The number of countries that 200+ tune in to watch the race 3.2 Million bricks 37.895 sec / Each weighing 9.5 pounds, were laid on top of the original surface of crushed rock and tar to 700+ million upgrade the Speedway, creating the nickname .043 sec 236.986 MPH “The Brickyard” Closest finish between first and Fastest official single lap time The number of times #INDY500 second place set by Al Unser, Jr. set by Arie Luyendyk during or #INDY500ORBUST were A 36-inch strip of the original bricks was kept intact at the start/finish line, where it remains today (over Scott Goodyear) in 1992 qualifying in 1996 tweeted in 2013 2.5 Miles 1,800° The distance of one lap around the oval 6-8 LBS The temperature protection provided by each driverʼs The front and back straightaways are The average amount of fire suit 5/8th of a mile each and the "short weight lost through sweat chute" straightaways are 1/8th of a during a race mile each Each of the four turns is 1/4th of a mile 1 - Vatican City 10 THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY “OVAL”2 - Yankee Stadium 3 - Wimbledon campus The number of 45 lbs / 4 - Roman Colosseum female drivers who 5 - Rose Bowl have competed in 105° 6 - Churchill Downs 4 Gs the race 27.5 in The average temperature Can all fit inside the IMS oval The peak amount of In 2009, Danica The back tires weigh inside the cockpit during force withstood by Patrick finished 45 lbs and measure the race drivers during turns third, the best finish up to 27.5 inches in ever for a woman diameter 40 lbs Equivalent weight lifted when steering through each turn 6 $3,048,005 The number of father-son combinations who have led 8 sec The highest purse for an Indy 500 winner Average time it takes the Indy 500: for a pit crew to change Won by Helio Castroneves in 2009 four tires and put in Al and Al Unser, Jr. 18.5 gallons of E85 fuel Tony and Gary Bettenhausen during a pit stop $690,000 $359,000 Bill and Bill Vukovich, Jr. Mario and Michael Andretti The cost to lease an The cost of a new A long-standing tradition of Michael and Marco Andretti engine for the season Dallara chassis the Indianapolis 500 is for the Bobby and Graham Rahal victor to drink a bottle of milk With tires and miscellaneous items, the total The right side 30 lbs / 26 in 1/10th Sec immediately after the race The tires on the right side are amount to go racing is just above $1 million slightly bigger than the left The front tires weigh 30 lbs Time lost during a pit stop can This practice first began in because the cars turn left the and measure up to 26 equate to losing five places in 1936 with Victor Louis Meyer whole race inches in diameter the race.