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by Kathy Wolfe The 100th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 29, 2016. What do you know about the history of this race and its venue? Tidbits will get you “in the know”!

• The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the vision of Indianapolis business Carl Fisher, who first came up with the idea in 1905. Along with three partners, he purchased Pressley Farm, a 328acre level piece of ground about 5 miles (8 km) outside of the city, for $72,000. Construction on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval track began in March, 1909. Five hundred workers, 300 mules, and a fleet of steam-powered machinery labored to reshape the land. The track was graded, and covered with packed soil, 2 inches (5 cm) of gravel, 2 inches (5 cm) of limestone, and coated with tar and oil. Another 2 inches of crushed stone chips were added, more tar and oil, and a final covering of crushed stone. Grandstands with 12,000 seats were built to accommodate racing fans.

• When the Speedway was built, the average price of a new car was $1,280, and a gallon of gas could be purchased for 6 cents.

• On June 5, 1909, the first event was held at the Speedway, although the oval hadn’t yet been completed. Nine helium-filled balloons took to the skies before 40,000 people competing for trophies. Two months later a series of motorcycle races were held.

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INDY 500 (continued): • The first car race was held on August 19 of that year. The track’s surface was already becoming damaged with ruts and chuckholes. Nearly 20,000 spectators paid up to a dollar for a ticket. The first race, a 250-mile (400-km) event, included leader Louis Chevrolet, for whom an automobile would later be named. The track’s first fatality occurred in that race, when a car flipped end over end before crashing into a fence post. Both the driver and his mechanic died on site. The third race of 300 miles (480 km) resulted in three more deaths, and all races and future events at the Speedway were terminated until improvements were made to the track.

• Paving of the track with bricks began almost immediately, with 3.2 million 10-lb. (4.5-kg) bricks supplied by local manufacturers. The last brick, made of gold, was set in place was by the governor in a special ceremony. From then on, the track became known as the Brickyard.

• On Memorial Day, 1911, more than 80,000 spectators gathered to watch 40 cars compete in the first 500-mile (800-km) “International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race.” Driving a Marmon Wasp, which was manufactured right there in Indianapolis, Ray Harroun won the race with an average speed of 74.602 mph (120.06 km/hr). All the other drivers had their mechanic as a passenger, but Harroun picked up speed by driving alone. Without a passenger to keep track of what was behind him, Harroun installed a rear-view mirror in his Wasp, the first time such an apparatus was used in a car. Harroun’s car can be viewed at the Indy 500 Hall of Fame Museum, which opened in 1956 on the grounds of the Speedway.

• The name of the race remained the same until after World War I, when, in 1919, the name was changed to “Liberty Sweep Stakes,” a change that stayed in place just that one year. In 1920, it was once again the “International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race.

• The 1925 race was the first time a driver averaged 100 mph (160 km/hr) for the race. Pete DePaolo accomplished the feat with an average of 101.13 mph (162.75 km/h).

• In 1927, the speedway was sold to World War I fighter ace pilot Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for $750,000. Rickenbacker was also a former race car driver who had competed at Indy five times between 1911 and 1916.

• An amazing feat was accomplished in 1931 when racer Dave Evans completed the entire 500 miles without a single pit stop. His Cummins Diesel Special was the first diesel entry in the history of the race, finishing in 13th place. Since that time, only three others have achieved this deed – one racer in 1941 and two in 1949.

• 1936 was a big year at the Speedway, when the legendary brick was replaced with asphalt. A 3-ft.

(0.91-m) wide section of the original bricks was left at the Start/Finish line, still in place today.

• In December, 1941, with the United States’ entry into World War II, it was agreed that 1942’s Indy 500 would be cancelled. Late in 1942, a ban was placed on all auto racing for the remainder of the war, in place through 1945. The track fell into disrepair, and plans were made to subdivide the acreage into a housing development. Eddie Rickenbacker turned down all offers from real estate developers and instead sold it to Terre Haute, Indiana businessman Anton Hulman for the same price he had paid for it in 1927. Hulman restored the track in time for the 1946 race. Amazingly, the same family still owns and operates the Speedway.

