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The first IndyCar race was held June 12, 1909, in Portland, Oregon.

There are 16 races that will comprise the 2016 IndyCar series schedule for 2016.

In 2014, Verizon Wireless replaced Izod as the title sponsor of the IndyCar Series. Verizon will be the title sponsor for 10 years at an estimated cost of $10 million per year.

INDYCAR is the current sanctioning body for the Verizon IndyCar Series. The organization was founded in 1994.

The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded the Borg-Warner Trophy. The trophy was first presented in 1936.

While the Indianapolis 500 is run on an oval track, 11 of the 16 Verizon IndyCar races scheduled for 2016 are street or road races that will follow a more circuitous path.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is also known as The Brickyard. For nearly 50 years the track surface was made of bricks.

The Indianapolis 500 is the most-watched race of the Verizon IndyCar Series. The 2015 Indy 500 drew a crowd of more than 250,000 people to the grandstands and averaged more than 6.3 million viewers.

In 1977, Janet Guthrie became the first female driver to qualify for and compete in the Indianapolis 500. Also in 1977, Guthrie became the first female driver to compete in the Daytona 500.

Honda and Chevrolet supply the V-6 engines used in Verizon IndyCar Series cars.

The American Automobile Association (AAA) was the original sanctioning body for IndyCar racing. The AAA sanctioned IndyCar races from 1909 through 1955.

Cars running in the Verizon IndyCar Series use E85 ethanol for racing. Prior to 2007, IndyCar Series cars used methanol.

Howard Covey won the first Indy car race in 1909 with an average speed of 56 miles per hour. The 1909 race, held in Portland, Oregon, consisted of three laps on a 14.6-mile course.

The Pikes Peak Hill Climb was on the Indy car race schedule from 1965 to 1969.

Hulman & Co. is the parent company of the Verizon IndyCar Series. The company's other holdings include the Clabber Girl brand, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IMS Productions.

Firestone has been the sole provider of tires for the Verizon IndyCar Series since 2000.

The external opening of the fuel cell on an Indy car is called the buckeye. During refueling, a fuel hose connects securely to the buckeye to make the fuel transfer safer.

The 2.2 liter turbo-charged engines of the Verizon IndyCar Series generate between 500 and 700 horsepower each, depending on settings.

Driver A.J. Foyt has the most IndyCar racing wins with 67. Foyt accumulated his 67 wins from 1956 to 1995.

Carl Fisher and three partners built the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909 in Speedway, Indiana. Fisher owned one of the first automobile dealerships in the U.S. and was a co-founder of the Prest-O-Lite auto headlight company.

The Borg Warner Trophy stays on permanent display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. A sterling silver replica of the trophy is awarded each year for the winners to take home.

Verizon IndyCar Series cars reach speeds up to 235 miles per hour.

The cars in the IndyCar Series weigh 1,545 to 1,575 pounds, depending on which course they are running. In comparison, NASCAR cars weigh 3,400 pounds and an average sport utility vehicle weighs about 5,000 pounds.

At a top speed of 235 miles per hour, an Indy car will travel more than 344 feet in one second. That’s more than a football field in length every second!

On April 20, 2008, Danica Patrick became the first female driver to win an IndyCar race.

A Verizon IndyCar Series car costs approximately $1 million.

The first running of the Indianapolis 500 was on May 30, 1911. Driver Ray Harroun won the race driving a car called the Marmon Wasp.

The original track surface of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was an amalgam of gravel, limestone, tar and asphaltum oil. The original surface was replaced with bricks after the inaugural race.

Driver Louis Meyer started the tradition of drinking milk in Victory Lane after winning the 1936 Indy 500.

Driver Scott Dixon won the 2015 Indy Car Series Driver Championship with a win at the Grand Prix of Sonoma.