The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes one annual stop at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a track at which drivers and their crews want to win. The track itself is known as the brickyard because of its very first layout, when the entire two and a half mile track was covered in bricks. Today, the track is paved with asphalt, but the start finish line is still a road of bricks. While the track has been raced on since 1911, NASCAR stock cars have only raced there since 1994. That year, Jeff Gordon raced his Chevrolet to victory, starting a string of good finishes for General Motors at the track. General Motors cars, (Chevrolet and Pontiac) lead the entire circuit in wins at the Brickyard, with 13 wins (12 from Cheverolet and one from Pontiac.) For th...

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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes one annual stop at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a track at which drivers and their crews want to win. The track itself is known as the brickyard because of its very first layout, when the entire two and a half mile track was covered in bricks. Today, the track is paved with asphalt, but the start finish line is still a road of bricks. While the track has been raced on since 1911, NASCAR stock cars have only raced there since 1994. That year, Jeff Gordon raced his Chevrolet to victory, starting a string of good finishes for General Motors at the track. General Motors cars, (Chevrolet and Pontiac) lead the entire circuit in wins at the Brickyard, with 13 wins (12 from Cheverolet and one from Pontiac.) For th...

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