• On a hot Memorial Day in 1936, three-time Indy 500 winner Louis Meyer drank a glass of buttermilk in Victory Lane after his win. The local Milk Foundation saw the picture in the newspaper and used it as a publicity strategy to encourage milk drinking. The practice became a tradition and every winner is now presented a glass quart bottle of milk after the race. It’s no surprise that the American Dairy Association is a regular sponsor of the Indy 500.

• The traditional phrase, “Gentlemen, start your engines” prior to the race has been around since the early 1950s. Wilbur Shaw, a three-time Indy winner became the president of the Speedway in 1945, and is believed to have coined the phrase. When women are part of the line-up, the phrase has been adjusted to, “Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines.” If there’s been a rain delay, occasionally “Restart your engines” has been proclaimed.

• A.J. Foyt began his history-making run at the Indy 500 in 1961, when, at age 26, he won his first race there. His next Indy 500 win was in 1964, when he became the last to drive a front-engine car. (Every winner since 1965 has driven a rear-engine car.) Foyt’s Indy victories in 1967 and 1977 made him the first driver to secure four wins. Only two other drivers have accomplished this feat – Al Unser in 1970, 1971, 1978, and 1987 and Rick Mears in 1979, 1984, 1988, and 1991.

• A.J. Foyt holds the record for the most consecutive Indy 500 races, having driven for 35 in a row. This adds up to nearly 12,275 miles (19,755 km), with earnings of $2,637,963. Year 34 was a challenge after Foyt suffered severe leg injuries in a serious crash nine months earlier, but that didn’t stop him from competing.

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MORE INDY 500 FACTS • The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the first track built in the U.S. specifically for auto racing.

The original 328 acres has been expanded to 559 acres, and a seating capacity of 235,000 that can expand to 400,000 by filling the infield. This makes it the world’s highest-capacity sports venue.

• Whereas some race cars had wheels covered by fenders, cars that had wheels sticking out from the main body of the car became known as “Indy Cars.”

• The youngest Indy 500 winner was just 22 years old, California native Troy Ruttman, who, in 1952, drove his Agajanian Special at a record-breaking average speed of 128.922 mph (207.5 km/hr). Al Unser was just five days shy of his 48th birthday when he became the race’s oldest winner in 1987, his fourth victory.

• There has been a pace car at the Indy 500 every year since its 1911 inception. The pace car leads the racers for a ceremonial two-lap run and one official lap prior to the race. It also enters the track in the event of a yellow flag caution event in order to bunch the cars at a reduced speed. The winner of the race is awarded the car at the victory banquet.

• Ten women racers have entered at least once.

The first female to qualify and compete in the Indy 500 was Janet Guthrie, an aerospace engineer, who drove in the 1977 race. Starting from 18th position, a timing gear failure after just 27 laps forced her to retire from the race. In 2005, Danica Patrick was the first woman to actually lead a lap at the Indy 500. She went on to finish fourth that year, and took third place in 2009. She also has the distinction of being the first Indy 500 driver to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. (continued on last page).

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Please tell your readers that organizations have different requirements for therapy dogs to visit their facilities, as well as for the handlers. For example, the hospitals we visit have additional health screening requirements for the handler. If they’re looking for a good certification for their dog, Therapy Dogs International is a highly accepted certification. -- Ed A., Indiana DEAR ED: Many thanks for the tips! It’s definitely important to do your homework and learn as much as you can before submitting your dog and yourself as a therapy dog and handler. Different facilities may need additional clearances -- not just a certification from a therapy-dog organization, but health checks for the owner/handler and background checks.

Therapy Dogs International has details on its website about its requirements for therapy dogs, and guidelines and testing information that will give owners a good idea of what they need to do to get their dog ready. For example, dogs have to be at least 1 year old. They don’t have to take any specific therapy-dog classes, but they should have at the very least basic to intermediate obedience skills, a good temperament and up-to-date vaccinations and health records.

