Richard S. McCoy

Remembering a pioneering woman reporter at the Speedway 50 years later, and what has—and hasn’t—changed.

Outside of Washington D.C., no American city other than Indianapolis devotes as much acreage to monuments—many of which are problematic.

The call to wear the Yellow Shirt is a story as historic as the track itself.

“We should celebrate Robert Indiana today. The City of Indianapolis should have a yearly parade for Indiana. There never has been an artist who singularly represents this state, and this city with such … well, with such Indiana-ness.”