NASCAR SERIES
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
4790 West 16th Street Indianapolis, IN 46222
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400, and formerly the home of the United States Grand Prix. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.
Constructed in 1909, it is the second purpose-built, banked oval racing circuit after Brooklands and the first to be called a 'speedway'. It has a permanent seating capacity of 257,325. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.
Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its construction. It has two 5/8-mile-long (1,000 m) straightaways, four geometrically identical 1/4-mile (400 m) turns, connected by two 1/8-mile (200 m) short straightaways, termed "short chutes", between turns 1 and 2, and between turns 3 and 4. Altogether, the current grounds have expanded from an original 320 acres (1.3 km2) on which the speedway was first built to cover an area of over 559 acres (2.3 km2). Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, it is the only such site to be affiliated with automotive racing history.
In addition to the Indianapolis 500, the speedway also hosts NASCAR's Brickyard 400 and Indiana 250. From 2000 to 2007, the speedway hosted the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and from 2008 to 2015 the Moto GP.
On the grounds of the speedway is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum , which opened in 1956, and houses the Hall of Fame. The museum moved into its current building located in the infield in 1976. The track is nicknamed "The Brickyard", and the garage area is famously known as Gasoline Alley.
Source: Wikipedia
NOTE: Statistics below are for the Cup Series only.
Pole Winners
Pole Winner | Poles |
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Kyle Busch | 3 |
Kevin Harvick | 3 |
Jeff Gordon | 3 |
Ernie Irvan | 2 |
Denny Hamlin | 1 |
Ricky Rudd | 1 |
Rick Mast | 1 |
Jimmie Johnson | 1 |
Elliott Sadler | 1 |
Tyler Reddick | 1 |
Carl Edwards | 1 |
David Ragan | 1 |
Tony Stewart | 1 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 |
Reed Sorenson | 1 |
Joey Logano | 1 |
Ryan Newman | 1 |
Casey Mears | 1 |
Jimmy Spencer | 1 |
Mark Martin | 1 |
Jeff Burton | 1 |
Race Winners
Race Winner | Wins |
---|---|
Jeff Gordon | 5 |
Jimmie Johnson | 4 |
Kevin Harvick | 3 |
Kyle Busch | 2 |
Tony Stewart | 2 |
Dale Jarrett | 2 |
Kyle Larson | 1 |
Ricky Rudd | 1 |
Brad Keselowski | 1 |
Ryan Newman | 1 |
Bill Elliott | 1 |
Jamie McMurray | 1 |
Kasey Kahne | 1 |
Paul Menard | 1 |
Bobby Labonte | 1 |
Dale Earnhardt | 1 |
Winning Manufacturers
Winning Manufacturer | Wins |
---|---|
Chevrolet | 18 |
Ford | 6 |
Toyota | 2 |
Dodge | 1 |
Pontiac | 1 |
Cup Series Races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Date | Race | Winner | Start | Laps Led | Car # | Sponsor | Make | Car Owner |
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07-21-2024 | Brickyard 400 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 8 | 5 | HendrickCars.com | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports |
07-05-2020 | Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 | Kevin Harvick | 11 | 68 | 4 | Busch Light Patriotic | Ford | Stewart-Haas Racing |
09-09-2019 | Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 118 | 4 | Mobil 1 | Ford | Stewart-Haas Racing |
09-09-2018 | Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 9 | 2 | Discount Tire | Ford | Team Penske |
07-23-2017 | Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 | Kasey Kahne | 19 | 12 | 5 | Unsponsored | Chevrolet | Hendrick Motorsports |
07-24-2016 | The Combat Wounded Coalition 400 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 149 | 18 | Skittles | Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing |
07-26-2015 | Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard | Kyle Busch | 9 | 19 | 18 | Skittles | Toyota | Joe Gibbs |
07-27-2014 | Crown Royal Presents The John Wayne Walding 400 | Jeff Gordon | 2 | 40 | 24 | Axalta | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |
07-28-2013 | Samuel Deeds 400 at the Brickyard | Ryan Newman | 1 | 45 | 39 | Quicken Loans | Chevrolet | Tony Stewart |
07-29-2012 | Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard | Jimmie Johnson | 6 | 99 | 48 | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Chevrolet | Jeff Gordon |
07-31-2011 | Brickyard 400 | Paul Menard | 15 | 21 | 27 | NIBCO / Menards | Chevrolet | Tom Pumpelly |
07-25-2010 | Brickyard 400 | Jamie McMurray | 4 | 16 | 1 | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | Chevrolet | Teresa Earnhardt |
07-26-2009 | Allstate 400 At The Brickyard | Jimmie Johnson | 16 | 24 | 48 | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | Chevrolet | Jeff Gordon |
07-27-2008 | Allstate 400 At The Brickyard | Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 71 | 48 | Lowe's | Chevrolet | Jeff Gordon |
07-29-2007 | Allstate 400 At The Brickyard | Tony Stewart | 14 | 65 | 20 | The Home Depot | Chevrolet | Joe Gibbs |
08-06-2006 | Allstate 400 At The Brickyard | Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 33 | 48 | Lowe's | Chevrolet | Jeff Gordon |
08-07-2005 | Allstate 400 At The Brickyard | Tony Stewart | 22 | 44 | 20 | The Home Depot | Chevrolet | Joe Gibbs |
08-08-2004 | Brickyard 400 | Jeff Gordon | 11 | 124 | 24 | DuPont | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |
08-03-2003 | Brickyard 400 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 33 | 29 | GM Goodwrench | Chevrolet | Richard Childress |
08-04-2002 | Brickyard 400 | Bill Elliott | 2 | 93 | 9 | Dodge Dealers / UAW | Dodge | Ray Evernham |
08-05-2001 | Brickyard 400 | Jeff Gordon | 27 | 29 | 24 | DuPont Automotive | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |
08-05-2000 | Brickyard 400 | Bobby Labonte | 3 | 21 | 18 | Interstate Batteries | Pontiac | Joe Gibbs |
08-07-1999 | Brickyard 400 | Dale Jarrett | 4 | 117 | 88 | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Ford | Yates Racing |
08-01-1998 | Brickyard 400 | Jeff Gordon | 3 | 97 | 24 | DuPont Automotive Finishes | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |
08-02-1997 | Brickyard 400 | Ricky Rudd | 7 | 15 | 10 | Tide | Ford | Ricky Rudd |
08-03-1996 | Brickyard 400 | Dale Jarrett | 24 | 11 | 88 | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Ford | Yates Racing |
08-05-1995 | Brickyard 400 | Dale Earnhardt | 13 | 28 | 3 | Goodwrench Service | Chevrolet | Richard Childress |
08-06-1994 | Brickyard 400 | Jeff Gordon | 3 | 93 | 24 | DuPont | Chevrolet | Rick Hendrick |