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Tickets Available For ‘An Evening With Donald Davidson’ At IMS Museum
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Historian Donald Davidson will be the honored guest for the IMS Museum’s next “Distinguish Speaker Series” event, scheduled for Wednesday, September 26, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Museum.
Davidson, a 2010 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inductee, has been an IMS institution since arriving on the Indy racing scene in 1964. His incredible knowledge of year-by-year Indianapolis 500 driver statistics, along with anecdotal driver and team histories, made him an instant hit and celebrity among the racing fraternity. He went back to his native England after the 1964 edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” then returned to the Speedway in 1965 and stayed for good.
Soon after Jim Clark won the 1965 race, Davidson was offered a position with the United States Auto Club (USAC) as the statistician and remained there almost 32 years. He was officially named IMS Historian in 1998.
In honor of Davidson’s 50-plus years of promoting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the sport of auto racing, he was presented with Indiana’s highest civilian award, the “Sagamore of the Wabash,” by then-Gov. Mike Pence in 2016.
Tickets to the event must be purchased in advanced, and are encouraged to be purchased sooner rather than later as the beloved Davidson and his encyclopedic knowledge of Indianapolis 500 history is a popular draw for the IMS Museum’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
Tickets to the event include free hors-d'oeuvres courtesy of Ruth’s Chris Steak House and a cash bar.
To purchase tickets, contact Kelly Hartman at 317/492-6568 or khartman@brickyard.com.
Davidson, a 2010 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inductee, has been an IMS institution since arriving on the Indy racing scene in 1964. His incredible knowledge of year-by-year Indianapolis 500 driver statistics, along with anecdotal driver and team histories, made him an instant hit and celebrity among the racing fraternity. He went back to his native England after the 1964 edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” then returned to the Speedway in 1965 and stayed for good.
Soon after Jim Clark won the 1965 race, Davidson was offered a position with the United States Auto Club (USAC) as the statistician and remained there almost 32 years. He was officially named IMS Historian in 1998.
In honor of Davidson’s 50-plus years of promoting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the sport of auto racing, he was presented with Indiana’s highest civilian award, the “Sagamore of the Wabash,” by then-Gov. Mike Pence in 2016.
Tickets to the event must be purchased in advanced, and are encouraged to be purchased sooner rather than later as the beloved Davidson and his encyclopedic knowledge of Indianapolis 500 history is a popular draw for the IMS Museum’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
Tickets to the event include free hors-d'oeuvres courtesy of Ruth’s Chris Steak House and a cash bar.
To purchase tickets, contact Kelly Hartman at 317/492-6568 or khartman@brickyard.com.
