A 2.5-mile oval track/2.601-mile road course located in Indianapolis, IN. Opened in 1909, the track became famous for the running of the Indianapolis 500. Since 1994, the track became host to a NASCAR event, the Brickyard 400. From 2000 until 2007, a Formula One event, the United States Grand Prix, raced on the infield road course. Beginning in 2008, the track will play host to a MotoGP event, the Indianapolis Grand Prix.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a magical place. Every racefan in the country needs to make a trip to this track at least once in their lifetime.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
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Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.