page_title: 2016 Brickyard 400
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 Brickyard 400 / Report / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Deutsch: Luftbild vom Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Polski: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 日本語: インディアナポリス・モーター・スピードウェイ. コース遠景. Italiano: Vista aerea dell'Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Suomi: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Magyar: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bahasa Indonesia: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, sirkuit yang digunakan Grand Prix Amerika Serikat. Foto Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Српски / srpski: Стаза Индијанаполис на којој се вози Велика награда САД-а. Hrvatski: Staza Indianapolis Motor Speedway, staza Velike nagrade SAD. Galego: O Indianapolis Motor Speedway, que dende o ano 2000 acolle o Gran Premio de Estados Unidos. Bosanski: Staza Indianapolis Motor Speedway, staza Velike nagrade SAD. Македонски: Патеката за моторни трки во Индијанаполис. Afrikaans: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, plek waar die US Grand Prix plaasvind.
context_page_description: The 2016 Brickyard 400, branded as Crown Royal presents the Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 24, 2016 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. As the 23rd running of the Brickyard 400, contested over 170 laps-- extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
  Kyle Busch scored his second career victory at the Brickyard, the race had four lead changes among different drivers and eight cautions for 31 laps, and one red flag for seven minutes and 45 seconds.
  This is the first Brickyard 400 without Dale Earnhardt Jr. since the 1999 edition and the first Brickyard 400 without an Earnhardt in the starting lineup.
context_section_description: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.
  Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.
  Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km), nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25-mile (0.40 km) turns, two 0.625-mile long (1.006 km) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125-mile (0.201 km) short straightaways – termed "short chutes" – between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.
caption: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track where the race will be held.
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