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Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with Indianapolis Motor Speedway or Lucas Oil Speedway.

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park, O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, and Lucas Oil Raceway) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Indianapolis. It includes a 0.686 mi (1.104 km) oval track, a 2.500 mi (4.023 km) road course (which has fallen into disrepair and is no longer used), and a 4,400-foot (1,300 m) drag strip which is among the premier drag racing venues in the world. The complex receives about 500,000 visitors annually.[1]

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
LocationBrownsburg, Indiana
Time zoneUTC-5 (UTC-4 DST)
Coordinates39°48′46″N 86°20′27″W / 39.81278°N 86.34083°W / 39.81278; -86.34083
Capacity30,000
OwnerNational Hot Rod Association
OperatorNational Hot Rod Association
Broke ground1958
Opened1960
Former namesLucas Oil Raceway (2011–2021)
O'Reilly Raceway Park (2007–2010)
Indianapolis Raceway Park (1960–2006)
Major eventsCurrent:
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
NHRA U.S. Nationals (1961-present)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
TSport 200 (1995–2011, 2022–present)
ARCA Menards Series
Reese's 200 (1983–1985, 2011–2012, 2014–2020, 2022–present)
USAC Silver Crown Series
Dave Steele Carb Night Classic (1969–1971, 1974–present)
Hoosier Hundred (2023-present)
Championship Saturday (2022-present)
USF Pro 2000 Championship (2010–2016, 2018–present)
USF2000 Championship (2010–2016, 2018–present)
Former:
USAC Championship Car
Hoosier Grand Prix (1961–1963, 1965–1970, 1973, 1994)
USAC Stock Car
Yankee 300 (1963–1972)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Kroger 200 (1982–2011)
Hooters Pro Cup Series (2001–2002, 2004–2006)
Superstar Racing Experience (2021)
Websiteraceirp.com
Oval (1960–present)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length0.686 miles (1.104 km)
Turns4
Banking12°
Race lap record0:19.7522 ( Braden Eves, Tatuus IP-22, 2024, USF Pro 2000)
Road Course (1968–present)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.500 miles (4.023 km)
Turns15
Race lap record1:23.622 ( Eliseo Salazar, Ferrari 333 SP, 1994, WSC)

History edit

 
The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021

In 1958, 15 Indianapolis-area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford, Frank Dickie, Rodger Ward, and Howard Fieber invested $5,000 each to fund the development of a 267-acre (108 ha) farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing. The original intention was to create a 15-turn, 2.500 mi (4.023 km) road course, but as an insurance measure against economic problems, the investment group decided to incorporate a quarter-mile drag strip into the long straightaway of the road course design. Constructed with assistance from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the drag strip was the first to be completed, with the facility's first event held on the strip in the fall of 1960. The facility was called Indianapolis Raceway Park. A year later, a 0.686-mile (1.104 km) paved oval was completed to finish off the track capabilities of the complex. The oval track was used as-is until an overall track renovation was completed in 1988 in order to increase speed on the track.

The premier feature of Lucas Oil Raceway is a 4,400-foot (1,300 m) long drag strip. The single NHRA event held at the facility is the oldest and most prestigious of the series. The NHRA U.S. Nationals, held every year during the Labor Day weekend, is the only event on the NHRA schedule with final eliminations scheduled on a Monday. An all-star style race, called the Traxxas Nitro Shootout, is held for the two nitro divisions (Top Fuel on Saturday and Funny Car on Sunday). The winners in each division win $100,000 US, while the race itself has the largest purse of any NHRA sanctioned event at over $250,000 US. The drag strip has held the event every year since 1961, when the race was moved from Detroit.

Sprint and midget races are held on the oval, along with other events suited to a shorter track. Raceway Park traditionally stages an extensive program on the Saturday nights of major races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On Memorial Day weekend, the venue hosts a USAC Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Car event, serving as something of an unofficial preliminary event to the Indianapolis 500. It was previously held on Saturday Night under the name Night before the 500, and is currently held on Friday night as the Carb Night Classic. Similarly, the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kroger 200 was given a "Night before the 400" status; a Truck Series race was added to the weekend in 1995. When Formula One raced at IMS, midget, sprint, and stock car races were held at ORP in the "Night Before F1" meets, including the 2002 and 2003 USGP races that featured a twin 25-lap midget format, with a full inversion, and the winner winning $50,000 if they could win both features.

