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Experience the decade that introduced modern day legends to the racing history books.
2000s
Helio Castroneves wins the Indianapolis 500, becoming the ninth driver to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for a third time.
MAY 24, 2009
Rookie Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to lead a lap in the Indianapolis 500. She led 19 laps on her way to a fourth-place finish.
MAY 29, 2005
2000
Construction of a new Control Tower resembling the historic Pagoda structures that stood at the track from 1913-1956 was completed in time for the 2000 Indianapolis 500.
The booming baritone voice of Tom Carnegie thrilled millions upon millions of spectators at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for decades...
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04/21/2020
ANNOUNCER CARNEGIE PROVIDED SOUNDTRACK OF INDY FOR DECADES
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2000: Formula One–bound Juan Pablo Montoya became the ninth different first-time starter to win the race...
06/10/2020
The Indy 500 Year-by-Year
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IMS HISTORIAN DONALD DAVIDSON
DIGITAL DONALD
2000: The 2000 Brickyard 400 featured 43 cars, but it became clear within the first 40 laps that this event was going to resemble a heavyweight...
03/13/2020
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Brickyard 400
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03/27/2020
Patrick had shown great promise in the junior open-wheel ranks but was largely not on the public radar, known only to hardcore racing fans...
Danica Patrick Stuns World With Indy 500 Debut
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The thing I remember most was how much the outcome of the race changed so many times during the last 10 laps...
06/09/2020
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE 2006 INDY 500 FINISH
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Tony Stewart’s field of dreams, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, had teased him, flirted with him, and visited him in his slumber...
06/08/2020
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Tony Stewart’s Indianapolis dream
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2000s ALMANAC
02/23/2009
Scott Dixon Centennial Era Moment
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07/11/2017
Jeff Gordon Wins Record Fourth Brickyard 400
VIDEO
02/19/2009
Tony Stewart Centennial Era Moment
VIDEO
01/12/2010
Tribute to Three-Time Indy 500 Champ Helio Castroneves
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02/04/2011
2001 Indianapolis 500 Centennial Moment
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1940s
Helio Castroneves wins the Indianapolis 500, becoming the ninth different driver to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for a third time.
May 24, 2009
Rookie Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to lead a lap in the Indianapolis 500. She leads 19 laps on her way to a fourth-place finish.
May 29, 2005
Construction of a new Control Tower resembling the historic Pagoda structures that stood at the track from 1913-1956 was completed in time for the 2000 Indianapolis 500.
2000
THE INDY 500 YEAR-BY-YEAR
ANNOUNCER CARNEGIE PROVIDED SOUNDTRACK OF INDY FOR DECADES
DIGITAL DONALD
IMS HISTORIAN DONALD DAVIDSON
07/11/2017
Jeff Gordon Wins Record Fourth
VIDEO
02/23/2009
Scott Dixon Centennial Era Moment
VIDEO
02/19/2009
Tony Stewart Centennial Era Moments
VIDEO
01/12/2010
Tribute to Helio Castroneves
VIDEO
02/04/2011
2001 Indianapolis 500 Centennial Moment
VIDEO
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03/13/2020
Every driver who wins the Indianapolis 500 earns a spot in the rich lore of motorsports and a piece of immortality...
Brickyard 400
Year-by-Year
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“Yellow,” the No. 5 Miller American crew radioed to its driver Danny Sullivan on the 120th lap...
03/27/2020
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Danica Patrick Stuns World With Indy 500 Debut
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06/09/2020
Forty years ago, Tom Sneva was the most famous bridesmaid in Indianapolis 500 history...
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2000s ALMANAC
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1940s
Experience the decade that changed the course of history at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Helio Castroneves wins the Indianapolis 500, becoming the ninth different driver to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for a third time.
May 24, 2009
Rookie Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to lead a lap in the Indianapolis 500. She leads 19 laps on her way to a fourth-place finish.
May 29, 2005
Construction of a new Control Tower resembling the historic Pagoda structures that stood at the track from 1913-1956 was completed in time for the 2000 Indianapolis 500.
