| BRICKYARD 400 STARTING TIME BUMPED UP: | | | | the six lane beltway into an 8 lane beltway. The |
| The July 25, 2010 Brickyard 400 will begin at 1:00 | | | | Indianapolis Motor Speedway is situated approximately |
| Eastern Time. As part of a NASCAR initiative to bring | | | | 2 miles inside the western leg of 465, which is the site |
| uniformity to the Sprint Cup series racing schedule, the | | | | of the most expansive phase of the current road |
| Brickyard 400 will start one hour earlier in 2010 than in | | | | construction project. |
| prior years. The Brickyard 400, is one of 28 NASCAR | | | | The 465 West phase of the project begins at the I-70 |
| Sprint Cup series races that will have an earlier start | | | | interchange on the south and continues to the 56th |
| time in 2010. | | | | Street interchange on the north end. At a cost of 550 |
| NASCAR RULE CHANGES FOR 2010: NASCAR is | | | | million dollars this project is expected to bring |
| undergoing a transition from rear wing to spoiler in an | | | | substantial improvement to the highway system, which |
| apparent effort to give the cars better down force | | | | serves both the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the |
| and hopefully to reduce the chance a car will become | | | | Indianapolis International Airport. |
| airborne in a collision. Engineers came up with the new | | | | As of June 1, 2010, all three lanes running north and |
| spoiler design after witnessing a near catastrophic | | | | south were open though this stretch of the highways, |
| accident involving Carl Edwards at Talladega last year. | | | | and should not impede traffic attempting to enter or |
| The new spoilers are expected to be required for the | | | | leave the airport or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. |
| Brickyard 400 and the drivers hope the change will | | | | will update this information, if and when conditions |
| add better balance to their cars. | | | | change. |
| 465 WEST CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: Indianapolis is | | | | 465 NORTH CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: On March |
| in the midst of a major highway reconstruction project | | | | 8, 2010, the north phase of the 465 reconstruction |
| that will impact race fans attending the race related | | | | project began. This 435 million dollar upgrade, which |
| events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 2010 | | | | was expected to last through May 2010, is still under |
| and possibly beyond. Interstate 465 is the beltway | | | | construction in June. Lane restrictions, however, have |
| which circles Indianapolis and provides an efficient | | | | been lifted, vastly improving traffic flow on the north |
| route by which Indianapolis can be circumnavigated | | | | side of Indianapolis. For race fans this means that |
| safely. In an effort to ensure that route continues to | | | | some extra measure of planning may be necessary |
| serve the needs of a growing population two projects | | | | to insure their ability to get to the Indianapolis Motor |
| are currently underway which are designed to expand | | | | Speedway on time. |