Indianapolis 500 in August: 'We're trying to make lemonade out of lemons'

By August 23, when the average temperature in Indianapolis is 84 degrees with 75% humidity — not 73 degrees and 67% like May — most kids will have been back in school for three weeks, the Colts preseason is scheduled to have started and the tradition of a Memorial Day weekend race will have long since passed.

Whether more than 300,000 fans will show up to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the summer...