IMS Road Course is not on the current NASCAR schedule
The last NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course was the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on Sunday, August 13, 2023. If NASCAR returns to IMS Road Course in a future season, this section will automatically update to show the next event.
About Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course hosted Cup Series racing from 2021 through 2023 as part of NASCAR's road-course expansion era. The 14-turn, 2.439-mile infield circuit weaves through the grounds of the famous IMS oval and uses portions of the front straight at full throttle before diving into a series of tight technical chicanes. The track was originally built in 2000 for the U.S. Formula One Grand Prix and has hosted MotoGP, IndyCar, and IMSA sports-car racing in the years since. Cup competition moved to the road course from 2021 to 2023 as a temporary measure while the Cup Series tested expanded road-course options, then returned to the original IMS oval and the Brickyard 400 in 2024.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course incorporates the long Indy 500 frontstretch at full throttle, then breaks for a bus-stop chicane on the back portion of the oval. The combination makes it one of the highest-average-speed road courses in major U.S. motorsport.
Top Performers at IMS Road Course
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.3 |
| 2 | Austin Cindric | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8.7 |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 6 | AJ Allmendinger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11.3 |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13.0 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.7 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 |
Recent Winners at IMS Road Course
Road Course Context
IMS Road Course is one of 10 road courses on the 2026 Cup schedule. Historically, Chase Elliott leads all Cup drivers at this venue with a 7.3 average finish across 3 starts. Drivers who excel on road courses tend to carry that form here. Check their track type stats in S-EDGE™.
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