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1999 Indianapolis 500

83rd running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
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Summary

1999 Indianapolis 500 is an Indianapolis 500[1]. It draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (indianapolis 500 category, ranking #22 of 98).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Kenny Bräck[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: recurring sporting event edition[5]
  • Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway[6]
  • Part of: 1999 Indy Racing League season[7]
  • Commons category: 1999 Indianapolis 500[8]
  • Edition number: 83[9]
  • Point in time: May 30, 1999[10]
  • Sport: auto racing[11]
  • Uses: Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval circuit[12]
  • Event distance: 200 lap[13]
  • Pole position: Arie Luyendyk[14]

Why It Matters

1999 Indianapolis 500 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

FAQs

What awards did 1999 Indianapolis 500 receive?

Honors received include Kenny Bräck[3].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edition number → 83
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'nl', 'pt', 'sl', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Edition number: 83, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290255|batch #290255]]"
  2. 23w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Winner → Kenny Bräck
    Country → United States
    Country → —
    Sport → auto racing
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: recurring sporting event edition, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778617433403"
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