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UNUSUAL ANIMALS: CRABS This week, Tidbits goes under the sea to dig up some facts on crabs.

• The approximately 5,000 species of crabs are divided into “true crabs” and “false crabs.”

About 4,500 are true crabs, or brachyurans, and include blue crabs, spider crabs, and ghost crabs. False crabs are “crab-like” animals, which have a longer abdominal section and fewer walking legs, including hermit crabs and king crabs.

• Crabs are decapods, which are crustaceans with 10 limbs. Their two front legs end in claws, called chelae. The other four pairs are the creature’s walking legs. If a crab loses a claw or leg in a fight, it will grow back.

• Although crabs can live on land, they spend most of their time in fresh water, and live in more different places than any other sea animal, even under the ice in Antarctica and in volcanic vents.

• The crab’s hard shell, called a carapace, is actually a skeleton on the outside of its body.

Because the rigid shell cannot grow or stretch, the creature must shed its skeleton and grow a new one. When it molts, a crack forms in the shell, and the crab backs out of it. During their first year of life, this occurs six or seven times, then once or twice a year after that. A crab might go through up to 50 molts during its lifetime.

• A crab’s eyes are located on short independently-moving stalks and are compound eyes made up of hundreds of tiny lenses that can detect UV light more than half a mile below the ocean’s surface.

• As omnivores, crabs dine predominantly on algae, although some species eat worms and mollusks. They have no teeth in their mouths, but rather, the teeth are in the stomach. Large mashing jaws on either side of the mouth do mash food somewhat, but within in the stomach, the teeth grind against each other every time the stomach contracts. The mouth opens on the underside of the animal, but because of the hard exoskeleton, it doesn’t open very wide.

• A group of crabs is called a cast, and its members communicate with each other by flapping their pincers or drumming their claws.

• The world’s largest crab is the Japanese Spider Crab, found in the waters off the southern coast of Japan. This giant’s leg span can reach 12 feet (3.8 m) from claw to claw and can weigh up to 42 lbs. (19 kg).

• A crab that doesn’t find its way into a fisherman’s trap will live between 8 and 13 years (although fiddler crabs live just two years.) Of all the creatures caught from the world’s bodies of water, 20% of them are crabs. The average crab weighs about 2 lbs. (0.9 kg) and is 6 inches (15.2 cm) long. About one-fourth of its weight is meat. About 1.5 million tons of crab are consumed by humans around the world each year. The Japanese Blue Crab is the most consumed. The popular king crab is not even a true crab. Native to the cold waters of the Bering Sea and northern Pacific Ocean, it’s easily the most expensive per unit of weight.

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MORE INDY 500 FACTS (continued): • The closest finish in Indy 500 history was in 1992, when Al Unser, Jr. beat Scott Goodyear by just 0.043 of a second.

• There have been 60 fatalities associated with the Indy 500, including 38 drivers, 12 mechanics, five spectators, two members of the pit crew, two firemen, and a young boy who was struck by a wheel that bounced out of the arena and across the street. Of the 38 drivers, 14 were killed in the actual race, with the remainder perishing during practice or qualifying runs.

• The first Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun took home $14,250 for his prize.

Juan Montoya, winner in 2015, had winnings of $2,449,055. Average speed has grown from Harroun’s average speed of 74.602 mph (120.06 km/hr) to a record 187.33 mph (301.644 km/hr) achieved by Tony Kanaan in 2013.

• The official trophy of the Indy 500 is the Borg Warner Trophy, standing approximately 5 feet, 4 inches (162.5 cm) tall, weighing 153 lbs. (45 kg), crafted of sterling silver. The original trophy was produced at a cost of $10,000, but today is insured for more than $1.3 million. Every winner’s name and image since 1911 are inscribed on the statue or on its base. The winners do not receive the actual trophy – it is displayed at the Indy 500 Hall of Fame Museum – but rather a miniature replica, nicknamed “Baby Borg.”

• Tickets to this year’s race varied from $40 for General Admission to $230 for a Penthouse Box seat.

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