INDIANAPOLIS - In what has become an annual Indianapolis 500 tradition, the 33 participating drivers will fan out across North America on Tuesday of race week to spread the word about "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

This year, the field for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil is scheduled to visit 21 cities in less than 24 hours. Drivers will meet with local media to discuss the race and partake in activities to increase the already-surging interest in the Indy 500, the world's largest single-day sporting event set for May 28 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The full list of the markets to be visited and drivers attending is below:

Bristol, Connecticut/ESPN: James Hinchcliffe

Buffalo: Graham Rahal

Charlotte: Will Power

Chicago: Juan Pablo Montoya

Columbus: Mikhail Aleshin

Dallas-Fort Worth: Tony Kanaan

Dayton: Jack Harvey, Zach Veach

Denver: Buddy Lazier

Detroit: Carlos Munoz, Simon Pagenaud, Spencer Pigot

Fort Wayne: Jay Howard, James Davison

Houston: Helio Castroneves

Louisville: Pippa Mann, Ed Jones

Miami-Fort Lauderdale: Oriol Servia, Gabby Chaves, Sebastian Saavedra

Milwaukee: Max Chilton, Charlie Kimball

New York: Alexander Rossi, Conor Daly, Fernando Alonso

Philadelphia: Marco Andretti, Sage Karam

St. Louis: Ed Carpenter, Takuma Sato

San Francisco: JR Hildebrand

Tampa-St. Petersburg: Ryan Hunter-Reay

Toronto: Scott Dixon

Washington: Josef Newgarden

Over the day, we'll collect the best images, tweets, and posts from our drivers. Let the day begin!

On their way to NYC for the #Indy500 media tour, @ConorDaly22, @AlexanderRossi, and @alo_oficial enjoy some time to relax on the plane. pic.twitter.com/lP5Mki6L6x — IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) May 23, 2017

A short hop to NYC today for @alo_oficial. He'll be talking all things @IndyCar with the media. #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/cVieggAPPz — McLarenHondaAndretti (@McLarenIndy) May 23, 2017

Gaming + answering interview questions. Not as easy as they make it look! #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/8e1kc3FOPy — McLarenHondaAndretti (@McLarenIndy) May 23, 2017

We asked the students if they thought @TonyKanaan would win the #Indy500. Here's their answer: pic.twitter.com/kV1qW2IQRU — Texas Motor Speedway (@TXMotorSpeedway) May 23, 2017

Kurt Hasen and Buddy talking racing. #Indy500 media begins in Denver! Check us out all day. PR pic.twitter.com/BvlgkvqLIQ — Buddy Lazier (@Buddy500Lazier) May 23, 2017

Media day in Miami, good memories from when living here for over ten years . Mucha y buena prensa, great setting by @teamemar. @indycar #Indy500 @rllracing #thebetsyhotel #miami #southbeach A post shared by Oriol Servia (@oriolservia) on May 23, 2017 at 10:19am PDT

.@PippaMann makes a visit to @ChurchillDowns... where a different kind of speed racing goes down 🐎 pic.twitter.com/SWBhzscEa2 — Ind. Motor Speedway (@IMS) May 23, 2017

It's Independence Hall in Philly with @SageKaram. Thank goodness for Mr. Washington and the 1776 declaration for our freedom. pic.twitter.com/btiv5uJHwJ — DRR (@DRRIndyCar) May 23, 2017

Coffee this AM w our racer-in-residence @JRHildebrand. Qualified on row 2 for Indy 500 this wknd! pic.twitter.com/SuNlIv8a5d — Reilly Brennan (@reillybrennan) May 23, 2017

IndyCar: Next stop for jpmontoya on his #Indy500 media tour in Chicago, TelemundoCHI. #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/4SHlHEh4rN — GP Touring (@GPTouring) May 23, 2017

We've made it all the way out to San Francisco to talk #Indy500 in the Bay Area! Next, @JRHildebrand will get to check out AT&T Park! pic.twitter.com/voz91yuIEZ — Ed Carpenter Racing (@ECRIndy) May 23, 2017

Found a little time in DC for some touristy travel funny with @josefnewgarden #Indy500 Had to be done. 😉 pic.twitter.com/8uuSyGJwVc — Team Penske (@Team_Penske) May 23, 2017

Final catch up with #IndyTO president Jeff Atkinson and that's it for today! Thanks for spending the day with us @scottdixon9! pic.twitter.com/LWgYc4P7g5 — Honda Indy Toronto (@hondaindy) May 23, 2017

Rocky. @sagekaramofficial A post shared by Marco Andretti (@marcoandretti) on May 23, 2017 at 1:02pm PDT

He's been a @SFGiants fan his whole life - @JRHildebrand gets to visit his favorite team's ballpark on his #Indy500 Media Day trip! pic.twitter.com/1KPKCdf2Se — Ed Carpenter Racing (@ECRIndy) May 23, 2017

Paying his respects, @josefnewgarden remembers what this weekend is about at the Korean War Memorial during his #Indy500 Media tour #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/9IuZT4KcdM — IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) May 23, 2017



