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The '''Indianapolis 500''' is a car race held in Speedway, [[Indiana]]. It is one of the best well known events in American racing. The race is held every [[Memorial Day]] weekend at the 2.5 mile racetrack. Cars are purpose-built race cars with 800 [[horsepower]] V8 engines mounted behind the driver. The engines run on American-grown [[ethanol]] supporting American farmers.{{fact}} Despite being a very American tradition, there are many successful foreign drivers, including [[Dario Franchitti]] from [[Scotland]], [[Scott Dixon]] from [[New Zealand]] and [[Helio Castroneves]] from [[Brazil]].
The '''Indianapolis 500''' is a car race held in Speedway, [[Indiana]]. It is one of the best-known events in American racing. The race is held every [[Memorial Day]] weekend at the 2.5 mile racetrack. Cars are purpose-built race cars with 800 [[horsepower]] V8 engines mounted behind the driver. Despite being a very American tradition, there are many successful foreign drivers, including[Dario Franchitti from [[Scotland]], Scott Dixon from [[New Zealand]] and Helio Castroneves from [[Brazil]].
The event has been run for a hundred years and has a massive attendance on race day with as many as 400,000 attendees.
The event has been run for a hundred years and has a massive attendance on race day with as many as 400,000 attendees.