American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day

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DATE: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
LOCATION: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
TIME: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
TICKETS: $8/person in advance, $10/person at the gate; Kids 6 and under free; Available at Gate #2 or Gate #10
LAP THE TRACK: Enter gate #10 off 30th Street to drive your car around the track.

Ever wonder how cool it would be to take a lap around the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Then rev up your engines for the American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day and you can do just that! Experience this unique opportunity of taking a lap around the track in your own car before the real race cars hit the track just four days later—at speeds of more than 200 mph!

What: The American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day will take place this Wednesday, May 23 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway^®.

Visitors who wish to cruise the 2.5-mile track need to enter Gate 10 off 30^th Street in their vehicle. Tours of Pit Lane and the official timing and scoring area in the Pagoda are available. Race fans can get autographs from their favorite Indianapolis 500^® drivers. Don’t miss the Media Pit Stop Competition at noon, with members of the media contending for $5,000 to donate to charity, compliments of American Family Insurance. Also, admission to Community Day includes admission to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum^®.

Please see the detailed timeline below for exact start and end times of Community Day activities.

Sponsors for American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day include American Family Insurance, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, KeyBank and Fox 59.

Event Schedule:

9 a.m.:

Public gates open

Public Track Laps Begin – Gate 10 at 30^th Street

Garage open to public

Spray Tattoos – Racing Zone

IZOD IndyCar Display – Racing Zone

IZOD IndyCar Garages Open – Gasoline Alley

IZOD IndyCar Safety Equipment on Display – Garage 8

Little Racers Track – Racing Zone

Suite Tours Begin – Gasoline Alley

Tech Bay Open – Gasoline Alley

Timing and Scoring Tours (15 min) – Pagoda

National Indy 500 Collectors Club- Legends Row

Indiana National Guard Obstacle Course – Kids’ Zone

10 a.m.:

IndyCar Series Pit Stop Practice Starts- Garage Area

11 a.m.:

500 Festival Community Day Trading Pin Distribution – Retail Photo Shop

Autograph Session with Firestone Indy Lights Drivers in front of Legends Row Begins (Rain Location – Base of the Pagoda)

Noon:

Media Pit Stop Competition Starts- Pit Lane

IndyCar Series Pit Stop Practice Concludes

Autograph Session with Firestone Indy Lights Drivers in front of Legends Row Concludes

12:30 p.m.:

Autograph Session #1 Wristband Distribution (Pink) Begins – MotoGP Garage 36

1 p.m.:

Road to Indy Driver Q&A Session Begins – Coke Stage

Media Pit Stop Competition Concludes

1:30 p.m.

Indy 500 Driver Group #1Autograph Session in the Plaza Starts

Autograph Session #1 Wristband Distribution (Pink) Concludes – MotoGP Garage 36

Road to Indy Driver Q&A Session Concludes

2 p.m.:

Autograph Session #2 Wristband Distribution (Green) Begins – MotoGP Garage 36

2:30 p.m.

Indy 500 Driver Group #1 Autograph Session in the Plaza Concludes

3 p.m.

Indy 500 Driver Group #2 Autograph Session in the Plaza Starts

Autograph Session #2 Wristband Distribution (Green) Concludes

3:30 p.m.:

Autograph Session #3 Wristband Distribution (Blue) Begins – MotoGP Garage 36

4 p.m.

Indy 500 Driver Group #2 Autograph Session in the Plaza Concludes

4:30 p.m.:

Indy 500 Driver Group #3 Autograph Session in the Plaza Starts

Autograph Session #3 Wristband Distribution (Blue) Concludes – MotoGP Garage 36

5:30 p.m.:

Indy 500 Driver Group #3 Autograph Session in the Plaza Concludes

6 p.m.

Vintage Car Display Concludes – Pit Lane

All-day events shut down

Public gates close

**All scheduling is subject to change.

Maps: Click here to download a map of the Plaza Pavilion layout.