Race results from the automobile and motorcycle races contested at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Races have been held on seven different track configurations:
Oval (1909–present): 2.500 miles; 4 turns; counter-clockwise Automobile road course (2000–2007): 2.605 miles; 13 turns; clockwise Motorcycle road course (2008–2013): 2.621 miles; 16 turns; counter-clockwise Automobile road course (2009–2013): 2.534 miles; 13 turns; clockwise Automobile road course INDYCAR GP version (2014–present): 2.439 miles; 14 turns; clockwise Automobile road course SCCA Runoffs version (2014–present): 2.589 miles; 15 turns; clockwise Motorcycle road course (2014–present): 2.591 miles; 16 turns; counter-clockwise Dirt track (2018–present): 0.200 miles; 4 turns; counter-clockwise
Automobile races – oval Prest-O-Lite Trophy, Wheeler-Schebler Trophy, and other early automobile races (1909–1910) On four race weekends in 1909 and 1910, a total of 82 automobile races were held, with lengths varying between 5 and 250 miles. Of these, 17 were of distance of 20 miles or more.Scott, D. Bruce; INDY: Racing Before the 500; Indiana Reflections; 2005; . None of the short races served as a qualifying race, or "heat" race, for the longer events. Each race stood on its own, and awarded its own trophy. All 82 races were sanctioned by the American Automobile Association (AAA). The 1909 races took place on the original crushed stone and tar surface. As the weekend progressed, the track surface began breaking up badly, and the final race of the weekend, scheduled for a 300-mile length, was shortened to 235 miles. The next scheduled weekend of auto races, planned for early October, was canceled so the track could be repaved in brick during the fall of 1909. Over two days in December, several automobile and motorcycle racers conducted speed exhibitions, in extremely cold temperatures. No races had been planned for that event. The next races were run over three holiday weekends in 1910.
August 1909 meet DateRace nameWinning driverCarRace distanceClass Miles Laps Aug 19 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Louis SchwitzerStoddard-Dayton 5 2 Stock 161–230 cu in Aug 19 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Louis ChevroletBuick 10 4 Stock 231–300 cu in Aug 19 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) William Bourque Knox 5 2 Stock 301–450 cu in Aug 19 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Ray HarrounMarmon 10 4 Handicap Aug 19Prest-O-Lite Trophy Bob BurmanBuick 250 100 Stock 301–450 cu in Aug 20 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Lewis StrangBuick 5 2 Stock 231–300 cu in Aug 20 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Charlie MerzNational 10 4 Stock 301–450 cu in Aug 20 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 10 4 Stock > 601 cu in Aug 20 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Carl WrightStoddard-Dayton 50 20 161–230 cu in Aug 20 Ford Trophy Len Zengel Chadwick 10 4 Free for all Aug 20 Unnamed (6th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 5 2 Handicap Aug 20G & J Trophy Lewis StrangBuick 100 40 Stock 231–300 cu in Aug 21 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Tom KincadeNational 15 6 Handicap Aug 21 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Eddie HearneFiat 10 4 Amateur Aug 21Remy Grand Brassard Barney OldfieldBenz 25 10 Free for all Aug 21Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Leigh Lynch Jackson 235 94 Stock > 601 cu in
May 1910 meet DateRace nameWinning driverCarRace distanceClass Miles Laps May 27 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Louis ChevroletBuick 5 2 Stock 161–230 cu in May 27 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Ray HarrounMarmon 10 4 Stock 231–300 cu in May 27 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Tom KincadeNational 5 2 Stock 301–450 cu in May 27 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 10 4 Stock 451–600 cu in May 27 Unnamed (5th race held this date) Arthur GreinerNational 5 2 Handicap May 27 Unnamed (6th race held this date) Arthur GreinerNational 5 2 Amateur May 27Speedway Helmet Bob BurmanBuick 5 2 Free for all May 27Prest-O-Lite Trophy Tom KincadeNational 100 40 Stock 301–450 cu in May 28 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 10 4 Stock 301–450 cu in May 28 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Barney Oldfield Knox 5 2 Stock 451–600 cu in May 28 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Howdy WilcoxNational 10 4 Handicap May 28Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Ray HarrounMarmon 200 80 Stock > 601 cu in May 30 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Caleb BraggFiat 10 4 Free for all May 30 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Louis ChevroletBuick 10 4 Stock 161–230 cu in May 30 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Joe DawsonMarmon 5 2 Stock 231–300 cu in May 30 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Caleb BraggFiat 5 2 Free for all May 30 Unnamed (5th race held this date) Ray HarrounMarmon 10 4 Stock 231–300 cu in May 30 Unnamed (6th race held this date) Barney Oldfield Knox 5 2 Stock 451–600 cu in May 30 Unnamed (7th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 5 2 Stock 301–450 cu in May 30 Unnamed (8th race held this date) Jack ReedStoddard-Dayton 5 2 Handicap May 30 Unnamed (9th race held this date) Barney Oldfield Knox 10 4 Stock 451–600 cu in May 30 Unnamed (10th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 10 4 Stock 301–450 cu in May 30 Unnamed (11th race held this date) Caleb BraggFiat 10 4 Free for all May 30Remy Grand Brassard Ray HarrounMarmon 50 20 Stock 231–300 cu in
