Tag: Indy 500

Helio Castroneves wins the Indy 500

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 30, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

(CNN) — Helio Castroneves finished first in the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. CLIMB THAT FENCE, @H3LIO! HELIO CASTRONEVES HAS JOINED THE FOUR-TIME #INDY500 WINNERS CLUB! pic.twitter.com/z4NjX2VmMv — IndyCar on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) May 30, 2021 The event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was billed as the most-attended sporting event since the pandemic’s start, with the 135,000 tickets available — approximately 40% of the Indiana racetrack’s capacity — quickly selling out. The-CNN-Wire & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia...

Indy 500 hosts largest crowd since start of pandemic

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 30, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The milk is on ice, celebrities are in the house and Indianapolis Motor Speedway is buzzing again both with the roar of engines and the largest crowd at a sporting event since the start of the pandemic. The Indianapolis 500 will welcome a sold-out 135,000 spectators on Sunday — nine months after the race ran without fans for the first time in its 105-year history — and drop the green flag on a packed house and a party not seen since early 2020. “We’re just excited to be opening up America,” said Roger Penske, who bought Indianapolis in January 2020, roughly two months before...