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| Aerial photograph of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2016). | ||
| Location | Speedway, Indiana | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 / −4 (DST) | |
| Capacity | 235,000 (permanent seats) – 400,000 grand total | |
| Owner | Roger Penske | |
| Operator | IMS, LLC (subsidiary of Penske Entertainment Group.) | |
| Address | 4790 West 16th Street | |
| Broke ground | March 15, 1909 | |
| Opened | August 12, 1909 | |
| Construction Cost | $3 million ($73 million 2016 dollars) | |
| Architect | Carl G. Fisher, James A. Allison, F. H. Wheeler, and Arthur Newby | |
| Major Events | NTT IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Grand Prix of Indianapolis | |
| Rectangular oval track | ||
| Surface | Asphalt and Brick | |
| Circuit Length | 2.500 mi (4.023 km) | |
| Turns | 4 | |
| Banking | Turns: 9.2° Straights: 0° | |
| Lap Record | 37.895, 237.498 mph 382.216 km/h ( Arie Luyendyk, Treadway Racing, 1996, IRL IndyCar Series) | |
| Grand Prix road course (2000–2007) | ||
| Surface | Asphalt and Brick | |
| Circuit Length | 2.605 mi (4.192 km) | |
| Turns | 13 | |
| Lap Record | 1:10.399, 133.546 mph 214.921 km/h ( Rubens Barrichello, Scuderia Ferrari, 2004 Formula One) | |
| Grand Prix road course (2008–2013) | ||
| Surface | Asphalt and Brick | |
| Circuit Length | 2.534 mi (4.078 km) | |
| Turns | 13 | |
| Grand Prix road course (2014–) | ||
| Surface | Asphalt and Brick | |
| Circuit Length | 2.439 mi (3.925 km) | |
| Turns | 13 | |
| Motorcycle course | ||
| Surface | Asphalt and Brick | |
| Circuit Length | 2.621 mi (4.218 km) | |
| Turns | 16 | |
| Lap Record | 1:31.619, 101.781 mph 163.800 km/h ( Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda, 2013 MotoGP) | |
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race and formerly the home of the Brickyard 400 race.
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