July 1910 meet DateRace nameWinning driverCarRace distanceClass Miles Laps July 1 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Mortimer Roberts Herreshoff 5 2 Stock < 161 cu in July 1 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Louis ChevroletBuick 5 2 Stock 161–230 cu in July 1 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Joe Dawson [a]Marmon 10 4 Stock 231–300 cu in July 1 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Johnny Aitken [b]National 15 6 Stock 301–450 cu in July 1 Unnamed (5th race held this date) Harry Grant ALCO 10 4 Stock 451–600 cu in July 1 Unnamed (6th race held this date) N. J. Sutcliffe Maytag 10 4 Handicap July 1 Unnamed (7th race held this date) Arthur GreinerNational 5 2 Amateur July 1Speedway Helmet Eddie HearneBenz 10 4 Free for all July 1G & J Trophy Billy Pearce [c] FAL 50 20 Stock 231–300 cu in July 2 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Mortimer Roberts Herreshoff 10 4 Stock < 161 cu in July 2 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Louis ChevroletBuick 10 4 Stock 161–230 cu in July 2 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Joe Dawson [d]Marmon 5 2 Stock 231–300 cu in July 2 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Johnny Aitken [e]National 10 4 Stock 301–450 cu in July 2 Unnamed (5th race held this date) Harry Grant ALCO 20 8 Stock 451–600 cu in July 2 Unnamed (6th race held this date) George RobertsonSimplex 10 4 Handicap July 2 Unnamed (7th race held this date) Arthur GreinerNational 10 4 Amateur July 2 Unnamed (8th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 5 2 Free for all July 2Remy Grand Brassard Joe Dawson [a]Marmon 100 40 Stock 301–450 cu in July 4 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Louis ChevroletBuick 10 4 Stock 161–230 cu in July 4 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Mortimer Roberts Herreshoff 5 2 Stock < 161 cu in July 4 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Louis Heineman FAL 5 2 Stock 231–300 cu in July 4Cobe Trophy Joe DawsonMarmon 200 80 Stock > 601 cu in July 4 Unnamed (5th race held this date) Arthur Greiner [f]National 5 2 Amateur July 4 Unnamed (6th race held this date) Eddie HearneBenz 20 8 Free for all [a]Joe Dawson was awarded this victory in late July, after the original first-place finisher (Bob Burman) was disqualified. [b]Johnny Aitken was awarded this victory in late July, after the original first-place finisher (Bob Burman) was disqualified. [c]Billy Pearce was awarded this victory in late July, after the original first-place finisher (Bob Burman) and second placefinisher (Louis Chevrolet) were disqualified. [d]Joe Dawson was awarded this victory in late July, after the original first-place finisher (Louis Chevrolet) and second placefinisher (Bob Burman) were disqualified. [e]Johnny Aitken was awarded this victory in late July, after the original first-place finisher (Louis Chevrolet) was disqualified. [f]Arthur Greiner was awarded this victory in late July, after the original first-place finisher (Spencer Wishart) was disqualified.
September 1910 meet DateRace NameWinning DriverCarRace DistanceClass Miles Laps Sep 3 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Louis Edmunds Cole 5 2 Stock 161–230 cu in Sep 3 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Ray HarrounMarmon 5 2 Stock 231–300 cu in Sep 3 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 5 2 Stock 301–450 cu in Sep 3 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Howdy WilcoxNational 5 2 Stock 451–600 cu in Sep 3Speedway Helmet Eddie HearneBenz 10 4 Free for all Sep 3 Unnamed (6th race held this date) Walter Emmons Herreshoff 5 2 Stock < 161 cu in Sep 3 Unnamed (7th race held this date) Eddie HearneBenz 100 40 Free for all Sep 3 Unnamed (8th race held this date) Louis Edmunds Cole 5 2 Handicap Sep 3Remy Grand Brassard Howdy WilcoxNational 100 40 Stock < 451 cu in Sep 5 Unnamed (1st race held this date) Walter Emmons Herreshoff 5 2 Stock < 161 cu in Sep 5 Unnamed (2nd race held this date) Ralph DePalmaFiat 10 4 Free for all Sep 5 Unnamed (3rd race held this date) Lee Frayer Firestone-Columbus 5 2 Stock 161–230 cu in Sep 5 Unnamed (4th race held this date) Ray HarrounMarmon 5 2 Stock 231–300 cu in Sep 5 Unnamed (5th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 5 2 Stock 301–450 cu in Sep 5 Unnamed (6th race held this date) Howdy WilcoxNational 5 2 Stock 451–600 cu in Sep 5 Unnamed (7th race held this date) W.J. BarndollarMcFarlan 5 2 Handicap Sep 5 Unnamed (8th race held this date) Eddie HearneBenz 50 20 Free for all Sep 5 Unnamed (9th race held this date) Johnny AitkenNational 200 80 Stock > 601 cu in
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During the 2005 Formula One season, a rule mandated all cars must run an entire (305 km / 190 miles) race on one set of tires, and there was a tire war between Bridgestone and Michelin during the season. That led to controversy when two crashes in practice took place with Michelin-shod cars because of tire failure, especially with the high g-loads through turns 12 and 13. On race morning, all cars utilizing Michelin tires withdrew from the race on the formation lap due to safety concerns and the rules in question at the time. The controversy tarnished the event, angered fans and media, and led to costly ticket refunds.
The event recovered, with successful races held in 2006 and 2007, but crowds never matched the year 2000 attendance. After the contract expired in 2007, an agreement could not be reached to hold the race in 2008. A future return to Indianapolis had been rumored, but was always denied. Speedway officials claimed they made profit on the first four runnings, but lost money on the last four runnings. After the announcement of a new United States Grand Prix in Austin, and management and schedule changes at the Speedway, a return of Formula One is highly unlikely.