INDIANAPOLIS — Country music star and coach on "The Voice", Blake Shelton, will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 106th Indianapolis 500.
With the role of grand marshal, Shelton will give the command for drivers to report to their cars during the pre-race ceremonies. He will also walk the red carpet before the event near the Pagoda.
“Blake is a country music powerhouse and good friend of motorsports fans everywhere,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “For both spectators at the track and everyone watching on NBC, his winning energy will be a perfect fit for the intensity of ‘The Greatest Spectacle of Racing.’”
Shelton is a five-time Academy of Country Music award winner and 10-time Country Music Association award winner.
He is coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a guest of rookie driver Jimmie Johnson. Together the duo designed Johnson's helmet for the race.
-
Lucas Oil Stadium starts transition into dirt motorcycle racing track
It will take three days to shape the mounds of dirt into a motorcycle racing track at Lucas Oil Stadium for the AMA Supercross Championship.
IACS' managed intake system is negatively impacting neighboring animal shelters
The Indianapolis City-County Council is not moving forward with appointing Kelly Diamond as the director for the IACS. The council voted 21 to 4 to indefinitely table the proposal.
Gov. Braun signs executive order banning transgender women from women’s sports
Gov. Mike Braun signed two executive orders on Tuesday that focus on transgender people living in the Hoosier state.
Man found guilty after stray bullet hits employee at Sullivan's Hardware in 2023
Marqueses Tipton was found guilty of the shooting on March 20, 2023, that left 64-year-old Susie Warden, an employee at Sullivan's Hardware store, critically injured by a stray bullet.
