Indy 500 Speedway museum is year-round portal to auto racing history (AP through usatoday.com)

From the Associated Press through usatoday.com:

By Steve Herman, Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2007

".....For more than 50 years, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum has shared the history of automobile racing with the nearly 250,000 visitors who pass through each year — a third of them during May, when the 2 1/2-mile track gears up for the annual Indianapolis 500, which takes place this year on May 27...."

"....Visitors can view the Borg-Warner Trophy, a 5-foot sterling silver monument that bears the bas-relief likeness of each Indianapolis winner. And then there are the cars — about 85 on display at all times...."

"....The collection includes Ray Harroun's Wasp, built in Indianapolis and the winner of the inaugural 500 almost a century ago; Joe Dawson's 1912 National; the 1922 Murphy Special, built by Duesenberg and the only race car to win both LeMans and the Indy 500; and all four of Foyt's winning cars. There's also the Belond Special that won in 1957 with Sam Hanks and in 1958 with Jimmy Bryan, the only car to win twice with different drivers...."

For the complete article in USA Today, see:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-04-26-indianapolis-speedway-museum_N.htm