A little help from 3Wide crew?  

I stayed on N. Auburn for years. You could see the Pagoda from my late friends deck. 2023 will be our last year there but I think they were charging $40 to park there last year.  Good safe neighborhood. My wife and I parked cars for the guy across the street earlier that weekend while he was away for an hour.  He let us keep what we made.

The saying on Race Day there is, "If you leave at 9am you'll miss the start."

I cannot comment much on any parking lots as we always arrive on Thursday and leave on Monday morning. The whole neighborhood where we stayed was gridlock for a couple hours after the race every year. I will say it's a breeze getting out one day after the race lol.

Go to www.trackforum.com  and set up a screen name. It is an Indy-centric message board.  Ask any questions you have there. I've been on there over 20 years and everyone is happy to share knowledge.