some 1950's F1 articles, and I am wondering whether to pyt the 500 under the American (), or Indiana () flag. Help! Cadan ap Tomos (talk) 10:54, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Standard WP:F1 practice is to use  for the 1950-1959 Indy 500 races and  for the 1960 race (the flag changed on July 4, 1959). DH85868993 (talk) 12:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  which flag? 

message: I've proposed creating a split off page Indianapolis 500 traditions. Traditions are a huge part of the Indy 500, and there is already a lot cluttering up the main page. It's been tagged for "cleanup" already, but I think a split off and expansion/organization would be an even better decision. Doctorindy (talk) 13:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to go ahead and break off this section into its own page. It can grow along with other sections such as "Pre-race traditions/ceremonies," "Superstitions," and even include a list of prerace ceremony performers. Doctorindy (talk) 17:36, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Seperate page for Indy 500 Traditions

message: Why the hell must there be an section about afro American drivers? You might as well make a section for every ethnic group. Just for this idiocy I will make a section about Spanish drivers, and put Alonso there. 217.121.69.76 (talk) 00:50, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section for racists? 

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message: I am a student editor at Texas A&M University and I was assigned this article to edit. I will be several rounds of editing over the course of the next two weeks in a sandbox, and once they are completed publishing them to the main article. I will however post the organizational edits first.
The article needs to be reorganized. There are several sub sections that need to be moved around. I will move the Female Drivers subsection to the Culture section and Technical Regulations and its subsection to Race Specifics. I want to make the organization more cohesive and doing so will help with readability and understanding of the content. I will then go through the article making basic copy edits, content editing, adding sources etc. 
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