All State 400 Nascar Race

[sportsfan2006]

All State 400 Nascar Race
Saturday August 6 2006. 2:00 EST
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana



Defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion and Indiana native Tony Stewart
finally achieved one of his life-long goals last year in winning at his "home
track" -- the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Stewart likely will be the sportsbook favorite to become the first back-to-back winner of the Brickyard's
annual Nextel Cup race, and just the second driver to win the event more than
once (Jeff Gordon, who lived in Indiana while racing USAC sprint cars, has
won the race four times).

All state 400 breakdowns (updated thru July 14)
• Venue: Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• Corporate sponsor: Allstate
• First race: 1994
• Distance: 400 miles (644 km).
• Number of laps: 160.
• Previous names: Brickyard 400 (1994—2004).
• Past winners:
-2005: Tony Stewart.
-2004: Jeff Gordon.
-2003: Kevin Harvick

Indianapolis Motor Speedway breakdown (updated thru July 14)
• Banking/ turns: 9.
• Distance: 2.5 miles.
• Shape: oval.
• The speedway was built as a 2.5-mile rectangle by its four founders.
• The first 500-Mile International Sweepstakes was held on May 30, 1911
• The inaugural Brickyard 400 was held on 1994.
• Jeff Gordon has won four of the 12 races held there.

[TheStang00]

ill be there