Indianapolis 500 - 5-29-2011
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Entering Indy 500 Track, Indianapolis, Indiana - 5-29-11

Celebrating 100th year anniversary of the Indy 500

2010 Indy champ Dario Franchitti

Jim Nabors sings 'Back home in Indiana' before the race

Indy leaderboard tower and pagoda tower

Indy leaderboard tower and pagoda tower

Pit crew and cars before the Indy 500 race

Looking down the main stretch to the 1st turn at the Indy 500

Looking down the main stretch to turn 4 at the Indy 500

Row #3 of Buddy Rice, Ed Carpenter, and Dario Franchitti

4-time champ AJ Foyt drives the 1911 Indy Champion car

4-time champ AJ Foyt drives the 1911 Indy Champion car

Cars lined up for a restart after an early caution

Caution laps after 1st turn crash at the Indy 500

Flag crew waving yellow caution flag at the 2011 Indy 500

Danika Patrick's green GoDaddy car at the Indy 500

Caution laps after 1st turn crash

The Pagoda tower for VIPs and spotters

Flagman stand and iconic brick finish line at Indianapolis International Speedway

Tony Kanaan crossing the brick finish line early in the race

The 'winners circle' stand next to the pagoda

Indy bleachers and media center

Indy 500 action early in the race

The flagman stand at Indianapolis International Speedway

View to inside the Indy 500 track

Pit area for Helio Castroneves at he 2011 Indy 500

Danika Patrick's GoDaddy pit at the Indy 500

Cars round turn 1 at lap 58 of the 2011 Indy 500

Helio Castroneves on pit row at the Indy 500

John Andretti during pit stop at the Indy 500

Danika Patrick's pit crew ready for the pit stop

Danika Patrick's 1st pit stop of the 2011 Indy 500

Marco Andretti during pit stop

Crossing below the Indy 500 track to the infield during the race

Infield fans party during the Indy 500 race

View from infield bleachers at the Indy 500

View of pagoda from inside the track

View from behind GoDaddy's pit at the Indy 500

Stacks of tires in the pit area

Model Indy car inside the track

Celebrating the centennial era of the Indianapolis 500

The brick finish line extends to the inside of the track

The infield side of the pagoda at the Indy 500

Opening from the Indy 500 track to 'Gasoline alley'

Leaders Scott Dixon and Dan Weldon at lap 102 of the 2011 Indy 500

Dario Franchitti leads the Indy 500 at lap 105

View from inside bleachers to cars rounding 4th turn at the Indy 500

looking down to 4th turn and media row on the right

Helio Castroneves at lap 112 at the 2011 Indy 500

Dario Franchitti, Townsend Bell, and Dan Wheldon lead the race

Flagman with blue 'live racing' flag at the Indy 500

Helio Castroneves during pit stop at the Indy 500

Danika Patrick, Ryan Briscoe, & Marco Andretti at the 2011 Indy 500

Crash between turns one and two at the Indy 500

Pace car leads during a caution at lap 159 of the Indy 500

Dario Franchitti leads with Oriol Servia in 2nd at lap 159

Looking down the stretch at the 2011 Indy 500

Clean up crew picking up debris after crash on turn 1

Cars pit during caution at the 2011 Indy 500

Ready for the green flag at lap 165 with Orio Servia leading

Live racing at the 2011 Indy 500 with 35 laps to go

Looking down the strech at lap 167 of the 2011 Indy 500

View to the infield from 1st turn at the Indy 500

Scott Dixon takes the lead on lap 172 of the 2011 Indy 500

Danika Patrick takes the lead at lap 178 while others pit

JR Hildebrand crashes in turn 4 of the final lap and Dan Weldon passes to win the race

Danika Patrick finishes in 10th place for the 2011 Indy 500

JR Hildebrand's tire falls off around 1st turn after crossing finsh line

Cars enter pit row after the 2011 Indy 500 race

JR Hildebrand outside his car after crashing while leading final lap of the 2011 Indy 500

Dan Wheldon wins the 100th Indy 500

Dan Wheldon wins this 100th Indy 500 and dies after a collision in October 2011 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Farewell from the 100th Indy 500