The 15-turn road course was used by the Indianapolis area Sports Car Club of America road racing events. The initial Indianapolis Raceway Park road race was an SCCA event held in 1961. In 1965, rookie driver Mario Andretti won his first Indy car race on the road course, in an event that was historic in that it was the first time in modern history that American Indy cars raced on a road circuit. For the next six years, the road course hosted the Hoosier Grand Prix, a round of the USAC National Championship Series, the same series that included the Indianapolis 500, as well as the USAC Stock Car series, including the Yankee 300. Notably, in the 1969 movie Winning, Paul Newman's character, Frank Capua, competes in a USAC Stock Car event on the road course.

 
The track in 2008

After an insurance investigation of the pit out opening for the road course, which is located along the left lane wall of the drag strip, the insurance carrier demanded the pit out be closed off with a permanent concrete wall. This effectively meant closing the road course for competition purposes, as there is no other area on the current track layout suitable to relocate a viable pit lane. However, club racing and private testing used a section of track that runs parallel to the backstretch of the oval (Turns 6–8) as a makeshift pit, although enough section of the return road for the drag strip could also be used if realigned.[citation needed] The last SCCA club road race was held in 2007. The road course surface is in disrepair and very bumpy, and would need improvement to be of use again. There are plans to redesign and renovate the road course, but track officials say it is a long term goal.[2]

In 2012, it was announced that the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway would move to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the Indiana 250 to replace the Kroger 200, and that it would be joined by Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races under the banner "Super Weekend at the Brickyard". The Camping World Truck Series event was replaced with a new event at Eldora Speedway. As a result, the ARCA Racing Series became the lone national stock car racing series to sanction a race at the track, running its own 200-lap event.[3] NASCAR announced in September 2021 that the Truck Series would return to Lucas Oil Raceway in 2022 as the first playoff race, marking the return by NASCAR after an eleven year absence.[4] On December 8, 2021, the track announced the track's renaming to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.[5]

Track configurations edit

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    Road Course
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    Drag Strip
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    Oval

Records edit

As of May 2024, the fastest lap records at Indianapolis Raceway Park are listed as:

.686-mile oval edit

Qualifying records

Race lap records[9]

2.5-mile road course edit

Source:[12]

