2018 Indy 500 Notebook: Part 7: A Modest Proposal: The EV 500
Tony Borroz opens up what has been dubbed ?The 2018 Indy 500 Notebook? for an unedited look at The Greatest Spectacle In Racing. This new series will span the days leading up to and after the 102nd Indianapolis 500. The 2018 Indy 500 Notebook is an unfiltered look and what makes the Indy 500 so alluring in the first place.Â
The prologue can be found here.
Part 2: ?Hey Hinchcliffe, Wanna Race" Then Go Faster!? here.
Part 3: ?Carb Day? here.
Part 4: ?By This Time Tomorrow? here.
Part 5: ?On The Fly ? Before The Green Flag? here.
Part 6: “On The Fly – Everything That Matters” here.
Do you know why they have the Indianapolis 500 physically in Indianapolis" It’s because, back in the day, Indianapolis was pretty much right in the middle of where U.S. car manufacturing was concentrated. At that time, 1909, there were more than one-hundred independent automotive manufacturers within a certain radius of the middle of Indiana. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built as a test track and then it turned into a race track. And I think it is high time to use it as a test track and a race track simultaneously. I think we should hold a 500 mile race for electric vehicles.
No. I’m serious.
Photo: IMS LLC.
You want people to drive EVs" Yes, yes we do. Then we have to make them more fun, we have to make them drive farther, and we have to let people know that. Racing is the best way to do both with one swing. Racing improves the breed, righ...
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