How To Watch All The Glory And Spectacle Of The 110th Indianapolis 500

BusinessSportsMoneyHow To Watch All The Glory And Spectacle Of The 110th Indianapolis 500ByBruce Martin,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I have been chasing race cars since the first Michigan 500 in 1981.Follow AuthorMay 23, 2026, 10:55am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Blackhawk helicopters fly over on the parade lap before the start of the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Indianapolis 500 isn’t just another race, it’s one of the grandest sporting spectacles on Earth, drawing the largest, single-day audience of any sports event on the planet.It is also one of the most watched motorsports events on television.Last year’s 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 was the first on FOX and it drew a television audience of 7.05-million viewers, a 40 percent increase over the final Indy 500 telecast on NBC in 2025 and the largest television audience to watch the Indy 500 since 2008. Last year’s race peaked at 8.4 million viewers during the final stages of the race from 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time to 4:30 p.m.The Indianapolis 500 telecast was the most-watched motorsports event of the year in the United States, drawing higher ratings than NASCAR’s Daytona 500 and any of the Formula One races that were televised in the US on ESPN.This year’s Daytona 500 on FOX has set the bar rather high as 7.489 million viewers watched the race with a peak audience of 9.154 million viewers between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m.It remains to be seen if Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 telecast can match last year’s rating or achieve the numbers that NASCAR achieved for this year’s Daytona 500, but it is evident that interest is high as this year’s Indy 500 is sold out for the second straight year.One out of...