Major events edit

Former edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Most Popular Indianapolis-Area Attractions". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lucas Oil Raceway undergoing $10 million-plus renovation". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  3. ^ "Lucas Oil Raceway loses its NASCAR events in 2012". Indianapolis Star. July 7, 2011. from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  4. ^ "Xfinity, Camping World Truck add Portland, Lucas Oil to '22 | NASCAR". 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Lucas Oil Raceway rebranded as Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park beginning with the 2022 season". Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. National Hot Rod Association. December 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "2024 Lucas Oil Oval - USF Pro 2000 - Qualifying" (PDF). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ^ Phillips, David (June 15, 1989). "Quick Reactions". On Track Auto Racing Magazine: 24.
  8. ^ a b "2024 USF2000 Freedom 75 - Event Info". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Lucas Oil Raceway - Racing Reference". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 Lucas Oil Oval - USF Pro 2000 - Freedom 90 - Race" (PDF). 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  11. ^ "2022 TSport 200 Race Statistics". 29 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. ^ "SCCA Track Records, O'Reilly Raceway Park" (PDF). Sports Car Club of America. July 7, 2008. (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  13. ^ "2 h Indianapolis 1994". 10 July 1994. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  14. ^ a b c "Exxon Supreme GT Indianapolis 1994". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  15. ^ "3 h Indianapolis 1973". 14 October 1973. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  16. ^ "USAC Indianapolis 1962". 29 July 1962. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  17. ^ "USAC Indianapolis 1961". 25 June 1961. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  18. ^ Brown, Nathan (December 9, 2020). "Tony Stewart's Superstar Racing Experience series to run at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2021". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 16, 2020.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
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January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Indianapolis Motor Speedway or Lucas Oil Speedway Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park O Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Raceway is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg Indiana about 10 miles 16 km northwest of downtown Indianapolis It includes a 0 686 mi 1 104 km oval track a 2 500 mi 4 023 km road course which has fallen into disrepair and is no longer used and a 4 400 foot 1 300 m drag strip which is among the premier drag racing venues in the world The complex receives about 500 000 visitors annually 1 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkLocationBrownsburg IndianaTime zoneUTC 5 UTC 4 DST Coordinates39 48 46 N 86 20 27 W 39 81278 N 86 34083 W 39 81278 86 34083Capacity30 000OwnerNational Hot Rod AssociationOperatorNational Hot Rod AssociationBroke ground1958Opened1960Former namesLucas Oil Raceway 2011 2021 O Reilly Raceway Park 2007 2010 Indianapolis Raceway Park 1960 2006 Major eventsCurrent NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing SeriesNHRA U S Nationals 1961 present NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesTSport 200 1995 2011 2022 present ARCA Menards SeriesReese s 200 1983 1985 2011 2012 2014 2020 2022 present USAC Silver Crown SeriesDave Steele Carb Night Classic 1969 1971 1974 present Hoosier Hundred 2023 present Championship Saturday 2022 present USF Pro 2000 Championship 2010 2016 2018 present USF2000 Championship 2010 2016 2018 present Former USAC Championship Car Hoosier Grand Prix 1961 1963 1965 1970 1973 1994 USAC Stock Car Yankee 300 1963 1972 NASCAR Xfinity Series Kroger 200 1982 2011 Hooters Pro Cup Series 2001 2002 2004 2006 Superstar Racing Experience 2021 Websiteraceirp wbr comOval 1960 present SurfaceAsphaltLength0 686 miles 1 104 km Turns4Banking12 Race lap record0 19 7522 Braden Eves Tatuus IP 22 2024 USF Pro 2000 Road Course 1968 present SurfaceAsphaltLength2 500 miles 4 023 km Turns15Race lap record1 23 622 Eliseo Salazar Ferrari 333 SP 1994 WSC Contents 1 History 2 Track configurations 3 Records 3 1 686 mile oval 3 2 2 5 mile road course 4 Major events 4 1 Former 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp The track was known as Lucas Oil Raceway from 2011 to 2021 In 1958 15 Indianapolis area businessmen and racing professionals led by Tom Binford Frank Dickie Rodger Ward and Howard Fieber invested 5 000 each to fund the development of a 267 acre 108 ha farm tract into a recreational sporting complex that would focus on auto racing The original intention was to create a 15 turn 2 500 mi 4 023 km road course but as an insurance measure against economic problems the investment group decided to incorporate a quarter mile drag strip into the long straightaway of the road course design Constructed