The 2024 Indianapolis 500 is about to get underway Sunday afternoon, after a rain delay of a number of hours.
The race was initially scheduled for 12:45 p.m. ET, however Indianapolis Motor Speedway officers introduced a delay in anticipation of inclement climate, which arrived at about 12:45 and lasted about an hour.
IMS is sending vans and monitor dryers onto the two.5-mile oval, and IMS President Doug Boles mentioned he hopes drying would take about 2 hours. That will imply the race ought to begin at 4:45.
When will the 2024 Indy 500 begin?
If monitor drying begins at 3 p.m. and takes 2 hours, and permitting time for some prerace actions, the race might start earlier than 5:30 p.m. The race sometimes takes about 3 hours and IMS doesn’t have lights. Sundown is at 9:03 p.m.
“I imagine we’re on monitor to do this,” Boles mentioned.
Indy 500 pre-race actions
Boles mentioned race officers do all the things they’ll to have army recognition, conventional songs and the command to begin engines.
Indy 500 TV blackout lifted
Boles mentioned the native TV blackout is lifted with the delayed begin, for space NBC affiliates and on Peacock.
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