Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

History

·         Indianapolis Motor Speedway has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility to incorporate the word into its name.

Notebook

·         There have been 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the first race in 1994.

·         Four drivers have competed in all 18 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin.

·         Rick Mast won the first pole in 1994.

·         Jeff Gordon won the 1994 inaugural race.

·         There have been 15 different pole winners.

·         Jeff Gordon leads all pole winners with three.

·         11 drivers have won, led by Jeff Gordon with four victories.

·         Jimmie Johnson (three), Dale Jarrett and Tony Stewart (two each) are the other multiple winners.

·         Hendrick Motorsports has won seven races, more than any other organization.

·         Nine races have been won from a top-five starting position.

·         The furthest back a race winner has started at Indianapolis was 27th, by Jeff Gordon in 2001.

·         Two drivers have won from the pole: Kevin Harvick in 2003 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008.

·         Dale Jarrett (1996), Jimmie Johnson (2006) and Jamie McMurray (2010) are the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.

·         Tony Stewart (8.0), Jeff Gordon (9.0) and Kevin Harvick (10.0) are the only active drivers to average a top-10 finish.

·         Three of the last five Indianapolis races ending under green had a margin of victory under one second.

·         14 of the 18 races have been won by a past, reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. The only four that were not: Ricky Rudd in 1997, Kevin Harvick in 2003, Jamie McMurray in 2010 and Paul Menard in 2011.

·         The winner of the Indianapolis race has won the championship in the same year seven times in the 18 years the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has raced there:

2009: Jimmie Johnson

2008: Jimmie Johnson

2006: Jimmie Johnson

2005: Tony Stewart

2001: Jeff Gordon

2000: Bobby Labonte

1999: Dale Jarrett

1998: Jeff Gordon

·         Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner: Jeff Gordon (08/06/1994 – 23 years, 0 months, 2 days).

·         Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner: Bill Elliott (08/04/2002 – 46 years, 9 months, 27