With this years news that a current F1 drive will try and go win the roundy roundy thing in Murrrica instead of going to Monaco, there might be some interest here
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Also Known As: The Brickyard
First Race: 1911
Track Length: 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Race Distance: Really? You can call it the Indianapolis 800, but you’ll get laughed at.
Number of Laps: 200
Surface: 2.4996 mi asphalt, 0.0004 mi bricks
Turns: 4
’Winningest’ Drivers: A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Rick Mears (4 wins apiece)
’Winningest’ Manufacturer: Chassis – Dallara, Engine – Offenhauser (Anyone fancy running a Dallara Offenhauser?)
Previous Winner: Alexander Rossi
F1 driver who is a rookie
F1 driver who has won here twice
F1 driver who didn't do much in F1 except overtake the rookie at Canada in 2007, and is a source of frustration in Indycar.
Rest of the field
2017 INDIANAPOLIS 500 LIST
AJ FOYT RACING (Chevrolet)
No.4 Conor Daly
No.14 Carlos Munoz
No.40 Zach Veach
ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT (Honda)
No.26 Takuma Sato
No.27 Marco Andretti
No.28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
No.29 Fernando Alonso (with McLaren Honda)
No.50 Jack Harvey (with Michael Shank Racing)
No.98 Alexander Rossi (with BHA/Curb Agajanian)
CHIP GANASSI RACING (Honda)
No.8 Max Chilton
No.9 Scott Dixon
No.10 Tony Kanaan
No.83. Charlie Kimball
DALE COYNE RACING (Honda)
No.18 Sebastien Bourdais
No.19 Ed Jones
No.63 Pippa Mann
DREYER & REINBOLD (Chevrolet)
No.24 Sage Karam
ED CARPENTER RACING (Chevrolet)
No.20 Ed Carpenter
No.21 JR Hildebrand
HARDING RACING (Chevrolet)
No.88 Gabby Chaves
JUNCOS RACING (Chevrolet)
Spencer Pigot
Sebastian Saavedra
LAZIER PARTNERS RACING (Chevrolet)
Buddy Lazier
RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN (Honda)
No.15 Graham Rahal
No.16 Oriol Servia
SCHMIDT PETERSON MOTORSPORTS (Honda)
No.5 James Hinchcliffe
No.7 Mikhail Aleshin
No.77 Jay Howard
TEAM PENSKE (Chevrolet)
No.1 Simon Pagenaud
No.2 Josef Newgarden
No.3 Helio Castroneves
No.12 Will Power
No.22 Juan Pablo Montoya
Last few years have actually been pretty damn exciting.
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