Speedway
Speedway is a town inside a city, an enclave that grew up around the racetrack and never fully joined Indianapolis proper. Main Street has been quietly rehabbed, with Daredevil Brewing, Foyt Wine Vault, and a handful of restaurants giving locals somewhere to go that is not a chain. The 500 dominates May, then the place exhales for eleven months. Dates here lean blue-collar and unpretentious: brewery patios, the Dallara IndyCar Factory tour, dinner at Charlie Brown's Pancake House. Bring someone who finds horsepower romantic. Bring someone else if quiet streets and a slower pace sound like the point.
Speedway by the numbers
Speedway runs male-heavy, about 51% men to 49% women.
Median individual income in Speedway is about $34,900.
Indiana has no party registration, so this is a 2024 election proxy: Marion County voted about 63% Harris to 35% Trump, a strongly Democratic island in a Republican state.
The median renter in Speedway pays about $1,100 a month.
About 8,300 Speedway residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Conner's Kitchen + Bar
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
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Big Woods Speedway
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Dawson's On Main
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Barbecue and Bourbon
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Royal Pin Western
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Flying Squirrel Axe Throwing
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Indiana Medical History Museum
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Mc Gilverys Pub & Eatery
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Daredevil Brewing Co
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Borage
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Mike's Speedway Lounge Group
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EPIC Climbing and Fitness
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Foyt Wine Vault
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Scotty's Georgetown Lounge
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Fusion Grill n Bar, Indianapolis
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Japanese Garden
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