2000
The indy 500 year-by-year
ANNOUNCER CARNEGIE PROVIDED SOUNDTRACK OF INDY FOR DECADES
IMS HISTORIAN DONALD DAVIDSON
DIGITAL DONALD
LOOK BOOK
2000s ALMANAC
02/23/2009
Scott Dixon Centennial Era Moment
VIDEO
02/19/2009
Tony Stewart Centennial Era Moments
VIDEO
07/11/2017
Jeff Gordon Wins Record Fourth
VIDEO
01/12/2010
Tribute to Helio Castroneves
VIDEO
02/04/2011
2001 Indianapolis 500 Centennial Moment
VIDEO
Every driver who wins the Indianapolis 500 earns a spot in the rich lore of motorsports and a piece of immortality....
03/13/2020
Rutherford, ‘Yellow Submarine’ Were Perfect Match
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“Yellow,” the No. 5 Miller American crew radioed to its driver Danny Sullivan on the 120th lap of the 1985 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge...
05/01/2020
SULLIVAN’S MIRACULOUS ‘SPIN AND WIN’
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The thing I remember most was how much the outcome of the race changed so many times during the last 10 laps.
05/27/2020
SNEVA SCORED ELUSIVE '500' VICTORY IN 1983
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Tony Stewart’s field of dreams, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, had teased him, flirted with him, and visited him in his slumber long before he ran his first competitive laps...
05/27/2020
HURLEY HAYWOOD TOOK ON INDIANAPOLIS IN 1980
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Check back next week to learn how a century of racing culminated with the biggest celebrations in sports.
10/10
Now five-time INDYCAR champion Scott Dixon is joined by car owner Chip Ganassi (right) on the famed post-race celebratory lap around the track in the pace car after winning the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
9/10
The start of MotoGP’s inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP on a newly designed 2.621-mile IMS road course on Sept. 14, 2008. The event was won by World Champion Valentino Rossi, with Nicky Hayden second and Jorge Lorenzo third.
The race ended after 20 of the scheduled 28 laps due to high winds and heavy rains.
8/10
Just two years after he conquered his beloved Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart Kissed the Bricks again in 2007, outdueling Kevin Harvick for his second and final Indianapolis win as a driver.
7/10
Michael Andretti competes in his final Indianapolis 500 as a driver in 2007. Andretti led once, Lap 90, to add to his career laps led total of 431 at Indianapolis. Andretti scored a win as an owner that year as Dario Franchitti won his first Indianapolis 500, and Andretti finished 13th.
6/10
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson celebrates at the famed Yard of Bricks after winning his first Brickyard 400 in 2006. Johnson became the second driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
5/10
Dan Wheldon celebrates in Victory Circle after winning his first of two Indianapolis 500-Mile races in 2005.
Wheldon was the first Briton to win the “500” since Graham Hill in 1966.
4/10
All eyes are on team co-owner and famed late night talk show host David Letterman as everyone waits for series officials to call the 2004 Indianapolis 500 due to rain after 180 laps. Rahal Letterman Racing driver Buddy Rice won after starting on the pole and leading a race-high 91 laps.
In 2002, IMS announced that the groundbreaking SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) Barrier was in place in all four oval corners. The barrier was developed by the Indy Racing League, IMS and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility starting in 1998; NASCAR joined in the development of the project in September 2000.
3/10
Jeff Gordon celebrates his Brickyard 400 victory in 2001. Gordon’s third victory at IMS put him back atop the NASCAR all-time wins list at IMS with three victories.
2/10
1/10
The lights go out, and the first United States Grand Prix Formula One race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is underway on Sept. 24, 2000. F1 legend Michael Schumacher won the inaugural event on the 2.605-mile road course in front of a sellout crowd estimated at 225,000.
10/10
Now five-time INDYCAR champion Scott Dixon is joined by car owner Chip Ganassi (right) on the famed post-race celebratory lap around the track in the pace car after winning the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
9/10
The start of MotoGP’s inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP on a newly designed 2.621-mile IMS road course on Sept. 14, 2008. The event was won by World Champion Valentino Rossi, with Nicky Hayden second and Jorge Lorenzo third. The race ended after 20 of the scheduled 28 laps due to high winds and heavy rains.
8/10
Just two years after he conquered his beloved Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart Kissed the Bricks again in 2007, outdueling Kevin Harvick for his second and final Indianapolis win as a driver.
