Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The 1916 Indianapolis 500
rakaitwa musi waMay 30, 1916. Mumamiriro ezvinhu akasiyana neevamwe, mujaho wacho wakanga warongwa kuva wemakiromita 500 panzvimbo pemakiromita 500 chaiwo. Hondo Yenyika I yakanga ichipararira kunze kwenyika, asi United States yakanga isati yapinda muhondo yacho. Panguva imwe cheteyo, purezidhendi weSpeedway Carl G. Fisher akanga achirwisana nevatarisiri vemahotera omunzvimbomo, uye panguva imwe cheteyo akanga ari pasi pomufungo wenhema wokuti vateveri vaifunga kuti makiromita 500 akanga ari nhangemutange yakareba zvikuru. Akatenda mufungiro wokuti vateveri vanganakidzwa zviri nani nechiitiko chipfupi, uye nokudaro nhangemutange yacho yakaderedzwa kuva daro remakiromita 300. Pashure pokugamuchirwa kusina kunaka, chisarudzo chacho chakakurumidza kuchinjwa, uye mutambo weMemorial Day wakanga uchizodzokera kumakiromita 500 nokuda kwa1917. Indianapolis 500 ya1917 yakanga yakarongwa, zvisinei, vatungamiri veSpeedway vakanzwisisa kuti mujaho wacho waigona kukanzurwa nemhaka yokupinda kweUnited States muhondo.