Fifth race of the IRL season brings us here, to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the legendary Indianapolis 500.
Run since 1911, the ‘Indy 500’ is the most famous motor race in the world,
drawing a crowd of over four hundred thousand people and a world wide TV audience of millions.
The Indy 500 is the centrepiece of the IRL calendar, and victory here is the crowning achievement of any racing career.
Largely unchanged since its construction, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has four turns, each banked at nine degrees
and measuring exactly 440 yards from entrance to exit,
linked together by a pair of long straights and two short straights to form a rectangular-shaped two and a half mile track
that fits the boundaries of the original plot of land almost exactly.
The unique size and length of this track always makes for a thrilling and action packed race.
The uniqueness of this track is matched by its qualification procedure, which is designed to filter out the large entry list down to a field of thirty-three drivers.
This is the only race in the season where a poor qualification time could lead to you being ‘bumped’ off the starting grid.
Don’t forget though that this a tough race, and victory does not go to the driver who leads the field at the first corner,
but to the one who most effectively combines stamina, skill and strategy.
Pace yourself, take it easy, and above all soak up the atmosphere of the Greatest Spectacle In Racing®.