(Ladies and) Gentlemen, start your engines!
It is held each year over the Memorial Day weekend.
Indianapolis 500 drivers are probably told to do many things on Memorial Day, since is the day of the annual Indianapolis 500 autorace. However, the most famous thing they are told to is "Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!"
The popular Indianapolis 500 is very similar to the Daytona 500. The Indianapolis 500 is a 500 mile race in which the people who are racing drive in cars.
Ethanol is the fuel used in the Indianapolis 500.
The State of Indiana hosts the Indianapolis 500.
The Indianapolis 500 car race is held in Indianapolis, Indiana every Memorial Day weekend.
Kenny Brack won the 1999 Indianapolis 500.
The largest number of cars in contention to fill the Indianapolis 500 is 33. This is the number at the start of the race but some cars crash out and do not end.
The IRL's Indianapolis 500 is 200 laps in length.
Dario Franchitti was the winner of the 2012 Indianapolis 500.
Johnny Rutherford won the 1974 Indianapolis 500.
The Indianapolis 500 is held on the Memorial Day weekend.