The
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in
Speedway, Indiana, (an
enclave suburb of
Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the
Indianapolis 500 and the
Brickyard 400.
[4] 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 original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent
seating capacityestimated at 257,325,
[1] with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000.
[5] It is the
highest-capacity sports venue in the world.
[6] Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a two-and-a-half mile, nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 1⁄4-mile (400 m) turns, two 5⁄8-mile-long (1,000 m) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two 1⁄8-mile (200 m) short straightaways, termed "short chutes", between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.
Category:Sports
Subcategory:Motor Sports
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Keywords:400, Brickyard, D1507IMS, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy, Jeff Kyle 400
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