The museum's glow-up tells the story of the Indianapolis 500 with new race-simulators, cultural artifacts like Janet ...

WRTV, then WFBM, took viewers inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Musuem with host Bernie Herman in May 1965.

IMS Photo Forty cars started the 1911 race ... IMS Photo The winner of the 1911 Indianapolis 500 averaged about 75 mph, less than half the winning speed in today's race. William Manning / Corbis ...

It has been taking place since 1911 ... stock car team. During those days, they were well-known for their fast pitstops. In the mid-1960s, IndyCar's Lotus came close to winning the Indy 500 ...