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The "Brickyard" |
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Aerial photograph of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2016). |
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Location | Speedway, Indiana |
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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; 114 years ago (March 15, 1909) |
Opened | August 12, 1909; 114 years ago (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 IndianapolisNASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 150 |
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Rectangular oval track |
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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) |
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Grand Prix road course (2000–2007) |
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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) |
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Grand Prix road course (2008–2013) |
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Surface | Asphalt and Brick |
Circuit Length | 2.534 mi (4.078 km) |
Turns | 13 |
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Grand Prix road course (2014–) |
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Surface | Asphalt and Brick |
Circuit Length | 2.439 mi (3.925 km) |
Turns | 13 |
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Motorcycle course |
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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) |