Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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historic place motor racing circuit sports venue

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a historic auto racing circuit in Speedway, Indiana, best known as the home of the annual Indianapolis 500.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course 1
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, LLC 1
The Brickyard 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place ⓘ
motor racing circuit ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
architect Arthur C. Newby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carl G. Fisher ⓘ
Frank H. Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ
James A. Allison ⓘ
brokeGround 1909 ⓘ
cityServed Indianapolis ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designatedNationalHistoricLandmark 1987 ⓘ
foundedBy Arthur C. Newby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carl G. Fisher ⓘ
Frank H. Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ
James A. Allison ⓘ
hasFacility Gasoline Alley garages ⓘ
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum ⓘ
Pagoda control tower ⓘ
hasInfieldOval Indianapolis Motor Speedway short oval (historical/auxiliary) ⓘ
hasInfieldRoadCourse Indianapolis Motor Speedway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 235000 permanent seats ⓘ
hostsSeries IMSA SportsCar Championship (historically) ⓘ
IndyCar ⓘ
surface form: IndyCar Series

NASCAR Cup Series ⓘ
NASCAR Xfinity Series ⓘ
layoutType oval circuit ⓘ
length 2.5 miles ⓘ
4.023 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Indiana ⓘ
Marion County, Indiana ⓘ
Speedway, Indiana ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone America/Indiana/Indianapolis ⓘ
mainEvent Brickyard 400 ⓘ
Indianapolis 500 ⓘ
IndyCar Grand Prix ⓘ
Brickyard 400 ⓘ
surface form: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
museumLocatedAt Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum ⓘ
nicknamed Indianapolis Motor Speedway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Brickyard

The Racing Capital of the World ⓘ
notableFor being one of the oldest purpose-built automobile racetracks in the world ⓘ
hosting the Indianapolis 500 annually since 1911 ⓘ
opened 1909-08-19 ⓘ
operator Indianapolis Motor Speedway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, LLC
ownedBy Penske Corporation ⓘ
Roger Penske ⓘ
registeredHistoricPlace National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface asphalt ⓘ
brick (historic) ⓘ
totalCapacityIncludingInfield over 300000 spectators ⓘ
turns 4 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marion County → hasAttraction → Indianapolis Motor Speedway ⓘ
Indianapolis Motor Speedway → hasInfieldRoadCourse → Indianapolis Motor Speedway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
Indianapolis → hasLandmark → Indianapolis Motor Speedway ⓘ
subject surface form: Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway → nicknamed → Indianapolis Motor Speedway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Brickyard
Indianapolis Motor Speedway → operator → Indianapolis Motor Speedway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, LLC
Roger Penske → ownerOf → Indianapolis Motor Speedway ⓘ