NASCAR 2011 Schedule: The Brickyard 400 Is in Despearate Need of a Great Race

The 2011 NASCAR Schedule is Highlighted by a Brickyard 400 at the Crossroads
The moment the Brickyard 400 appeared on the NASCAR senior circuit it was a fan and driver favorite. The inaugural Brickyard 400 was run in 1994, and it was surrounded by more hype expectations any race other than the Daytona 500.The reason this race found instant success? The location. It is at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.The NASCAR stock cars were the first non-open-wheeled vehicles allowed to tear into the famous speedway. As the name suggests, the race is 400 miles, which takes 160 laps on the 2.5-mile oval. spThe race set NASCAR records for attendance, as crowds nearing 300,000 flocked to watch the closed wheel steel beast tackle the sp...

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