The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is an automotive museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in

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, which houses the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. It is intrinsically linked to the

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, but it also includes exhibits reflecting other forms of motorsports, passenger cars, and general automotive history. In 2006, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. The museum foundation possesses several former Indianapolis 500 winning cars, and pace cars, and they are regularly rotated onto the display floor exhibits. The museum is independently owned and operated by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) organization. The museum dates back to 1956, and moved to the current building in 1976. It is located in the infield of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway race course, and is open year-round, except on certain holidays including

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History

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum - 2015 - Sarah Stierch

The first museum at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was completed April 7, 1956. The original building was designed by C. Wilbur Foster and Associates and sited on the property's southwest corner at the intersection of 16th Street and Georgetown Road. Exhibits included

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's 1911 Indianapolis 500-winning car and a handful of other vehicles. Karl Kizer became the first curator. When it opened, it only had six cars; however, within a few years, dozens of collector cars were being donated and acquired, quickly outgrowing available space. According to Speedway publicist Al Bloemker, by 1961, the museum was seeing an average of 5,000 visitors per week (not including month of May crowds). In 1975, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway broke ground on a new museum and administration building in the track's infield. In addition to the museum, the two-story building housed the speedway's administrative offices, ticket office, a gift shop, and photography department. The relocated and expanded museum reopened to the public on April 5, 1976, coinciding with the year-long

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celebration. It officially operated under the name Hall of Fame Museum, but was known colloquially as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. The original museum building outside turn one was converted into additional office space. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was added to the

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in 1975 and designated a

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in 1987. A plaque commemorating the property's historic designation is displayed in the museum. In the summer of 1993, the original museum building outside of turn one was demolished. In its place, a multi-million dollar administration building was erected. The administrative and ticket offices were moved out of the infield museum building and relocated to the new administration building. In 1993, the museum parking lot hosted the first "Indy 500 Expo" during race festivities, an outdoor interactive spectator exhibit. In 1995, it was expanded and renamed "Indy 500 FanFest". It was discontinued after 1997, but in recent years, smaller displays sponsored by Chevrolet have featured former pace cars and other exhibits. Also, at some point in the 1990s, the photography department added a Halon fire suppression system to the storage room where original film negatives and even glass plates for every race hosted at the track since the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911. (However, no known negatives exist for the inaugural 1909 balloon race event.) In 2016, a revitalization and modernization project was initiated to expand the museum's floor space and add interactive displays. In April 2016, the museum was officially renamed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, and the mission was changed "to specifically honor achievement at, and outstanding contributions to, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway." A substantial process of deaccession began to further refine, improve, and update the collection.

Exhibits

On display in the museum are about 75 cars at any given time. With floor space totaling 37,500 square feet, only a small portion of the total collection can be displayed. Frequently, cars are sent on loan for display at other museums, historical car shows, parades, and other activities. The collection includes over thirty

winning cars, various other

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, and several racing cars from other disciplines. It also includes pace cars and passenger cars, with a particular focus on those manufactured in Indiana and by Indiana companies. Other items on display include trophies, plaques, and racing paraphernalia such as helmets, gloves, and driver's suits. Rotating exhibits include such elements as model cars, photographs, toys, and paintings. Displays include highlights of the history of Speedway ownership, the evolution of the track, and memorabilia from past years. SnxA0-001

Indianapolis 500 winning cars

* 1911 Marmon Wasp (winner of first Indianapolis 500) (

) * 1912 National ( Joe Dawson) *

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Delage ( Rene Thomas) * 1922 Duesenberg (also won 1921

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at Le Mans; painted in 1921 livery) ( Jimmy Murphy) *

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ...

Duesenberg (driven by Peter DePaolo in 1925, and by George Souders in 1927) * 1928

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Louis Meyer Louis Meyer (July 21, 1904 – October 7, 1995) was an American Hall of Fame race car driver who was the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Biography Born in lower Manhattan, New York on July 21, 1904, he was the son of French imm ...

) * 1932 Miller-Hartz (

Fred Frame Fredrick William Frame (June 3, 1894 – April 25, 1962) was an American race car driver. One of the leading AAA Championship Car drivers of the late 1920s and early 1930s, Frame is best remembered for his victory at the 1932 Indianapolis 500. B ...

) * 1939–

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Boyle Special Maserati (back-to-back winner) (driven both years by

Wilbur Shaw Warren Wilbur Shaw (October 31, 1902 – October 30, 1954) was an American racing driver. He was president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death in 1954. Shaw was the automotive test evaluator for '' Popular Science'' magaz ...

