List of Indianapolis 500 winners

High school (ages 12+)
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1. What is the location of race?Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
2. What is the race distance?500 miles (800 kilometers)
3. Who has won the Indianapolis 500 the most times?A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Hélio Castroneves each won it four times.
4. Who was the youngest person to win the Indianapolis 500?Troy Ruttman was the youngest winner, 22 years and 80 days old in 1952.

Open-wheel racing: A form of motorsport involving cars with their wheels exposed, as opposed to those with wheels covered by the car's body.
Borg-Warner Trophy: A sterling silver trophy awarded to the winner of the Indianapolis 500, featuring bas-relief sculptures of past winners.
Checkered flag: A flag waved at the end of a race to signal the finish for the leading competitor.