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The Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 24, with qualifying starting this weekend. Fans can watch Indy cars on track for 'Fast Friday' and two days of qualifying runs.
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The Indianapolis 500 is a week away, but fans can get a taste of the action all week long as qualifying gets underway this weekend at the speedway.
Indy cars are expected to be on the track Friday, May 15, for "Fast Friday," and then again through the weekend for two days of qualifying runs to set the field.
The 110th annual Memorial Day weekend race is set to take place a week from Sunday, May 24, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
Four-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves is back, trying to become the first driver to win the race five times. The Brazilian driver, who celebrated his 51st birthday on May 10, won the Indy 500 back-to-back in 2001 and 2002, again in 2009 and then in 2021 to tie A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears for most wins all time.
Alex Palou was a first-time winner in 2025.
Here's a look at what's ahead this week, and who will be singing "Back Home in Indiana" and the national anthem.
The 2026 Indy 500 is set to start at 12:45 p.m. May 24.
Roger Penske will give the command to to start engines at 12:38 p.m.
Coverage of the 110th running of the race — scheduled for May 24 — will begin at 10 a.m. on FOX.
The Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 24, 2026.
Qualifying events, including 'Fast Friday,' will take place this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Helio Castroneves is a four-time Indianapolis 500 champion aiming to become the first driver to win the race five times.
The qualifying weekend determines the starting positions for the race, making it a crucial part of the Indy 500 event.

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'(Back Home Again in) Indiana' singer Jim Cornelison walks the red carpet on Sunday, May 25, 2025, ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Jim Cornelison, billed at "the national anthem singer" will perform the traditional prerace song at the south stage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
Cornelison's Instagram page says he's been the Chicago Blackhawks anthem singer since 2008 and the Bears opener since '10.
Jim Nabors, who appears on such TV series as "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, USMC" sang the Indy 500 song for 36 years through 2014 before his death in 2017.
From 2017 to the present, Cornelison has been singing the song.
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Jordin Sparks will perform the national anthem at the Indianapolis 500. Her appearance will be a three-peat for the singer-songwriter and actress, who also sang at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2015 and 2024.
The Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum Sparks, who grabbed worldwide attention early in her career on season six of "American Idol," has gone on to release singles that have sold more than 10 million digital tracks in the U.S. Her singles include "Call My Name," “Candy Cane Lane," and "Love Me Like I Am" with For King and Country.
While the race doesn't take place until Sunday, May 24, there are events throughout the week leading up to the race.
General admission ticket prices on the Indy 500 website start at $60, or $65 on race day.
Practice day tickets are $25, and carb day tickets are $50 or $55.
Reserved seating is mostly sold out, according to the site, but tickets remaining start at $85 and range up to $160.
Reserved seating available on the secondary market place Stubhub on May 15, ranged from $76 in the backstretch infield corner to more than $2,300 in the tower suites on the front-stretch infield.
Ticketmaster, as of May 15, had tickets from $76 to more than $4,000 in the Northwest Vista, or turn 4.
— The Indianapolis Star contributed.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Indy 500 national anthem singer, schedule, date, time