1996 Arie Luyendyk 236.986 mph
Top speed during Indy 500 Pole day was 230mph (5/9/09). Indy is the fastest track they currently race. The 4 lap average that won the pole was just shy of 225mph. The record speed for an Indy (type) car was an average speed of 241mph set by a Honda powered Reynard in what was the CART series at California Speedway in late 2000.
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It is called Speed Blue.
the top speed on a STOCK polaris Indy 500 is 100 mph trust me ive done it Most i ever done on a stock polaris was 104 mph
Auto Club Speedway (aka California Speedway)Holds the closed course world record at a racetrack for fastest lap and fastest raceLap - Gil de Ferran - CART - Marlboro Team Penske - 241.428 in 2000Race - Toyota Indy 400 - 2003 - Avg race speed of 207.151
In October, 2000, Gil de Ferran had a CART qualifying lap of 241.426 mph at the Fontana, California Speedway (Now Auto Club Speedway). If I am correct, this still stands as the fastest lap on any kind of closed course.JBJThe Oldsmobile Aerotechs were a series of experimental high-speed vehicles created between 1987 and 1992 incorporating the latest in performance technology with the intention of breaking multiple automobile speed records. The first such car was driven by four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt to a world closed-course speed record of 257.123 mph (413.788 km/h) on 27 August 1987 at the 7.712-mile (12.411 km) test track near Fort Stockton Texas
There have been numerous Indy 500 races which have suffered from rain delays but only three races, (1915, 1986, 1997), have been completely postponed throughout the Indy 500's history.
My '95 440 Indy Supersport tops out between 55-72mph depending on snow conditions, with an average speed top speed of 65mph.
Pat Flaherty won the 1956 Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 128.49 miles per hour.