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2022 Indianapolis 500: Row-by-row race preview

INDIANAPOLIS -- Welcome to our annual ESPN.com Motorsports public service, when we give you the information you need to arm yourself as an expert on the Indianapolis 500, the Greatest Spectacle in Racing held at the Racing Capital of the World for the 106th time this Sunday afternoon in Speedway, Indiana.

We totally recognize that the Indy 500 is one of those events like the Kentucky Derby or X Games, or especially the Olympics, when the general public watches sporting events that they don't regularly follow. In those cases, knowledge is power. And here is the knowledge to give you the power to tell from the couch, "I knew this guy was going to do that because I just read this!