Gasoline Alley
The garage area at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Gasoline Alley is the garage area at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is the place where race cars are prepared and serviced, and where drivers and crews work before and during the Indianapolis 500. The name is shared with a comic strip by Frank King first published in 1918, and a 1931–49 radio series based on that strip. At the Speedway, it is a specific, well-known location that has been central to the event for decades.
- role
- Pit lane and garage area at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- affiliation
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NTT IndyCar Series
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Did You Know?
- Gasoline Alley is the garage area at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- The name 'Gasoline Alley' is shared with a comic strip by Frank King first published in 1918.
- There is a radio program called 'The Talk of Gasoline Alley' about the Indianapolis 500, instituted by Donald Davidson.
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