The Indianapolis 500

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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For more than a century, the Indianapolis 500 has been one of the greatest spectacles in all of sports. Thirty-three cars roar down the front stretch at speeds unimaginable to the people who first paved the track with bricks. It began as a proving ground for automobiles and became a Memorial Day tradition held at the world’s largest motorspeedway. Learn more about the Indianapolis 500 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Honor the past by uncovering its stories at Newspapers.com Promo Code EVERYTHINGEVERWHERE Samsara Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING ButcherBox Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For more than a century, the Indianapolis 500 has been one of the greatest spectacles in all of sports.
0:06.2	33 cars roar down the front stretch at speeds unimaginable to the people who first paved the track with bricks.
0:13.9	It began as a proving ground for automobiles and became a Memorial Day tradition that's held at the world's largest motor speedway.
0:21.5	Learn more about the Indianapolis 500 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:36.5	protected. To understand the Indianapolis 500, you first have to understand the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1:47.4	In the first decade of the 20th century, the city of Indianapolis was a major center of automobile
1:51.8	manufacturing. Local entrepreneur Carl Fisher believed the industry needed a dedicated
1:56.8	proving ground where cars could be tested at sustained speeds. In 1909, Fisher and his partners
2:03.3	James Allison, Arthur Newby, and Frank Wheeler founded the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company
2:09.0	and built a two and a half mile oval on farmland outside of Indianapolis in what is now the town
2:14.8	of Speedway, Indiana. The first races at the Speedway in 1909 were not the polished spectacle that people know today.
2:23.2	The original surface was crushed stone and tar, and it quickly proved to be dangerous.
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