🏁🏟️ Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN
📸 Circa 2009 (Aerial) & 2023
🏎️ Home of the Indianapolis 500
🗓️ Opened: 1909
🪑 Capacity: 257,327

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Sunday, January 28, 2007: British-born driver Katherine Legge made history at the 24 Hours of Daytona, completing the race’s one-millionth lap at 11:11 a.m. while driving a Pontiac-powered Riley DP. 🏁 #ThisDayInHistory #KatherineLegge #Daytona24 #MotorsportsHistory

Tuesday, January 23, 1990: Patty Moise set a women’s closed-course speed record at 217.498 mph driving a Buick at Talladega. A trailblazer in NASCAR, she raced in Winston Cup and Busch Series events. 🏁 #ThisDayInHistory #PattyMoise #MotorsportsHistory #WomenInRacing

Sunday, January 8, 1956: USAC sanctioned its first race—an indoor midget event in Fort Wayne, IN. Indy 500 veteran Gene Hartley won the 100-lap race, marking a new era in U.S. racing history. 🏁 #ThisDayInHistory #USAC #AutoRacing #MotorsportsHistory #Racing

Chris Lezotte from the SAH talks to us about The Evolution of Women-Only Racing #motorsports on our #tbt to last year’s Argetsinger Symposium on #motorsportshistory #femaleracers #womeninracing #supportindiepodcasts #indiepodcastsunite

#ICYMI check out Daniel Simone's presentation on Ray Elder, The Racing Farmers and the Rise of the #nascar Winston West Series as we kick off #nascarmonth here on MPN. This presentation originally aired during the 8th Annual Argetsinger Symposium on #motorsportshistory #motorsports #nascarhistory