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2027 Indianapolis 500

The 111th Running May 2027  ·  Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Experience the event. Not just attend a race.

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More than three hundred thousand people fill that track on race day. Most of them see the same race.

What they do not have is someone standing next to them who knows what they are looking at. Not everyone gets this experience.

Twenty-seven years at this race. Forty years inside the sport. Relationships with teams, drivers, and the people who build the cars. Racing Passport puts that knowledge in your corner from the moment you arrive.

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Race start at the Indianapolis 500

The Curated Trip

Robert and his team work with you to plan the trip. Pre-arranged packages or a fully customized experience built around your situation. The right hotel, the right seats, the right schedule. Pre-trip reading included. You attend the race. His forty years of judgment are behind every decision.

  • Collaborative trip planning with Robert and his team
  • Pre-arranged packages or fully customized
  • Hotel, race tickets, transportation
  • Pre-trip reading list and race context
  • On-site access events not included
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The Racing Passport

Everything in the Curated Trip, plus your passport to the inside. Select access events throughout the weekend that most people at this race never see. Not a shadow for four days -- specific moments where the doors open that do not open for everyone.

  • Everything in the Curated Trip
  • IMS Hall of Fame Museum with Robert
  • Carb Night knowledge session with a guest from inside the sport
  • Garage access on Legends Day
  • Pit lane walk and paddock access
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Not sure which fits? The inquiry form takes two minutes. Robert responds personally.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

"You can watch this race. Or you can understand it. Racing Passport gives you the vocabulary. Not everyone leaves knowing they never really watched before."

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What the 2027 Indianapolis 500 weekend looks like.

Thursday
Arrival Day

Arrive in Indianapolis. Hotel check-in. An evening orientation to get you set for Carb Day on Friday -- the teams to watch, the storylines in play, what to look for when you get to the track in the morning.

Friday
Carb Day

The last practice session before the race. The Wienie 500. The Pit Stop Challenge. The energy on Carb Day is unlike anything else in motorsport.

Racing Passport

Friday evening: the Carb Night knowledge session. Robert and a guest from inside the sport. A Racing Passport-only gathering. This is the conversation that changes how you watch the race on Sunday.

Saturday
Legends Day

Autograph session. Driver's Meeting. The Speedway at full activity the day before the race.

Racing Passport

Pit tour. IMS Hall of Fame Museum with Robert -- there is a story behind every car in that building. Garage access on Legends Day. The doors that do not open for everyone.

Sunday
Race Day

The 111th running of the Indianapolis 500. Five hundred miles. Two hundred laps.

By Sunday, Racing Passport clients have spent three days building the vocabulary to watch it differently. The people next to you in the grandstands are seeing the same race. You are not.

Monday
Check Out

Departure day. The conversations on the drive home sound different when you know what you were watching.

Gold-accented events are Racing Passport access events -- Level Two only. See the two experience levels ↑

110th Running of the Indianapolis 500  ·  Photo: James Black / IndyCar

The 111th running. More than three hundred thousand people. Thirty-three cars. Five hundred miles.

The track opened in 1909. The first race ran in 1911. Every driver who has ever won here had to beat every driver who tried before them across more than a century.

Thirty-three cars. Five hundred miles. Two hundred laps. A race that turns on pit strategy in the final thirty laps, a fuel window that opens or closes in seconds, a yellow flag that changes everything. The people in those grandstands see the pass. Very few know the reason. Racing Passport gives you the reason.

Checkered flag at the Indianapolis 500

110th Running  ·  Photo: Walt Kuhn / IndyCar

What to know about the city.

Getting There

Indianapolis International Airport (IND) is 20 minutes from downtown. Direct flights from most major US hubs. Race day transport to IMS is coordinated for Full Access clients.

Where to Stay

Downtown Indianapolis is 7 miles from the Speedway. The Conrad, JW Marriott, and Westin are the premium downtown options. Staying near IMS means race week surrounds you. Downtown means better properties and easier dinners. Both have tradeoffs. Robert walks you through them in your consultation.

The City

Indianapolis in May is a racing city. Mass Ave is where it eats and drinks. The Indiana State Museum is worth your time. Book everything well in advance for race week.

2027 Indianapolis 500

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The 111th Running  ·  May 2027

First time at Indy or your twentieth. Tickets in hand or starting from scratch.

A solo trip or a group. The inquiry form takes two minutes. Robert responds to every one personally. No automated sequences. No sales funnel. A conversation about how to build the right experience for where you are.

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