Alice Campbell proved May 10 that there is no age limit for loving speed.

Campbell, a 92-year-old great-great grandmother from Indianapolis, had her ultimate high-speed wish come true at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Thanks to Sinden Racing, local television personality Dick Wolfsie and Never Too Late, an organization that facilitates wishes for the elderly, Campbell was given the opportunity to hop into a two-seat Indy Racing Experience Indy-style race car and take a high-speed ride around the fabled 2.5-mile Speedway oval. As is customary for all Indy Racing Experience customers, Campbell’s ride approached 180 mph at times.

“One of the most exciting days of my life,” Campbell said. “It felt great to me. I wouldn’t want to drive fast in crowded conditions, but I say that if you’ve got a clear road ahead of you, then I say, ‘Go!’”

Campbell, who weighs 95 pounds and is 4 feet, 10 inches tall, told her daughter, Janet Bloomfield, months ago that she wanted to go 250 mph around the Speedway. Janet had to remind her mother that even the “real” IndyCar Series cars don’t go that fast, but nonetheless, Bloomfield contacted Wolfsie, a personality at Indianapolis television station WISH Channel 8, who then put the family in touch with Never Too Late and Sinden Racing.

Campbell said she felt a little anxiety before taking her ride, but thanks to the Sinden Racing crew, she settled in quickly.

“The (helmet) kind of frightened me, because sometimes I have trouble getting my breath,” she said. “The guys adjusted it until I was comfortable, though. It was just fun.”

Campbell lived near the track in Speedway, Ind., for many years but never visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway until just last year. Her family has ties to the Speedway and its founder, as Campbell said her father, Hallie Sanders, worked as a welder at the Prest-O-Lite automotive headlight factory owned by IMS co-founders Carl G. Fisher and James A. Allison.

According to Campbell, her father worked as a security guard at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911.

She recalls fondly many Race Day evenings, sitting near her family’s home on 16^th Street east of the Speedway when she was a child in the 1920s, watching the many cars of race fans going home following the Indianapolis 500.

“It is important history, and it means a lot to a lot of people,” Campbell said of the Speedway. “It’s big business for Indianapolis.”

Big business, but most importantly, a big thrill for Campbell and her family.