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The Indianapolis 8 Hours is a GT class sports car endurance race held by the Intercontinental GT Challenge series, in conjunction with the GT World Challenge America series. Note: The 2021 race was run on the 2.589 miles (4.167 km) layout used by the SCCA Runoffs, and not the 2.439 miles (3.925 km) layout as used by INDYCAR because of kerbing ...
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the CART Indy Car World Series became the pre-eminent open-wheel auto racing series in North America. It features a diverse schedule of superspeedways, short ovals, road courses, and street circuit. The CART-based teams continued to compete at the Indianapolis 500, essentially as a one-off.
Champ Car / IndyCar reunification - Champ Car held its final race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Indy Racing League added the Edmonton Indy and Surfer's Paradise to its 2008 schedule. 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship: 2011 Las Vegas Motor Speedway: INDYCAR Abandoned after 11 laps due to the death of Dan Wheldon. Series rules ...
The US leg of the SRO's IGTC - the California 8 Hours - was held at Laguna Seca circuit from 2016 to 2019. [4] The event was moved to Indianapolis in 2020. [3]For 2022 the GT World Challenge America element of the event was extended such that the entire 8 hour duration scored points for the GTWC America entrants; [5] in previous years those entrants scored points for the first three hours only.
Each race stood on its own and earned its own trophy. All races were sanctioned by the AAA (as were the Indianapolis 500 races through 1955). 1910 also saw the speedway host the National Aviation Meet, featuring Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlighted by Walter Brookins setting a world record by taking a plane up to 4,938 feet (1,505 m). [10]
The Indy NXT Indianapolis Grand Prix is a pair of twin races in the Indy NXT series, held on the combined road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. For the first three years of its existence, the Indy Pro Series was contested on oval tracks only. All Indy Pro Series races were run as support to IRL/IndyCar Series events.
The 2025 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge) is an IndyCar Series event scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race will be part of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season.
The 2021 Indianapolis 8 Hours was an endurance race held on 17 October 2021 [1] at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, in Indiana, United States. The event was open to cars in GT classes, namely GT3 and GT4 .