Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, IN
257,000 Capacity
1909 Opened
asphalt Surface
outdoor Roof
From Wikipedia
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400, and formerly the home of the United States Grand Prix and the Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix. It is located six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.
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History & Stats
Capacity
257,325 (permanent seats) – 400,000 grand total
Owner
Penske Entertainment Group (2020–present), Hulman & Company (1945–2019), Eddie Rickenbacker (1927–1945), Carl G. Fisher (1909–1927)
Operator
IMS, LLC (subsidiary of Penske Entertainment Group)
Architect
Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, Frank H. Wheeler, Arthur C. Newby
Surface
Asphalt and brick (start-finish line)
Construction cost
US$3 million ($86 million 2021 dollars)
Signature Moments
Indianapolis 500
The most prestigious single race in motorsport. Run every Memorial Day weekend since 1911 (except war years), on a 2.5-mile rectangular oval with four distinct corners. 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' regularly draws 300,000+ spectators, the largest single-day attendance of any sporting event on Earth.
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The start-finish line at IMS is the last remaining strip of the original 1909 brick paving — the rest of the track is asphalt. Dale Jarrett and his crew chief Todd Parrott started the modern tradition of 'kissing the bricks' after winning the 1996 Brickyard 400; now every Brickyard and Indy 500 winner does it.