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In early decades, Sundays were occasionally used for practice and/or qualifying, but were used sparingly in pre-World War II years. Sundays were avoided for scheduling race activity dating all the way back to pre-500 races in 19. Since 1974, the race has been scheduled for the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, and has been held on a Sunday with only two exceptions due to rain delays.

After the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971, the race was scheduled as part of the three-day Memorial Day weekend - either the Saturday, the Sunday, or the Monday of the holiday weekend. In those cases it was scheduled for Monday May 31.

Through 1970, the race was held on Memorial Day proper (May 30), regardless of the day of the week, unless it fell on Sunday. The race has always been scheduled in conjunction with Memorial Day. Since 2017, Founders Day is used to announce inductees of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, with the formal induction taking place during the month of May. That coincides with the date in 1909 in which the Speedway was incorporated. Though not part of the month of May, since the mid-2010s, Founders Day has been recognized and celebrated at the Speedway each year on March 20. The new event is held two weeks before the 500.

#The elder sign omens lluke robinson series

In 2014, a second race at Indianapolis was introduced to the Indењњar Series schedule, conducted on the track's road course. The change was well-received, and the new schedule was made permanent, with various tweaks over the years. In 1974, due to the energy crisis, the schedule was reduced, and the track opened instead three weeks before race day. In very early years, it was not uncommon for the track to be closed on Sundays during practice, or be open for only competitors with the gates closed to the public. For instance, in 1932, cars began to arrive on April 6, and in 1969, the first day of practice was April 28. In some years, the track might even be available for practice and testing as early as mid-April. Out-of-town or overseas entries sometimes arrived in Indianapolis (sometimes after lengthy travels) and set up shop in a local garage before moving into the track. It was not uncommon for local entries to begin setting up in the garage area in early/mid-April to work on their cars. The policy was typically to make the track available for practice no later than May 1, although in most years, few if any competitors might be on the grounds yet. In early years, the track traditionally opened for practice on May 1 (regardless of the day of the week). The two to three weeks of practice and qualifying leading up to the Indianapolis 500 is known in racing circles simply as 'the month of May '.

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