# How big is Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

A lap of Indianapolis Motor Speedway is 2.5 miles (4.023 km). The Brickyard 400 is 160 laps, 400 miles (644 km) in all.

- 2.5 miles a lap
- 4.023 km a lap
- 160 laps
- 400 miles race
- 4 turns
- 26,823 hamsters nose to tail

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/indianapolis-motor-speedway/

## Drop the lap on your town

Move the track onto your own streets with the map above and see how far one lap would reach.

## The Brickyard

With 257,325 permanent seats it is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world, and the third-oldest permanent race track.

## How it compares

- 10.00× a lap of [Bowman Gray Stadium](https://how-big-is.com/bowman-gray-stadium/), the shortest
- ≈ 1× about the same length as a lap of [Pocono Raceway](https://how-big-is.com/pocono-raceway/)
- 94% of a lap of [Talladega Superspeedway](https://how-big-is.com/talladega-superspeedway/), the longest

## Questions people ask

**How long is a lap of Indianapolis Motor Speedway?**
2.5 miles (4.023 km).

**How many laps is the Brickyard 400?**
160 laps, 400 miles (644 km).

**What kind of track is Indianapolis Motor Speedway?**
A superspeedway, an oval of two miles or more.

**How steep are the banks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway?**
About 9 degrees in the turns; the straights are flat.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 2.5 miles (NASCAR). Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/20573682), licence: ODbL 1.0.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors.