There are twelve and a half laps of a 400m track in a 5000m.
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The track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a 2.5 mile oval track. The Indianapolis 500 is 200 laps.
The IRL's Indianapolis 500 is 200 laps in length.
400 meter hurdle race
The first driver to complete 200 laps is the winner of each Indianapolis 500.
NONE. The Indy 500 is a 200 lap race with the average fuel stint in that race being 30 laps or more. Several pit stops are required. In the early days of the race, before fuel tanks were standardized, you could put as big a tank in your car as you wanted. And four drivers put enough of a tank in the car to run all 200 laps: Dave Evans in 1931, Cliff Bergere in 1941, and Jimmy Jackson and Johnny Mantz in 1949.