INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Wednesday morning that it has cut off sales of general admission tickets to the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, making the event a total sellout.
IMS revealed May 6 that all reserved seats for the race had been sold for the first time in at least 20 years, and stronger-than-anticipated demand for general admission tickets for the spectator mounds that line the infield of the 2.5-mile oval prompted the track to end sales four days before Sunday's race (noon ET, ABC/WatchESPN).
With the event declared a total sellout, the local blackout on the live broadcast of the race will be lifted this year for the first time since ABC began live coverage in 1965.