From 1994 until 2020, the race was held on the 2.5-mile oval track around the outside of IMS before shifting to the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course as part of an INDYCAR triple header.

NASCAR, as a sport, is fond of oval tracks that just so happen to be 1.5 miles in length. Those tracks just so happen to be some of the least interesting of them all, so one decided to change it ...