) * 1941 Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special ( Floyd Davis/

Mauri Rose Maurice "Mauri" Rose (May 26, 1906 – January 1, 1981) was an American racecar driver. He started from the pole position driving a Maserati in the 1941 Indianapolis 500, but spark plug problems put him out of the race after sixty laps. He then t ...

) * 1946 Thorne Engineering (first race under Hulman ownership) ( George Robson) * 1947– 1948 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (back-to-back winner) (driven both years by

) *

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

Wynn's Offy (

Johnnie Parsons Johnnie Woodrow Parsons'' The Talk of Gasoline Alley'' – 1070-AM WIBC, May 15, 2007 (July 4, 1918 – September 8, 1984) was an American race car driver from Los Angeles, California who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1950. During his racing care ...

) *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

Belanger Special (

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) * 1953– 1954 Fuel Injection Offy (back-to-back winner) ( Bill Vukovich) * 1955 John Zink Offy (

Bob Sweikert Robert Charles Sweikert (May 20, 1926 – June 17, 1956) was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and the 1955 National Championship, as well as the 1955 Midwest Sprint car championship - the only ...

) *

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–

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

Belond Special Offy (back-to-back winner) (

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in 1957;

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in 1958) * 1960 Ken Paul Special (replica) (

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) * 1961 Bowes Seal Fast Offy (

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) *

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

Leader Card Watson Roadster (

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) *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

Agajanian Watson Offy replica ("Calhoun") (

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) *

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

Sheraton-Thompson Watson Offy (

) *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

Sheraton-Thompson Coyote Foyt (

) * 1968 Rislone Special Eagle ( Bobby Unser) * 1969 STP Hawk Ford (replica)(

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) *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

Sunoco McLaren ( Mark Donohue) *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

STP Eagle Offy (replica, first win for

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) *

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

Gilmore Racing Team Coyote/Foyt (

) * 1978 First National City Traveler's Checks Lola/Cosworth ( Al Unser Sr.) * 1980 Pennzoil Chapparal (

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) * 1982 STP Wildcat/Cosworth (

) *

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Texaco Star ( Tom Sneva) * 1986 Budweiser Truesports March\Cosworth ( Bobby Rahal) * 1990 Domino's Pizza Hot One Lola/Chevrolet (

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) *

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Player's Ltd. Reynard/Ford Cosworth BX (

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)

Other Indy cars

* 1912 Fiat driven by

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to second place *

Miller Junior Eight *

Miller Special *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

Cummins Diesel driven by Dave Evans (first car to complete the Indianapolis 500 without a pit stop) * 1935 Miller-Ford * 1938 Bowes Seal Fast Special driven by

(flipped car during race, and retired) *

Sampson Special * 1948 Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 driven by Johnny Mauro *

Cummins Diesel Special driven by Jimmy Jackson *1950 Russo-Nichels Special (won the open wheel race at Darlington by

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) *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Ferrari Special *1954 Dean Van Lines Special (

; 2nd-place finisher) *1956 Wolcott Special (driven by

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, and

at Darlington) *1957 Dean Van Lines Special (winner of 1957 Race of Two Worlds) *1958 Leader Card Monza (winner of 1958 Race of Two Worlds) * 1961 Cooper Climax driven by

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, the first car of the European rear-engined revolution (the car in the museum is the back-up car a normal Cooper T53 Grand Prix car and not the T54 that Brabham drove). *

Lotus Powered by Ford driven by Jim Clark *

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Bryant Heating & Cooling Offy driven by

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during practice. *

Bryant Heating & Cooling Lightning/Offy driven by

, the first female to qualify for the Indy 500. * 1968 STP Wedge Lotus/Turbine *1995

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/Ford Cosworth XB driven by

(set current IMS track record in 1996) * 2005

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driven by Danica Patrick, the first female driver to lead a lap during the Indianapolis 500

Passenger cars

*At least one Indy 500 pace car from 1911, 1930, 1964, 1966, and 1975 to the present. *1886 Daimler "Motor Carriage" *1886

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*1903 Premier *1903 Premier Special owned by Carl Fisher *1908 Richmond Surrey *1909 Haynes *1911

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30 *1914 Marmon roadster *1925 McFarlan TV6 passenger roadster.

