IndyCar: Indy 500 nears sellout

–by Mark Cipolloni– On Thursday morning during the annual operational press conference, Doug Boles, President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway stated that they’ve sold 230,000 of the 235,000 grandstand seats. This is the best crowd the Indy 500 has seen since the 2016 100th year race. If you include the Snake Pit (~30k), infield mounds and suites, the estimated attendance for Sunday’s 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 should be over 300K. ”It’s honestly really good, but I think you’ve been able to tell every single day, like even rain out day, first day of practice,” said Conor Daly. “I…