7/10
Michael Andretti competes in his final Indianapolis 500 as a driver in 2007. Andretti led once, Lap 90, to add to his career laps led total of 431 at Indianapolis. Andretti scored a win as an owner that year as Dario Franchitti won his first Indianapolis 500, and Andretti finished 13th.
6/10
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson celebrates at the famed Yard of Bricks after winning his first Brickyard 400 in 2006. Johnson became the second driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
5/10
Dan Wheldon celebrates in Victory Circle after winning his first of two Indianapolis 500-Mile races in 2005. Wheldon was the first Briton to win the “500” since Graham Hill in 196
4/10
Dan Wheldon celebrates in Victory Circle after winning his first of two Indianapolis 500-Mile races in 2005. Wheldon was the first Briton to win the “500” since Graham Hill in 196
In 2002, IMS announced that the groundbreaking SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) Barrier was in place in all four oval corners. The barrier was developed by the Indy Racing League, IMS and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility starting in 1998; NASCAR joined in the development of the project in September 2000.
3/10
Jeff Gordon celebrates his Brickyard 400 victory in 2001. Gordon’s third victory at IMS put him back atop the NASCAR
all-time wins list at IMS with three victories.
2/10
1/10
The lights go out, and the first United States Grand Prix Formula One race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is underway on Sept. 24, 2000. F1 legend Michael Schumacher won the inaugural event on the 2.605-mile road course in front of a sellout crowd estimated at 225,000.
10/10
Now five-time INDYCAR champion Scott Dixon is joined by car owner Chip Ganassi (right) on the famed post-race celebratory lap around the track in the pace car after winning the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
9/10
The start of MotoGP’s inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP on a newly designed 2.621-mile IMS road course on Sept. 14, 2008. The event was won by World Champion Valentino Rossi, with Nicky Hayden second and Jorge Lorenzo third. The race ended after 20 of the scheduled 28 laps due to high winds and heavy rains.
8/10
Just two years after he conquered his beloved Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart Kissed the Bricks again in 2007, outdueling Kevin Harvick for his second and final Indianapolis win as a driver.
7/10
Michael Andretti competes in his final Indianapolis 500 as a driver in 2007. Andretti led once, Lap 90, to add to his career laps led total of 431 at Indianapolis. Andretti scored a win as an owner that year as Dario Franchitti won his first Indianapolis 500, and Andretti finished 13th.
6/10
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson celebrates at the famed Yard of Bricks after winning his first Brickyard 400 in 2006. Johnson became the second driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
5/10
Dan Wheldon celebrates in Victory Circle after winning his first of two Indianapolis 500-Mile races in 2005. Wheldon was the first Briton to win the “500” since Graham Hill in 1966.
4/10
All eyes are on team co-owner and famed late night talk show host David Letterman as everyone waits for series officials to call the 2004 Indianapolis 500 due to rain after 180 laps. Rahal Letterman Racing driver Buddy Rice won after starting on the pole and leading a race-high 91 laps.
In 2002, IMS announced that the groundbreaking SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) Barrier was in place in all four oval corners. The barrier was developed by the Indy Racing League, IMS and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility starting in 1998; NASCAR joined in the development of the project in September 2000.
3/10
Jeff Gordon celebrates his Brickyard 400 victory in 2001. Gordon’s third victory at IMS put him back atop the NASCAR all-time wins list at IMS with three victories.
2/10
1/10
The lights go out, and the first United States Grand Prix Formula One race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is underway on Sept. 24, 2000. F1 legend Michael Schumacher won the inaugural event on the 2.605-mile road course in front of a sellout crowd estimated at 225,000.
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The MotoGP World Championship raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 2008-2015 in the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix...
MotoGP Brought Two-Wheel Action Back to IMS
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The Formula One World Championship raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 2000-2007 in the United States Grand Prix...
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F1 Returned to United States with 2000 Debut
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2000: The 2000 Brickyard 400 featured 43 cars, but it became clear within the first 40 laps that this event was going to resemble a heavyweight title fight...
Brickyard 400 Year-by-Year
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Patrick had shown great promise in the junior open-wheel ranks but was largely not on the public radar, known only to hardcore racing fans...
Danica Patrick Stuns World With Indy 500 Debut
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