Located within the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Hall of Fame Museum is a must-see destination for all motorsports fans. This nonprofit facility, which opened its doors in 1956, features displays from the speedway’s storied past. The museum also pays homage to other significant racing and passenger cars throughout history.
We stopped in during the SVRA race weekend …
Indy is a place unlike any other. Every gearhead should go there.....at least once. This year will be the 100th running of the 500---- so it's a good year to go if you never have.
I've been to a lot of race tracks, and there is something special about that place. I've been to the 500 and a couple of F1 races there, and it doesn't matter what race. You feel it just walking in. If you've never been there, even getting a sense of the size is difficult.
The only other track I've felt that was Darlington, and I'm not even a big Nascar fan. We raced there a few times however, and while not quite as special, you do feel the history there.
We went to the Indy 500 last year and visited the museum a couple of days later. I wish I could have gone to the 500 back in the '60s when I used to listen to it on the radio. It's still a pretty cool experience, but not the same with all identical cars. To have been there when the front engine roadsters were battling with the new rear engine cars and every race season brought big changes...
My dad and I sat behind Tom Carnegie when his screen popped up showing the Penske team was bumped entirely from the 500. I knew it happened before Tom made the announcement!
I also shook Richard Petty's hand and met a mustache-less Dale Earnhardt there (he went scuba diving earlier that week).
Not many tracks in the world have the history and tradition of Indy. I dream of the day the magic returns, and I'll visit whenever possible until that happens-I don't want to miss anything. Of course living in Indy helps!
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