Roger Penske Talks Indy 500 Nearing Sellout And 33 Cars On Race Day
Roger Penske told Forbes Sports Money the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is closing in on a third-straight sellout for the Indy 500 and is confident of a full field of 33.
Two-time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi (left) and Roger Penske during the Carb Day prior to the 109th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 23, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael L. Levitt/Lumen via Getty Images) Lumen via Getty Images Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske is so confident the 110 th Indianapolis 500 is nearing sellout status; he quipped that he may want to make alternate arrangements to take care of the massive crowd.
“Let me put it this way,” Penske told me before Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. “We’re going to be selling folding chairs here before long. ” That is how confident Penske is that in the next few weeks, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will announce a third-straight sellout of the Indianapolis 500.
“We have a great group of people and many of you don’t know them, but they are the ones that make it happen,” Penske told me. “Remember, there is no dress rehearsal. Three-hundred-plus-thousand people.
Real number. This isn’t a telephone book number or a newspaper; it’s a real number. “What we try to do every year is make it better for the guests that come in as fans.