Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - The 1916 Indianapolis 500
i tū i te Mei 30, 1916. I raro i ngā āhuatanga ahurei, i whakaritea te whakataetae kia 300 maero, kaua ki te tawhiti ritenga o te 500 maero. Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i piki haere ki tawahi, engari kaore ano te United States kia uru ki te pakanga. I te wā kotahi, ko te peresideni o Speedway, ko Carl G. Fisher, kei te whawhai tonu ki ngā rangatira o te hōtera o te rohe, ā, i te wā kotahi, he whakaaro hē kei te whakaaro ngā kaiwhaiwhai he roa rawa te 500 maero o te whakataetae. I whakapono ia ki te whakaaro ka pai ake te koa o nga kaiwhaiwhai ki te huihuinga poto, no reira ka whakaitihia te whakataetae ki te tawhiti 300-maero. I muri i te whakawhiwhinga ngoikore, ka hurihia te whakatau, a ka hoki mai te Memorial Day ki te 500 maero mo te tau 1917. I whakaritea te 1917 Indianapolis 500, heoi, i mohio te whakahaere Speedway ka taea te whakakore i te whakataetae na te mea kua uru atu a United States ki te pakanga.