with assistance from the National Hot Rod Association NHRA the drag strip was the first to be completed with the facility s first event held on the strip in the fall of 1960 The facility was called Indianapolis Raceway Park A year later a 0 686 mile 1 104 km paved oval was completed to finish off the track capabilities of the complex The oval track was used as is until an overall track renovation was completed in 1988 in order to increase speed on the track The premier feature of Lucas Oil Raceway is a 4 400 foot 1 300 m long drag strip The single NHRA event held at the facility is the oldest and most prestigious of the series The NHRA U S Nationals held every year during the Labor Day weekend is the only event on the NHRA schedule with final eliminations scheduled on a Monday An all star style race called the Traxxas Nitro Shootout is held for the two nitro divisions Top Fuel on Saturday and Funny Car on Sunday The winners in each division win 100 000 US while the race itself has the largest purse of any NHRA sanctioned event at over 250 000 US The drag strip has held the event every year since 1961 when the race was moved from Detroit Sprint and midget races are held on the oval along with other events suited to a shorter track Raceway Park traditionally stages an extensive program on the Saturday nights of major races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway On Memorial Day weekend the venue hosts a USAC Silver Crown Sprint Car and Midget Car event serving as something of an unofficial preliminary event to the Indianapolis 500 It was previously held on Saturday Night under the name Night before the 500 and is currently held on Friday night as the Carb Night Classic Similarly the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kroger 200 was given a Night before the 400 status a Truck Series race was added to the weekend in 1995 When Formula One raced at IMS midget sprint and stock car races were held at ORP in the Night Before F1 meets including the 2002 and 2003 USGP races that featured a twin 25 lap midget format with a full inversion and the winner winning 50 000 if they could win both features The 15 turn road course was used by the Indianapolis area Sports Car Club of America road racing events The initial Indianapolis Raceway Park road race was an SCCA event held in 1961 In 1965 rookie driver Mario Andretti won his first Indy car race on the road course in an event that was historic in that it was the first time in modern history that American Indy cars raced on a road circuit For the next six years the road course hosted the Hoosier Grand Prix a round of the USAC National Championship Series the same series that included the Indianapolis 500 as well as the USAC Stock Car series including the Yankee 300 Notably in the 1969 movie Winning Paul Newman s character Frank Capua competes in a USAC Stock Car event on the road course nbsp The track in 2008 After an insurance investigation of the pit out opening for the road course which is located along the left lane wall of the drag strip the insurance carrier demanded the pit out be closed off with a permanent concrete wall This effectively meant closing the road course for competition purposes as there is no other area on the current track layout suitable to relocate a viable pit lane However club racing and private testing used a section of track that runs parallel to the backstretch of the oval Turns 6 8 as a makeshift pit although enough section of the return road for the drag strip could also be used if realigned citation needed The last SCCA club road race was held in 2007 The road course surface is in disrepair and very bumpy and would need improvement to be of use again There are plans to redesign and renovate the road course but track officials say it is a long term goal 2 In 2012 it was announced that the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway would move to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the Indiana 250 to replace the Kroger 200 and that it would be joined by Rolex Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races under the banner Super Weekend at the Brickyard The Camping World Truck Series event was replaced with a new event at Eldora Speedway As a result the ARCA Racing Series became the lone national stock car racing series to sanction a race at the track running its own 200 lap event 3 NASCAR announced in September 2021 that the Truck Series would return to Lucas Oil Raceway in 2022 as the first playoff race marking the return by NASCAR after an eleven year absence 4 On December 8 2021 the track announced the track s renaming to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park 5 Track configurations edit nbsp Road Course nbsp Drag Strip nbsp OvalRecords editAs of May 2024 the fastest lap records at Indianapolis Raceway Park are listed as 686 mile oval edit Qualifying records USF Pro 2000 Championship Qualifying Braden Eves 19 4602 sec 126 565 mph 203 687 km h May 23 2024 6 SCCA Formula Super Vee Qualifying Mark Smith 19 581 sec 126 122 mph 202 974 km h May 27 1989 7 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series Qualifying Jason Leffler 20 298 sec 121 667 mph 195 804 km h May 20 2000 U S F2000 National Championship Qualifying