Indy 500. Why dont some years have races?

[23lebron23]

1917
1918
1945
1944
1943
1942

 

[squallumz]

people got smart then stupid again?

ok ok, it was the world wars.

 

[titsrock]

23Lebron!!!

 

[Mauser98k]

look at those years. 1917-1918 the world (more specifically, America) was in the midst of WWI and from 1942-1945 it was WWII.

the wars took their share of gas and metal and rubber (not to mention people) so there was no way they could run it.