2011 Brickyard 400: Complete Dates, TV Schedule and Information

NASCAR's 2011 Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is Sunday, July 31st, at 3 p.m. (EST) on ESPN. The Brickyard 400 is far, far from the oldest race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, but that hasn't stopped it from being one of the most prestigious. Since the inaugural Brickyard in 1994, this race has been one of the most coveted prizes on the Cup series for drivers—and one of the favorite stops of fans.The NASCAR stock cars were the first non-opened wheeled vehicles allowed to tear into the famous speedway. As the name suggests, the race is 400 miles, which takes 160 laps on the two-and-a-half-mile oval.The shape of the track is completely unique on the Sprint Cup series, as the track is really more of a rectangle than an ...

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