Pounding the Bricks

The Studebaker Indy 500 team can be seen here rounding a turn on the 2.5-mile track, May 30, 1933. Dubbed "The Brickyard," the track of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was paved with 3.2 million bricks after the inaugural race in 1911. Today, most of the track is paved in asphalt except for a one-yard strip at the start/finish line dubbed the "Yard of Bricks."