Whether you are a race car fan or not, you have heard of the Indianapolis 500. You might not know, however, just how large of a sporting event it truly is. Every Memorial Day weekend, Indy is host to the world's largest single-day sporting event - with race tickets bought by more than 250,000 fans.

I will admit that I am not a race fan and likely never will be. It blows my mind that this sporting event is the largest in the world when, in my opinion, there are way more exciting and fun to watch sports out there. When I first moved here two years ago, I attended the Indy 500 race and sat at the 4th turn. It was an unbelievable sight to look a 1/2 mile across the track and see a huge stand filled with hundreds of thousands of people - I had never seen anything like it. While I was "over it" about 50 miles in and headed back to the tailgate after an hour, I was definitely glad I went and recommend everyone going at least once for the experience (and the unbeatable people-watching).

Here some pretty amazing facts about the IndyCar cars that will be racing on Sunday:

* The IndyCar engines produce more than 675 horsepower, over four times that of a normal street car
* Fuel mileage of an IndyCar car is less than two miles per gallon
* The average IndyCar can go from 0-100 in less than three seconds
* At speeds of 220 mph, an IndyCar car travels the length of a football field in about one second

If you can ever make it here for Memorial Day weekend, try to make a stop at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to see the action. Look next week for some up-close-and-personal event pics...have a great holiday weekend!