INDIANAPOLIS, The thrilling, final-straightaway pass for victory by Sam Hornish Jr. in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 was a finish for the ages, and readers of popular motorsports Web site speedtv.com agree.

Speedtv.com readers voted Hornish’s victory by .0635 of a second over rookie Marco Andretti – the second-closest finish ever in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” – as the most memorable motorsports moment of 2006 in a poll conducted at the Speed Web site.

Hornish’s victory earned 39.8 percent of the more than 6,000 votes cast. It beat the runner-up, Michael Schumacher’s dramatic engine failure in the Japanese Grand Prix, by more than 1,000 votes.

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2007 Indianapolis 500 tickets: Tickets are on sale for the 91st Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 27, 2007.

Tickets can be purchased at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Web site, www.indianapolismotorspeedway. by phone or at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Ticket Office. The IMS Ticket Office can be contacted at (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area or (317) 492-6700 locally. Ticket Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Parking and camping permits for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” also can be purchased online, by phone or at the Ticket Office.