Oct 31, 2017 · When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway began repaving work recently, a cylindrical core sample was taken with some fascinating results. The brick, stone and asphalt sample of 108 years of...

Nov 11, 2017 · Photos taken by Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles of the samples removed from the track went viral and sparked nationwide interest in the century-plus history of the Brickyard and its surfaces over the years.

Oct 30, 2017 · The core sample, drilled out on Friday, shows just over a foot of stratified asphalt over the original 108-year-old bricks.

Nov 11, 2017 · The Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval will play host to the 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil on May 27, 2018. It is the sixth of 17 races on the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. Tickets are available at IMS.com.

Nov 2, 2017 · Indy Motor Speedway's president tweeted out an image of a core sample from the track's surface and it's mesmerizing. Read more and see images at Car and Driver.

Nov 2, 2017 · Speedway president J. Douglas Boles posted an image of a very intact, 18-inch-tall sample from the exit of Turn 3 to Twitter that garnered so much interest he had a graphic created to explain...

Nov 1, 2017 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the most historic tracks in America and as such, it's seen a lot of major repaves over the years. It was once paved in all bricks, but taking a core sample...

May 23, 2022 · THIS SAMPLE, a 14-inch-tall layer cake of asphalt, gravel, and brick, was extracted from Turn 4. It was still undergoing testing in April, a month before the Indianapolis 500. Testing is routine, but not done on an annual basis. The last time a core sample was taken was in fall 2017. Over time, the track changes as it expands and contracts ...

Oct 31, 2017 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles produced some genuinely fascinating photos last week from the Brickyard. A series of six-inch core samples, drilled and extracted from the hallowed oval, gave fans a look at the equivalent of an IndyCar archeological dig – one that exposed more than...

Oct 27, 2017 · A general track inspection revealed the layers that have been laid over the years at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The bottom layer, of course, is brick.