'It's in our DNA': Speedway residents rooted in Indy 500 traditions

After graduating from Knox College in Illinois, Naja Woods started her journalism career in 2019 as a producer at ABC57 News in South Bend.

SPEEDWAY — The excitement is high for the 108th Indy 500, especially for the town of Speedway. The race has a special meaning and traditions for the residents that have prepared for the spectacle all year long.Indy 500 traditions are in Speedway reesident's blood.

Lidy grew up on the corner of McCray Street and Meyers Avenue just a block away from the track, in the home her family bought back in 1934. "My husband and I built our version of the Borg-Warner Trophy, so it's probably 20-years-old,” she said."We've added a set of the seven flags and a couple years ago, I sketched out a drawing of the old main gate. My husband did a beautiful rendition of it.""It's in the dress, it's in the language, the conversation with everybody is when did you start going to the race,” said another Speedway resident Dennis Carrico.

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