[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

  (Mr. CARSON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, throughout its illustrious 
history, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has served as the proving 
ground for many innovations that have become mainstays in automotive 
production and at raceways around the world. But it is the 500-mile 
race that is conducted at the end of May that makes the Indianapolis 
Motor Speedway so special. Every Memorial Day weekend, 300,000 fans 
from across the world gather at the historic track for ``The Greatest 
Spectacle in Racing,'' the Indianapolis 500.
  This year, I, along with motor sports fans from around the world, am 
excited to be celebrating the 100th anniversary of this famous race. 
For 100 years now, legions of fans have traveled to the town of 
Speedway, Indiana, to witness the premier motor sports event in the 
world and to see which driver's likeness will be added to one of the 
most coveted trophies in the world of sports--the Borg-Warner Trophy.
  As the largest single-day sporting event in the world, the 
Indianapolis 500 remains a great source of pride for my constituents in 
the Seventh Congressional District and for Hoosiers all across the 
United States.

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