Dillon Lanum, 5, along with his father, Bill, and mother, Sumer, play at the newly opened Buccaneer Bay on Friday at the Best Western in Lafayette. By Frank Oliver/Journal & Courier
Dillon Lanum, 5, along with his father, Bill, and mother, Sumer, play at the newly opened Buccaneer Bay on Friday at the Best Western in Lafayette. By Frank Oliver/Journal & Courier

By MAX SHOWALTER, Journal & Courier
mshowalter@journalandcourier.com

Today's Indianapolis 500 will still attract more than 250,000 people to the famed brickyard in Speedway.

But fewer racing fans are making a Memorial Day weekend stop in Lafayette as they head to the track or back home after the race.