Welcome to Pikes Peak International Raceway, a regular fixture of the series’ calendar since the track opened in 1997.
Called a tri-oval, Pikes Peak is really more of a D shape, with the front straightaway actually being one big corner.
This front straightaway has a bank of seven degrees, leading into 10-degree corners and three-degree banking on the back straightaway.
This makes for fast racing on the track, but with a length of one mile, it also means that there is going to be a lot of lapped traffic to deal with.
Because of this, the cars run the high-downforce, short-oval wing configuration.
Finally, you will also have to contend with the circuit’s unique environment. 
At more than a mile above sea level, the air is quite thin up here,
which means that your going to lose about 600 pounds of downforce and about 100 horsepower,
and it’s also going to make slipstreaming less effective, so keep this in mind when on the track.




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The Indy Racing League marks the midpoint of the season by coming here, to Pikes Peak International Raceway,
a regular fixture on the series calendar since the tracks construction in 1997.
Called a tri-oval, Pikes Peak is really more of a D shape, with the front straightaway actually being one big corner.
This front straightaway has a banking of seven degrees, leading into ten-degree corners and a three-degree banking on the back-stretch.
This makes for fast racing on this track, but with a length of around one mile, it also means that there is going to be a lot of lapped traffic to deal with.
Because of this the cars run the high downforce short oval wing configuration.
Finally you'll have to contend with the circuits environment.
At nearly a mile above sea level the air is awfully thin up here, which means that you're going to lose about 600 pounds of downforce
and about one hundred horsepower from what you're used to.
And it’s also going to make slipstreaming less effective, so keep this in mind when on the track.