For the song by The Proclaimers, see I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). For other uses, see 500 Miles (disambiguation).
"500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return.
included "500Miles" on his list of 100 essential country songs in the early 1970s. Folklorist Norm Cohen writes that 900 miles, rather than 500, is the...
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis...
"500Miles High" is a jazz fusion song by American musician Chick Corea and Return to Forever. Composed by Corea with lyrics by Neville Potter, it was...
5 miles (4 km) long and a 500-mile race requires 200 laps to complete. However, the race was considered official after halfway (100 laps/250 miles) had...
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. The route is also...
approximately three times the power of a typical diesel semi truck, a range of 500miles (800 km), and operate at an energy use of less than 2 kWh/mi (1.2 kW⋅h/km)...
500Miles to Memphis is a punk rock americana band from Cincinnati, OH. Their music is a cross-genre blend of punk rock, americana, bluegrass, and country...
summer race was expanded to 500miles, and the Inaugural Michigan 500 was won by Pancho Carter. A total of twenty-two 500-mile Indy car races were held at...
Armstrong 500 with a 500mile race distance at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit; it was relocated to Bathurst in 1963 also with the 500mile distance...
help keep focus on the two NASCAR Winston Cup Series races, which were 500miles each. Eleven years later, the speedway added a NASCAR Budweiser Late Model...
reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and the 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, Iceland and New Zealand. The duo's...
Series race is 250 miles (94 laps). Once a 500 kilometer affair, the ARCA race was shortened to 300 miles in 1998 and to 250 miles in 2006 when it was...
The Twelve Mile500 is a lawn mower race held in the small town of Twelve Mile, Indiana, organized by the Twelve Mile Lions Club and occurring annually...
2024 Indianapolis 500, branded as the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons, is a 500-mile (804.5 km, 200...
distance of 500-miles/200-laps. The 2014 event marked the first 500-mile IndyCar race at Pocono since 1989. It also became the fastest 500-mile race in motorsports...
as the Peace Race. He was the first British cyclist to ride more than 500miles in a 24-hour time trial. He was educated at the Percy Jackson Grammar...
Speedway (2.0 miles), Auto Club Speedway (known as California Speedway prior to February 2008) (2.0 miles), and Pocono Raceway (2.5 miles). Auto Club Speedway...
Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, consisting of 200 laps and 500miles on the 2.5-mile (4 km) asphalt tri-oval. Bill Elliott won the pole and Michael...
songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician....
in Ensenada. Race course mileage varies and is usually slightly under 500miles. The event includes various types of vehicle classes such as Trophy trucks...
since 1966. From 1966 to 1995, the race distance was 500miles (805-km) which was shortened to 400 miles starting from the 1996 season. Until the 2004 Nextel...
The Thruxton 500 was a motorcycle endurance race for production based road machines, covering 500miles and ridden by a team of two riders per machine...
expanded to 400 miles (640 km), and in 1973 to 500miles (800 km). In 1994, the race was relegated again to 400 miles. For a time, the race was held on or around...
mother Camille Griffin. In February 2024, he was attached to the film 500Miles, along with actor Bill Nighy, to be directed by Morgan Matthews. "Roman...