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Lynyrd Skynyrd to headline 2012 Miller Lite Carb Day

Legendary Rock Band Lynyrd Skynyrd will headline the Miller Lite Carb Day concert on Friday, May 25 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
 
The concert, free with Miller Lite Carb Day admission of $20, will start at 3:30 p.m. (ET) on the Miller Lite Stage in the IMS infield. Miller Lite Carb Day tickets are available now at www.imstix.com.  Read More
 

 
                             

Pit Stop Challenge

Come and watch all of the teams competing in the Indianapolis 500 try to take home the prize for fastest pit crew.  Live pit stops will take place on pit lane beginning 1:35pm  Don't miss it!

 

 

 

 

History of "Carburetion Day"

Known for many years as "Carburetion Day," and shortened only in fairly recent years simply to "Carb Day," it refers to the day on which cars qualified for the starting field are given the opportunity to practice in "Race Day trim," as opposed to the less-economical setups required for out-and-out speed during time trials. A major portion of this used to involve adjustment to the carburetors, but even after the introduction of fuel injection in the late 1940s, the original term "carburetion runs" continued to be used. For the record, the stock-block Ford-powered Lotus cars of Jim Clark and Dan Gurney in 1963 were the last to actually use carburetors on Carburetion Day.

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