RACING PASSPORTMay 28 to 30, 2027
IndyCars on the front straight at Indianapolis, with the Pagoda and full grandstands behind

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 2027

Your 2027 Indy 500 weekend, with a guide who knows where to be

I'm guiding a small group through Carb Day, Legends Day and race morning, May 28 to 30, 2027. I've been to every Indy 500 since 2000, and the weekend works whether it's your first 500 or your fifteenth.

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What the guided weekend includes

I'm with the group for the parts of the weekend where knowing the place matters most.

Friday, May 28

Carb Day

I show you where to sit so you can actually see. You watch the Pit Stop Challenge with my what-to-watch-for guide in hand, and we take a walk by the Pagoda.

Saturday, May 29

Legends Day

I show you where to watch the Drivers Meeting, then we tour the pits and the IMS Museum, and I tell you what you're looking at.

Sunday, May 30

Race morning

We meet up early and I show you where to be and when, before the crowd swells. You'll already have my race-day guide: what to watch for, and where the 500 usually gets decided.

Race and after

Your race, your seat

You watch the race from your own seat, knowing what to look for. After the checkered flag we get together to talk the race through.

Fans walking down the garage row in Gasoline Alley
Gasoline Alley
Tire stacks and crew at a pit box
A pit box
The Pagoda against a blue sky
The Pagoda
Pit lane running toward the Pagoda
Pit lane

Your guide: Robert Earl

I've been to every Indy 500 since 2000. I've done it from a tent in Speedway to the Coke lot to the paddock, and I've never sat in the same seats twice. That's how I know where to be on each day of the weekend, and what's worth your time.

It works whether this is your first 500 or your fifteenth. On your first, the day stops being overwhelming. If you've been before, you see the pits and the Museum with someone who knows them, and you go into race day knowing what to watch for.

The price: $1,200 for the guided weekend, paid in full. Or put $400 down today and pay the rest in three payments of $300, the last one by April 15, 2027. Race tickets and a hotel are separate.

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Questions people ask first

Does this include race tickets and a hotel?

No. The price covers me guiding you on the ground. You'll need race tickets and a room for the weekend. If you already have them, you just add the guided weekend. If you'd rather not arrange them yourself, there's one ready-made Indy 500 package through Early and Away Travel: downtown lodging, covered frontstretch seating and a race-day transfer with a police escort, offered as is.

Will you sit with us during the race?

No. You watch the race from your own seat. I'm your guide on Carb Day, Legends Day and race morning, you'll have my race-day guide in hand, and after the checkered flag we get together to talk the race through.

Do I have to come all three days?

No. The price is the same whichever days you join. A lot of the guiding happens on Carb Day and Legends Day, so if you can make the whole weekend, it's worth it. Every detail is on the full weekend page.

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