Other race cars

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stock car driven and donated by Richard Petty in 1993. *A

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driven by

and

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*2007 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winning car driven by

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*1998 Stewart SF02-Ford Formula One car *1991 Benetton B191B-Ford Formula One car * 1965 Le Mans-winning Ferrari 250 LM. *1964 Hussein 1/Dodge Zerex Special driven by

*1957 SSI Corvette *1954–55

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Formula One car *1929 Bugatti 35-B *1907 Itala G.P. race car *1906 Laurin & Klement race car *1906 Renault Grand Prix *Indy car used during the filming of '' Winning'' (not restored) *1965 Spirit of America – Sonic 1 Land Speed Record car

Trophies

*Permanent home for the

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*The Wheeler-Schebler Trophy, which pre-dates the Borg-Warner *Permanent home for the PPG trophy, awarded to the winner of the

*Historic Race of Two Worlds trophy *Display case of historic trophies and medals from a broad range of racing events

Selected exhibits

*Various paintings and photographs from noteworthy artists *

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exhibit, including antique radio equipment *The Tony Hulman theatre, showing a short film about the history of the race *An additional admission includes a bus tour of the track

Special exhibits

In recent years, the museum has featured one or two special exhibits per year, one running roughly from early spring through the fall, and another in the intervening months. *2011: The Ultimate Indianapolis 500 Winning Car Collection *2016:

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50th Anniversary exhibit *2016:

exhibit *2017:

exhibit (40th Anniversary of Foyt's fourth Indy 500 victory) *2017: Incredible Engines of the Indianapolis 500 and 50th Anniversary of the Camaro Pace Car *2018: The Amazing Unsers: celebrating

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, Bobby Unser,

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, and the rest of the Unser racing family. *2018: Hoosier Thunder: Indiana's Short Track Racing Heritage *2019:

exhibit ("Mario Andretti: Icon") *2021:

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exhibit ("Rocket Rick Mears") *2022: "Roadsters 2 Records" (front-engine Indy roadsters from the 1960s)

Basement

Due to the size of the collection, and space constraints on the display floor, a large portion of the collection is in storage. Some cars are rotated into display, while others remain in storage permanently, out of public view. The museum's storage areas are strictly off-limits to the public, and admittance is by invitation only. The contents of the stored collection has become a source of

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and mystique, as it includes some extremely rare vehicles that few visitors are allowed to see, and photography is strictly forbidden.

North Hall

In 2016, the museum display floor was expanded by 7,500 square feet after Speedway staff offices were relocated to another building. The new North Hall is used to display additional cars, and offers a view of a portion of the Speedway road course.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame

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) and

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. It was originally the brainchild of Tony Hulman who had expressed interest in starting a racing hall of fame shortly after he purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1946. As of 2022, there have been 161 inductees enshrined into the hall.

dropped out of racing entirely after 1955. After being established for only three years, and after only a handful of historical, "veterans committee" inductees, the hall of fame went dormant. A year later, the first Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum opened its doors. In 1961, Hulman acquired and revived the hall of fame, and incorporated it into the Speedway museum's organization. Candidates can be nominated after at least twenty years have elapsed from the first date of participation in activities involved with professional-level auto racing. Inductees are elected by a panel of roughly 150 members consisting of racing officials, living hall of fame members, historians, and select media representatives. In 2018, the scope of the Hall of Fame was redefined and clarified as encompassing participants in all major racing events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: the

/ Verizon 200, U.S. Grand Prix (2000-2007), and major AMA-sanctioned motorcycle racing (such as MotoGP and

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). Subsequent to that,

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became the first driver inducted whose accomplishments were primarily or exclusively attributed to a race other than the Indianapolis 500. Voting is held annually and inductees are typically announced in the spring, sometimes on or around Founders Day (March 20), the date on which the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was incorporated in 1909. The new members are formally inducted in May, a few days before the Indianapolis 500 race, during a special ceremony. There is no set number of inductees for each year, and the number varies annually. The 2022 hall of fame class consisted of

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and Wally Dallenbach Sr. (W) — Denotes Indianapolis 500 winning driver (BY) — Denotes

winning driver (GP) — Denotes U.S.G.P. winning driver

Inductees – Drivers

Fred Agabashian Levon "Fred" Agabashian (August 21, 1913 – October 13, 1989) was an American racer of midget cars and Indy cars. Career Midget car racing Agabashian competed in his first midget car race in his teens. His first championship was the 1937 ...

