Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 1916 Indianapolis 500
aka yi a ranar 30 ga Mayu, 1916. A karkashin yanayi na musamman, an shirya tseren na mil 300 maimakon na mil 500. Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya yana ta ƙaruwa a wasu ƙasashe, amma har ila Amirka ba ta saka hannu a yaƙin ba. A lokaci guda, shugaban Speedway Carl G. Fisher yana cikin rikici tare da masu otal na gida, kuma a lokaci guda yana cikin ra'ayi na ƙarya cewa magoya baya suna tunanin cewa mil 500 ya yi tsayi da tsere. Ya yi imani da ra'ayin cewa magoya baya na iya jin daɗin ɗan gajeren taron, don haka aka rage tseren zuwa nisan mil 300. Bayan wani maraba mai ban sha'awa, an yanke shawarar da sauri, kuma ranar tunawa da ranar tunawa ta dawo zuwa mil 500 don 1917. An shirya Indianapolis 500 na 1917, duk da haka, gudanarwar Speedway ta fahimci cewa za a iya soke tseren saboda Amurka ta shiga yakin.