Aaron Justus 20 930 sec 117 510 mph 189 114 km h September 23 2000 8 ARCA CRA Super Series Qualifying Evan Jackson 21 284 sec 116 031 mph 186 734 km h September 22 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Qualifying David Green 21 766 sec 113 462 mph 182 599 km h August 5 1994 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying Joe Ruttman 22 081 sec 111 843 mph 179 994 km h August 3 2000 ARCA Racing Series Qualifying Ty Gibbs 21 820 sec 113 181 mph 182 147 km h October 5 2019 Race lap records 9 USF Pro 2000 Championship Race Braden Eves 19 7522 s 125 029 mph 201 215 km h May 25 2024 10 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series Race Mike Bliss 21 415 s 115 326 mph 185 599 km h May 12 2001 100 laps U S F2000 National Championship Race Bryan Sellers 21 016 s 117 510 mph 189 114 km h May 25 2002 8 NASCAR Busch Series Race Jimmy Hensley 25 258 s 96 923 mph 155 982 km h June 22 1985 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race John Hunter Nemechek 22 983 s July 29 2022 11 ARCA Racing Series Race Brandon Jones 27 962 s 88 321 mph 142 139 km h July 25 2014 2 5 mile road course edit Source 12 IMSA WSC Race Eliseo Salazar Ferrari 333 SP 1 23 622 sec 107 672 mph 173 281 km h July 10 1994 13 SCCA Formula Atlantic Race Larry Connor Ralt RT41 1 24 529 sec 106 472 mph 171 350 km h July 1 2000 IMSA GTS Race Irv Hoerr Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1 27 451 sec 102 914 mph 165 624 km h July 10 1994 14 SCCA Formula Continental Race Jeff Shafer Nemesis 1 29 771 sec 100 255 mph 161 345 km h July 1 1997 SCCA A Sports Racer Race Jerry Hansen Lola T333 1 25 880 sec 104 797 mph 168 654 km h May 1 1980 SCCA C Sports Racer Race Tony Coniewski Swift 1 27 130 sec 103 294 mph 166 236 km h July 4 2004 IMSA GTO Race Joe Pezza Ford Mustang 1 32 515 sec 97 281 mph 156 559 km h 14 IMSA GTU Race Jim Pace Nissan 240SX 1 34 479 sec 95 479 mph 153 659 km h 14 FIA Group 4 Race Peter Gregg Porsche Carrera RSR 1 40 200 sec 89 820 mph 144 551 km h October 14 1973 15 USAC Formula Junior Race Jim Hall Lotus 18 1 42 400 sec 87 889 mph 141 444 km h July 29 1962 16 Sports car Race Augie Pabst Scarab Mk II 1 50 500 sec 81 440 mph 131 065 km h June 25 1961 17 Major events editNHRA NHRA U S Nationals 1961 present NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series TSport 200 1995 2011 2022 present ARCA Menards Series Reese s 200 1983 1985 2011 2012 2014 2020 2022 present USF Pro 2000 Championship Freedom 90 2010 2016 2018 present USF2000 Championship Freedom 75 2010 2016 2018 present USAC Silver Crown Series Dave Steele Carb Night Classic 2015 present Hoosier Hundred 2023 Former edit Hoosier Grand Prix USAC RRC USAC National Championship IMSA GT 1961 1963 1965 1970 1973 1994 USAC Stock Car Yankee 300 1963 1972 USAC P1 Insurance National Midget Championship Night before the 500 1969 1971 1974 2014 Midgets were swapped with Silver Crown cars beginning in 2015 NASCAR Nationwide Series Kroger 200 1982 2011 NASCAR Busch North Series 1987 1990 NASCAR Winston Modified Tour 1988 1989 Fast Masters 1993 ASA National Tour 1997 2004 Hooters Pro Cup Series 2001 2002 2004 2006 Superstar Racing Experience 2021 18 References edit nbsp Indiana portal Most Popular Indianapolis Area Attractions Indianapolis Business Journal Retrieved November 11 2020 Lucas Oil Raceway undergoing 10 million plus renovation Indianapolis Star Retrieved 2018 12 05 Lucas Oil Raceway loses its NASCAR events in 2012 Indianapolis Star July 7 2011 Archived from the original on July 10 2011 Retrieved July 31 2011 Xfinity Camping World Truck add Portland Lucas Oil to 22 NASCAR 29 September 2021 Lucas Oil Raceway rebranded as Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park beginning with the 2022 season Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park National Hot Rod Association December 8 2021 2024 Lucas Oil Oval USF Pro 2000 Qualifying PDF 23 May 2024 Retrieved 26 May 2024 Phillips David June 15 1989 Quick Reactions On Track Auto Racing Magazine 24 a b 2024 USF2000 Freedom 75 Event Info Retrieved 26 May 2024 Lucas Oil Raceway Racing Reference Retrieved 26 May 2024 2024 Lucas Oil Oval USF Pro 2000 Freedom 90 Race PDF 25 May 2024 Retrieved 26 May 2024 2022 TSport 200 Race Statistics 29 July 2022 Retrieved 12 August 2023 SCCA Track Records O Reilly Raceway Park PDF Sports Car Club of America July 7 2008 Archived PDF from the original on July 26 2011 Retrieved July 31 2011 2 h Indianapolis 1994 10 July 1994 Retrieved 29 May 2022 a b c Exxon Supreme GT Indianapolis 1994 Retrieved 29 May 2022 3 h Indianapolis 1973 14 October 1973 Retrieved 29 May 2022 USAC Indianapolis 1962 29 July 1962 Retrieved 29 May 2022 USAC Indianapolis 1961 25 June 1961 Retrieved 19 March 2023 Brown Nathan December 9 2020 Tony Stewart s Superstar Racing Experience series to run at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2021 The Indianapolis Star Retrieved December 16 2020 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Official website nbsp Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Page on NASCAR com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park amp oldid 1225718240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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