{"id":17793,"date":"2020-12-04T22:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1940-indianapolis-500\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T06:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:01:45","slug":"1940-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"race","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1940-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"1940 Indianapolis 500"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero \">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\">1940 Indianapolis 500 &#8211; Round 1<\/h1>\n                            <ul 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                 <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Type<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">Paved oval<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Length<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">2.5 (Miles)<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Record<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">Eddie Cheever (Lola T95\/00-Buick\/Menard), 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Why is northern Italy \u2014 once home to Renaissance revolutionaries \u2014 now such a powerhouse of automotive knowledge?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2024-04-24\">24th April 2024<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMat Oxley<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/how-to-watch-the-a2rl-the-worlds-largest-autonomous-motor-race\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"185\" width=\"329\" alt=\"How to watch the A2RL: the world&#8217;s largest 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