National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, List of National Historic Landmarks in Indiana, West Baden Springs Hotel

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, List of National Historic Landmarks in Indiana, West Baden Springs Hotel, Indiana World War Memorial Plaza, Broad Ripple Park Carousel, Madame Walker Theatre Center, Oldfields, Angel Mounds, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Joseph Bailly Homestead, General Lew Wallace Study, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Benjamin Harrison Home, James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home, Eleutherian College, Cannelton Cotton Mill, Madison Historic District, Levi Coffin House, Eugene V. Debs Home, Allen County Courthouse, Charles L. Shrewsbury House, Grouseland, First Baptist Church, Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, Irwin Union Bank and Trust, Lanier Mansion, New Harmony Historic District, Circus Hall of Fame, North Christian Church, Tippecanoe Place, Mabel McDowell Adult Education Center, First Christian Church, Hillforest, Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Marie Webster House, Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Miller House, Donald B.. Excerpt: 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 so named. 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 t...