![]() ![]() When Ray Harroun won the first Indy 500, he did it in a Marmon Model 32-based Wasp racer, so named for its black and yellow color scheme. ![]() But perhaps the biggest difference between then and now is the evolution of the race cars themselves. That year, the formerly gravel-and-tar race track was newly paved, Memorial Day was still known as Decoration Day and a total of 60,000 fans-about a fifth of today’s attendance, not including the 6 million or so who will watch on TV-showed up to take in the action. ![]() The Indianapolis 500, which will be held on May 29 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, looks quite a bit different today than it did when the first race was held on May 30, 1911.
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