The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Friday that Casey Irsay Foyt, the daughter of the late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, will serve as the honorary starter and wave the green flag for Sunday's 109th Indianapolis 500.

Irsay started with the Colts as a teenage ball boy and took ownership after his father's death in 1997. The team won a Super Bowl and two AFC championships under his nearly three-decade tenure.

While appearing on ESPN's NFL Live, Colts' Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning reflected on Jim Irsay's legacy and the shift that the city of Indianapolis made into being a "football town." "When I got there,