Indianapolis 500 officials are expecting 2nd straight race-day sellout, marking 3rd time in 10 years

Reserved seating for this year's Indianapolis 500, the world's largest single-day sporting event, will be sold out, officials announced Tuesday. Official attendance figures for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” are not announced, but there are an estimated 275,000 grandstand seats around the 2.5-mile oval and the total crowd, which includes general admission tickets on the infield, reaches an estimated 350,000. Four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou is the defending race winner and posted t...

By MICHAEL MAROT