I recently purchased a 1954 Indy 500 ticket on eBay and was pleasantly surprised to receive an additional ticket in the package. However, I'm unsure about why it's titled "PARAQUET".
The small map on the back of the primary ticket shows "PARAQUET" seating sections along the inside (pit side) of the main straightaway from turns four to one. Some have suggested these were sections of folding chairs.
Does anyone know about the "PARAQUET" seating arrangements at Indy during this era?
TrackForum Thread with Ticket Scans
Thank you
A Question About Indy 500 "PARAQUET" Seating: 1954
Started by
doc540
, Feb 08 2005 13:06
1 reply to this topic
Advertisement
#2
Graham Clayton
-
- 1,362 posts
- Joined: January 01
Member
Posted 19 July 2011 - 23:09
doc540,
The book "Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500" by Donald Davidson, Rick Shaffer (MBI Publishing Company, 2006) has the following information about the paraquet seating, which was installed in 1946:
The book "Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500" by Donald Davidson, Rick Shaffer (MBI Publishing Company, 2006) has the following information about the paraquet seating, which was installed in 1946:
The early spectators were astounded at the amount of work that had been carried out in five months' time, a brand-new iron-and=steel paddock having been built across from the pagoda. There wer enew bleachers in turn two, and fans were especially taken aback by the fact that platforms designed to carry 12 rows of parquet seating had been erected either side of the pagoda. Surprisingly, this was the first seating ever offered at this location, early-arriving motorists for the first 30 years of operation having been able to drive right up the fence and witness all of the pit work from just feet away while sitting atop their own vehicles."
