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Grounds Tour


Grounds Tour
05/27/2013 at 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM through 12/14/2013 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
4790 W. 16th St., Indianapolis, IN 46222 | view on map
Event phone: 317-492-6747
Event web site: http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/facility/35210/

The popular Grounds Tour provides a great opportunity to entertain family, friends or clients with a 90-minute tour rich in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history and landmarks. Knowledgeable members of the Hall of Fame Museum staff provide a guided, historical journey through the decades at the "Racing Capital of the World" along with visits to notable IMS landmarks normally open only to officials, drivers and teams during events.

Guests visit the timing-and-scoring suite in the Pagoda, the Media Center, Victory Podium, Gasoline Alley garage area and the world-famous "Yard of Bricks" at the start/finish line.

Guests also tour the Hall of Fame Museum and enjoy a ride around the famed 2.5-mile IMS oval in one of the Museum's comfortable tour buses.

Times:
Tours are scheduled to depart from the Hall of Fame Museum four times per day at 9:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. On the days following the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 races, tours are available for extended hours.

Tickets: $25*, adults; $10, youth ages 6-15; free, children 5 and younger. Tickets also include admission to the Hall of Fame Museum.

*On the days following the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 races, adult tickets are $20.


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