Indy 500 2016: Weekend Race Schedule, TV Coverage and More

It's easy to classify any event as historic and call it a day—especially when it comes to the sporting juggernaut that is the Indy 500. But it's not a throwaway descriptor for the 2016 iteration, as the Indy 500 has truly made history this year by selling out and lifting the controversial media blackout for the first time since 1950. In other words, the Indy 500 enters the modern world and will get a televised edition, and the networks will pull out all the stops to celebrate. The Indianapolis Star's Curt Cavin detailed some of the plans: "ABC is planning a local lead-in to Sunday’s race. Its SportsCenter crew will be at IMS both weekend days, and in the hour before the 500’s broadcast begins SportsCenter will have Colts q...

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