An Indy Car is 192 inches long.
The average milage for an Indy car is approximately 1.3 gallons of fuel per lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Since a lap is 2.5 miles, that works out to 1.923 mpg.
Each lap is 2.5 miles. Thus, 2.5 miles times 200 = 500 miles.
About $500 per lap lead.
The Indianapolis 500 is 200 laps. The "500" means 500 miles in race distance.
Top speed during Indy 500 Pole day was 230mph (5/9/09). Indy is the fastest track they currently race. The 4 lap average that won the pole was just shy of 225mph. The record speed for an Indy (type) car was an average speed of 241mph set by a Honda powered Reynard in what was the CART series at California Speedway in late 2000.
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Four laps is equivalent to one mile. This therefore means that 125 laps make up the Indianapolis 500 miles.
A 10 kilometers race is equivalent to 20 laps if one lap is 500 meters.
Martin Truex Jr. led the 2011 Daytona 500 at the 250 mile mark (lap 100).
In 2007, the Indy Racing League (IRL) mandated the switch from methanol fuel to fuel-grade ethanol for the IndyCar Series. This mandate reduced the fuel tank capacity from a thirty-three (33) gallon tank to a twenty-two (22) gallon tank.
It is basically easy. It is called the Daytona 500 for a reason. It is 500 miles long!!