* Johnny Aitken * Gil Andersen *

(W) *

Michael Andretti Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART PP ...

* Billy Arnold (W) * Erwin "Cannon Ball" Baker *

Henry Banks Henry Banks (June 14, 1913 – December 18, 1994) was an American midget car and "big car" driver. "Married Roseanne Eisamann, two children, John Allen Banks, and Kathryn Roseanne Banks, three grandchildren Allen Edwin Banks, Jeffrey Henry Banks ...

Cliff Bergere Cliff Bergere (December 6, 1896 Toledo, Ohio – June 18, 1980 Dade City, Florida) was an American stuntman and racecar driver. Bergere did stunt driving for movies, including the 1923 film ''The Eagle's Talons'', before embarking on a racing ca ...

* Tony Bettenhausen * Joe Boyer (W) *

* David L. Bruce-Brown *

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Bob Burman Robert R. Burman (April 23, 1884 – April 8, 1916) was an American race car driver, he was an open-wheel pioneer, setting numerous speed records in the early 1900s. He participated in many historic races and was one of the drivers to compe ...

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Gaston Chevrolet Gaston Chevrolet (4 October 1892 – 25 November 1920) was a French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer. Early life Born near Beaune, in the Côte-d'Or region of France where his Swiss parents had emigrated to a few years earlier, he w ...

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Louis Chevrolet Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (; December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. Early life Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 18 ...

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Ralph DePalma Raffaele "Ralph" De Palma (December 19, 1882 – March 31, 1956) was an Italian-American racecar driving champion who won the 1915 Indianapolis 500. His entry at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame estimates that he won about 2, ...

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Pete DePaolo Pete DePaolo (April 6, 1898 – November 26, 1980) was an American race car driver who won the 1925 Indianapolis 500. Biography Peter DePaolo was born on April 6, 1898, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pete saw his first race in 1919, where he w ...

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Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi (; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once. Moving up from Formula Two, Fittip ...

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Chip Ganassi Floyd Ganassi Jr. (born May 24, 1958) better known as Chip Ganassi, is a US businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the North American auto racing scen ...

Paul Goldsmith Paul Goldsmith (born October 2, 1925) is a former USAC and NASCAR driver. He is an inductee of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, and the USAC Hall of Fame. Later in life Goldsmith became a pilot and, flying ...

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Jules Goux Jules Goux (6 April 1885 - 6 March 1965) was a French racing driver and Grand Prix motor racing champion. He was also notable for being the first Frenchman, and the first European driver, to win the Indianapolis 500. Biography Influenced by the G ...

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Dan Gurney Daniel Sexton Gurney (April 13, 1931 – January 14, 2018) was an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner who reached racing's highest levels starting in 1958. Gurney won races in the Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, Can-Am, ...

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Eddie Hearne Edward Ames Hearne (March 1, 1887 – February 9, 1955) was an American racecar driver from Kansas City, Kansas who was active in the formative years of auto racing. Biography He was born on March 1, 1887. He participated in the inaugural Ind ...

Ralph Hepburn Ralph R. Hepburn (April 11, 1896 – May 16, 1948) was a pioneer American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racecar driver. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Hepburn's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was ten ...

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Bill Holland Willard Holland (December 18, 1907 – May 19, 1984)) was an American race car driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1949 and finished second in 1947, 1948 and 1950. He also was runner up in the 1947 American ...

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Joe Leonard Joe Leonard (August 4, 1932 in San Diego, California – April 27, 2017 in San Jose, California) was an American professional motorcycle racer and racecar driver. Biography Motorcycle career Leonard won the first A.M.A. Grand National Champion ...

* Frank Lockhart (W) *

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Roger McCluskey Roger McCluskey (August 24, 1930 – August 29, 1993) was an American IndyCar driver. He was from Tucson, Arizona. He won championship titles in three divisions of the United States Auto Club: Sprints, Stocks, and Champ Cars. He won the USAC Spr ...

Jim McElreath Jim McElreath (February 18, 1928 – May 18, 2017) was an American racing driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. Racing career Jim began his racing career in 1945 at the age of 17. He raced stock cars in Dallas, Texas. Jim wou ...

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Bruce McLaren Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor. His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, ...

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Chet Miller Chester Miller (July 19, 1902 – May 15, 1953) was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a crash in the south turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500. Yates, Brock W. "The Indianapolis 500 ...

Tommy Milton Thomas Milton (November 14, 1893 – July 10, 1962) was an American race car driver best known as the first two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He was notable for having only one functional eye, a disability that would have disqualified him ...

