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Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
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Location: Speedway, IN
Shape: Oval
Distance: 2.5-miles
Banking, Turns: 12 degrees
Front Straight: 5/8 mile
Banking, Straightaways: 9 degrees
Back Straight: 5/8 mile
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| Most of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's original bricks are still in place under the asphalt. |
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The 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 as an automotive testing and competition facility at a time when the burgeoning car industry was thriving in Indiana. When its first series of races -- including motorcycles and many types of cars -- caused the track's original crushed stone and tar surface to break up, the Speedway immediately was repaved with 3.2 million bricks. It has been known as the "Brickyard" ever since. Interestingly, most of those bricks remain in place today under the Speedway's modern asphalt surface.
Since 1911, the speedway has been home to the famed Indianapolis 500. In August 1994, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series visited the track for the inaugural Brickyard 400. A capacity crowd -- the largest ever to witness a NASCAR event -- watched Indiana native Jeff Gordon make history as the first Brickyard 400 winner.
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Tickets:
 (317) 481-8500
Get Directions
Write:
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
4790 W. 16th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46222
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The track is unique in its configuration, with straightaways between Turns 1 and 2, as well as Turns 3 and 4. Despite its relative lack of banking, it is the site of some of the highest speeds in motorsports, and a legend among race fans and drivers alike the world over.
Carl G. Fisher was the speedway's founder and sold it to World War I flying ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker in 1927. Rickenbacker sold it to Tony Hulman in late 1945. Early in Hulman's tenure the Indianapolis 500 grew to national prominence. Hulman's daughter, Mari Hulman George, is today the Indianapolis Motor Speedway chairman. Her son, Tony Hulman George, is the track president.
Location: 4790 W. 16th Street. Bordered by 16th Street on the south, Georgetown Road on the west and 30th Street on the north.
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RACE RECORDS |
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NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Date |
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Winston Cup
Series |
B. Labonte |
155.912 |
8/5/00 |
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Busch Grand
National Division
Series |
J. Hensley |
96.923 |
6/22/95 |
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Craftsman
Truck Series |
G. Biffle |
88.704 |
8/5/99 |
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QUALIFYING RECORDS |
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NASCAR Series |
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Driver |
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Speed |
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Time |
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Date |
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Winston Cup
Series |
B. Bodine |
181.072 |
49.704 |
8/4/00 |
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Busch Grand
National Division
Series |
D. Green |
113.461 |
21.766 |
8/4/94 |
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Craftsman
Truck Series |
J. Ruttman |
111.843 |
22.081 |
8/2/00 |
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