Brickyard Still Special for Drivers
fanhouse.com
by Geoffrey Miller
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup
INDIANAPOLIS — It took just three hours, 28 minutes and 29 seconds to undo the 15-year love affair between the Brickyard and NASCAR.
400 miles of shredding tires and competition cautions left a lump in the throat of stock car racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2008, and a year later, the Sprint Cup Series has returned to the disaster zone facing a myriad of questions. Can stock cars produce a good show here? Should NASCAR be at the Brickyard? And, most importantly, do drivers still feel the awe and prestige of this legendary speedway?
Yes, yes and especially yes, drivers say.
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