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Event
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The
Indianapolis 500 is scheduled
to be run at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It
will be the premier event of the
IZOD IndyCar Series season. For
the first time since 1996 all
entries will feature turbocharged
engines, and all entries will be
brand new model-year chassis, as
part of the ICONIC Project. This
will be the first time since 2003,
and only the fourth time since 1985,
that all cars will be new model-year
chassis.
The
event, billed as The Greatest
Spectacle in Racing, is considered
one of the three most significant
motorsports events in the world. The
official attendance is not disclosed
by Speedway management, but the
permanent seating capacity is more
than 257,000 people, and infield
seating raises capacity to an
approximate 400,000. The race was
originally advertised as the
"International 500-Mile Sweepstakes
Race" from 1911-1916. However, from
the start the race was known as the
Indianapolis 500 or, more simply as
the "500."
The
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located
in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave
suburb of Indianapolis) in the
United States, is the home of the
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the
Brickyard 400. It has existed since
1909, and is the original Speedway,
the first racing facility
historically to incorporate the
word. With a permanent seating
capacity for more than 257,000
people and infield seating that
raises capacity to approximately
400,000, it is the largest and
highest-capacity sporting facility
in the world.
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 turns, two 5/8-mile long
straightaways between the fourth and
first and second and third turns,
and two 1/8-mile short straightaways,
termed "short chutes," between the
first and second, and third and
fourth turns.
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