Award-winning journalist Will Higgins has curated a comedic art exhibition titled “The Speedway’s Attic” at the Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi), opening May 7, 2026. The show presents absurd and humorous true stories from the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, including sections on the first Indy 500 streakers, a car once owned by Hitler, and a journalist who disguised herself as a mechanic to ride in a race car. The only real artifact on display is a jacket that belonged to local Chicken Mobile creator Orval "Ducky" Love, on loan from the Indiana State Museum.
The exhibition matters because it blends journalism, local history, and visual art in an unconventional, comedic format, drawing attention to CAMi as a venue for experimental storytelling. By focusing on quirky, lesser-known tales from the Speedway’s past, Higgins challenges traditional notions of what belongs in an art museum and invites audiences to engage with history through humor and spectacle.