INDIANAPOLIS, March 27 ― The Indianapolis 500, one of the world's biggest single-day sporting events with an estimated crowd topping 350,000, has been postponed until August 23 because of the coronavirus pandemic, IndyCar said yesterday. The crown jewel of American open-wheel racing, which is...
Fernando Alonso poses for a photo with his car after making a qualifying attempt for the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 18, 2019. — Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports pic via Reuters
“The reality is today we might still have been able to run as scheduled in May. We hope life is back to normal, or near normal, by then,” Mark Miles, chief executive of the company that runs IndyCar and the IMS, told a conference call. Roger Penske, who in November took over IndyCar and the IMS, called May his favourite time of year and said he was disappointed to add the Indy 500 to the list of major sporting events hit by the coronavirus.
The season-opener was originally scheduled for March 15 in St Petersburg, Florida, where IndyCar had planned to run the race in front of empty grandstands but cancelled it two days before it was due to be held.
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