The racetrack will be the first sporting venue in the country to use the robot.

Nabors performed "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" during ceremonies before the Indianapolis 500 nearly every year between 1972 and 2014.

The Jacobs School of Music grad will be the first performer to sing "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" in consecutive years since the retirement of Jim Nabors in 2014.

IndyCar veteran Takuma Sato became the first driver from Japan to win the Indianapolis 500.

The Corvette Grand Sport will serve as the official Pace Car for the 101st running of legendary race on Sunday, May 28.

The popular Formula 1 driver had never driven an Indy Car or completed a single lap on an oval race course before his test session.

The Indiana Historical Society's "History on Wheels" exhibit will travel the state starting next month in a 53-foot double expandable semi-trailer that will visit festivals, school and other locales.

The popular Spanish driver, will skip the Monaco Grand Prix to race in Indianapolis.

An Indianapolis craft brewery has been celebrating motorsports since it first opened in 2010. Four years ago it struck up a partnership with a then up and coming IndyCar driver named James Hinchcliffe.

The speedway's senior director of safety and security says every person and vehicle entering the venue on Sunday should expect to be stopped and checked by security.