History’s strangest Indy 500 racers
By Classic and Sports Car editorial team
of Classic & Sports Car
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Wacky machines from the USA’s greatest race
Together with the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Monaco Grand Prix, the annual Indianapolis 500 is the third piece of motorsport’s triple crown.
Prestigious as the Indy 500 is, though, not every entrant has been a shining example of top-end engineering.
See, before the days of tight regulations and spec chassis, all sorts of oddball entries could be found doing the rounds of the Brickyard – from turbine-powered single-seaters to racers inspired by aeroplanes.
Ahead of Sunday’s 107th running of the Indy 500, then, here are 10 of the strangest machines ever to have entered the event.
