INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A swarm of people poured through the gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Some were shirtless, some wore American flag overalls, others checkered flag mini-skirts.

As they entered the main tunnel nearly five hours before the Indianapolis 500, a large group began a thunderous Lets Go Pacers! chant; The Indiana Pacers host Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Knicks a few hours after the 109th running of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The grandstands are sold out for the first time since 2016 and IndyCar expects 350,000 people will be on IMS property for Sundays race. One tunnel at the speedway had to be closed to motorized vehicles four hours before the race to handle the pedestrian volume.

Pato OWard, a two-time Indy 500 runner-up, and two-time reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou are the co-favorites, listed at +500 by BetMGM. OWard starts third and would be the first Mexican winner; Palou, winner of four of the first five races this season, would be the first Spanish winner should he earn his first career victory on an oval track.

Robert Shwartzman, a dual national of Israel and Russia, will be the first rookie to lead the field to green since 1983 in the Indianapolis 500 debut for Prema Racing. The Italian team is dominant in Europe but new this season to IndyCar, and Shwartzman has never raced on an oval.

The 25-year-old drives under the Israel flag and is the first Israeli in the field.

All eyes will be on Team Penske drivers Josef Newgarden and Will Power, who will start 32nd and 33rd following inspection failures that dropped them to the back of the field. Newgarden is the two-time defending race winner and trying to become the first in history to win three-straight Indy 500s.

No driver has ever won from starting on the last row. Rivals have already declared the Penskes the fastest cars in the field and have said they look forward to watching them pick their way through traffic.

Kyle Larson will draw attention from the NASCAR crowd as he attempts for the second consecutive year to complete 1,100 miles of racing in one day. His bid at completing the double failed last year because a rain delay in Indianapolis made him miss the Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina.

Larson and Hendrick Motorsports have promised NASCAR that Larson will be at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the start of the Cup Series race. Hes starting second in Charlotte and 19th in the Indy 500.

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印第安纳波利斯（好意思联社）—— 一群东说念主涌入印第安纳波利斯赛车场的大门。有的东说念主莫得穿衬衫，有的东说念主衣服印有好意思国国旗的工装裤，还有的东说念主衣服印有格子旗的迷你裙。

在印第安纳波利斯500赛前近五小时，一大群东说念主开动高呼“Let's Go Pacers!”的标语；印第安纳步行者队在“史上最伟大的跑马盛事”第109届赛事几小时后，在东部决赛中迎战纽约尼克斯队，举行第三场比赛。

自2016年以来，看台初度售罄，印地车赛瞻望有35万东说念主将在周日于IMS地产上过问比赛。在比赛前四小时，赛说念上的一个纯正必须对活泼车辆关闭，以应付行东说念主流量。

两届印第安纳波利斯500公里赛亚军帕托·奥沃德（Pato O'Ward）和两届印地赛车冠军亚历克斯·帕洛（Alex Palou）是并排热点东说念主选，他们被BetMGM列为+500的热点东说念主选。奥沃德（O'Ward）位列第三，将成为首位墨西哥籍生效者；帕洛（Palou）本赛季前五场比赛中已赢得四场，若能在卵形赛说念上取得办事生计首胜，将成为首位西班牙籍生效者。

罗伯特·什瓦茨曼（Robert Shwartzman）是俄罗斯和以色列双重国籍的赛车手，他将成为自1983年以来，在Prema Racing过问印第安纳波利斯500大赛（Indianapolis 500）首秀的第一个生人领头羊。这支意大利车队在欧洲处于主导地位，但本赛季才初度过问IndyCar比赛，而什瓦茨曼还从未在卵形赛说念上比赛过。

这位25岁的赛车手在以色列的旗子下参赛，并成为该范围首位以色列赛车手。

整个东说念主的眼力齐将聚焦在Penske车队的两位车手约瑟夫·纽加登（Josef Newgarden）和威尔·鲍尔（Will Power）身上，他们因搜检失败而被降到了终末别称的位置，永别排在第32位和第33位。纽加登是两届卫冕冠军，他正试图成为历史上首位邻接三次赢得印第安纳波利斯500英里赛（Indy 500）的车手。

莫得任何车手能从前排终末一瞥的起跑位置赢得比赛。竞争敌手依然声称，Penske车队是场上最快的车队，并期待着不雅看他们如安在交通中穿梭前进。

凯尔·拉森（Kyle Larson）将蛊惑纳斯卡赛车迷的关心，因为他试图邻接第二年在一天内完成1100英里的比赛。他前年尝试完成“双倍”的缱绻失败了，因为印第安纳波利斯的一场雨延误让他错过了在北卡罗来纳州的适口可乐600公里赛。

拉森（Larson）和亨德里克（Hendrick）车队已向NASCAR承诺，拉森（Larson）将出目下夏洛特（Charlotte）汽车速率赛说念上，过问Cup系列赛的比赛。在夏洛特（Charlotte）他排在第二位，在印第安纳波利斯500（Indy 500）他排在第19位。

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