Indianapolis Raceway Park
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Indianapolis Raceway Park is a short track motor racing facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is not to be confused with Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IMS, which is referred to as a superspeedway, although its construction vastly predates the use of that term. Surprisingly to some, the vast majority of motorsports events held in Indianapolis are held at Indianapolis Raceway Park, including a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and a NASCAR Busch Series event.
Sprint car races and other events suited to a shorter track are held here. Raceway Park also traditionally stages an extensive program on the Saturday night of Memorial Day weekend (late May), the night before the Indianapolis 500 event at IMS, serving as something of an unofficial preliminary event to the far more famous one.
The facility also includes a 4400 foot long drag strip that hosts the annual NHRA U.S. Nationals on Labor Day weekend and a 2.5 mile, 15-turn road course that is often used for Sports Car Club of America events.
See also: List of NASCAR race tracks
Records
- NASCAR truck qualifying: Joe Ruttman, 111.843 mph, 2000
- NASCAR truck race: Greg Biffle, 88.704 mpg, August 5, 1999
External link
- Indianapolis Raceway Park Official Site (http://www.irponline.com/)