Indianapolis - Recommendations

[cat220]

Afternoon Folks,

I'm heading out to Indianapolis for a week. Have a few free days over the weekend so looking for suggestions for things to do and see.

Obviously a massive racing heritage attached to the place, is it worth making the trip out to the raceway\speedway?

Thanks,
C

[shoebag]

I did the tour of the Speedway. It is quite interesting and they take you round the track in a mini bus explaining everything. The Speedway also has a car museum.

Also you might enjoy the Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg museum at Auburn, Indiana. It is set in an art deco building and has some rare and unusual cars in there from the 30s and 40s. One of the best car museums I have visited.

[cat220]

shoebag said:

I did the tour of the Speedway. It is quite interesting and they take you round the track in a mini bus explaining everything. The Speedway also has a car museum.

Also you might enjoy the Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg museum at Auburn, Indiana. It is set in an art deco building and has some rare and unusual cars in there from the 30s and 40s. One of the best car museums I have visited.

Thanks for this, just the kind of info I'm looking for.

Cheers,
C

[schmalex]

My wife spends a fair bit of time in Indy through work. I think she's done a lap of the track In a NASCAR. The zoo is supposed to be pretty good as well. I'll ask her if there are any other recommendations. She's not a great fan of the place, though and normally hires a car at the weekend to drive up to Chicago (it's only about 2 hours), or go and visit friends / colleagues in the surrounding towns.

[New POD]

I know it's a couple of hours down the Road to Dayton, but the Wright Patterson Air Museum is FREE and the biggest of it's kind in the world. Plus if you can pop in and see my sister (the nicer of the 2) and drop off some Yorkshire tea, that would be good.

I might be wrong, but IIRC on the drive from Chicago to Indie, you pass a Subaru factory. I wonder if they have a tour ?

[cat220]

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I was thinking of hiring a car, corvette or the like would be nice. However not sure how my time will work out.

All good so far!

Cheers,
C