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Lou Moore Lewis Henry Moore (September 12, 1904 Hinton, Oklahoma – March 25, 1956 Atlanta, Georgia) was an American racecar driver. He was most known during his racing career for qualifying on the pole position of the 1932 Indianapolis 500. He was lat ...

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Duke Nalon Dennis "Duke" Nalon (March 2, 1913 – February 26, 2001) was an American midget car, sprint car, and Indy 500 driver from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Racing career Nalon began as a pit crew member for Wally Zale. Nalon occasionally warmed u ...

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Troy Ruttman Troy Ruttman (born March 11, 1930 – May 19, 1997) was an American race car driver. He was the older brother of Jimmy Ruttman, and NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman. Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500 in 1952, at the age of 22 years and 80 days. , he is ...

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Eddie Sachs Edward Julius Sachs Jr, (May 28, 1927 – May 30, 1964) was a United States Auto Club driver who was known as the "Clown Prince of Auto Racing". He coined the phrase "If you can't win, be spectacular". Early life Sachs was born May 28, 1927 in A ...

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Inductees – Contributors

* J.C. Agajanian * James A. Allison *George Bignotti *Thomas W. Binford *Clint Brawner *Clarence Cagle *Phil Casey *Tom Carnegie *Colin Chapman *J. Walter Christie *Joe Cloutier *Sid Collins *Frank Coon *Donald Davidson (historian), Donald Davidson *Al Dean *Bert Dingley *Offenhauser, Dale Drake *August Duesenberg *Fred Duesenberg *Chris Economaki *Eddie Edenburn *Quin Epperly *Harvey S. Firestone, Harvey S. Firestone, Sr. *Carl G. Fisher *Henry Ford *Mari Hulman George *Earl Gilmore *Leo Goossen *Andy Granatelli *Jim Hall (racing driver), Jim Hall *Harry C. "Cotton" Henning *Takeo "Chickie" Hirashima *Lindsey Hopkins *Mary Fendrich Hulman *Tony Hulman, Anton "Tony" Hulman *Bob Jenkins *Frank Kurtis *Eddie Kuzma *Jean Marcenac *Jim McGee *Leo Mehl *Louis "Sonny" Meyer Jr.Meyer, Leonard To Be Inducted Into Auto Racing Hall Of Fame
/ref> *Harry Miller (auto racing), Harry Miller *Theodore E. "Pop" Myers *Fred Offenhauser *Paul Page *U. E. Patrick, U.E. "Pat" Patrick *Roger Penske *Jud Phillips *Art Pillsbury *Herb Porter *Chester Ricker *George Robertson (racing driver), George Robertson *George Salih *Bill Simpson *Art Sparks *Harry C. Stutz *Jim Travers *William Kissam Vanderbilt II, William K. Vanderbilt *Pat Vidan *Fred Wagner *A. J. Watson *Lew Welch *Bob Wilke *Ed Winfield *John Zink

Gallery

Image:Indianapolis-motor-speedway-1985-1.JPG, Indiana state historical marker outside the IMS Hall of Fame Museum Image:Trophy-cabinet-at-Indianapolis-motor-speedway-2.JPG, Trophy cabinet at the Hall of Fame Museum Image:Racing-cars-at-Indianapolis-motor-speedway.JPG, Racing cars at the Hall of Fame Museum Image:Itala Grand Prix Racer.jpg, 1907 Itala G.P. race car with 14.75 liter (900 cubic-inch) engine File:AndrettiHawk.jpg, A replica of

's Brawner Hawk, the 1969 Indy 500 winner File:Chaparral 2K.jpg,

's 1980 pole and race-winning Chaparral 2K File:Porsche935Whittington.jpg, 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1979 Le Mans winning Porsche 935 File:BobbyRahal1986Helmet.JPG, Race-worn helmet of 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal on display

References

External links

* {{authority control Indianapolis 500 Auto racing museums and halls of fame Halls of fame in Indiana Automobile museums in Indiana Sports museums in Indiana Museums in Marion County, Indiana International Sports Heritage Association Museums established in 1956 1956 establishments in Indiana

History

Exhibits

Indianapolis 500 winning cars

Other Indy cars

Passenger cars

Other race cars

Trophies

Selected exhibits

Special exhibits

Basement

North Hall

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame

Inductees – Drivers

Inductees – Contributors

Gallery

See also

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