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What goes on at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the rest of the year when cars aren't on track? Well, this episode of Behind the Bricks is here to teach you. This week, IMS President Doug Boles gets down and dirty, both under and around the track, to work with the facilities team to shut down plumbing around the track to prepare the Racing Capital of the World for Indiana winter.

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Doug Boles is going where few people have ever gone before – underneath the Indianapolis Motor Speedway! This week on Behind the Bricks, the IMS President goes exploring in the creek that runs underneath the Racing Capital of the World to see what mysteries lie beneath the 113-year-old racetrack and to give race fans exclusive behind the scenes access they can never get in person.

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Did you know: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while tucked inside the urban Town of Speedway, is home to at least 196 different plant species and 57 different animal species? On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President Doug Boles will take you to the water, woods and beyond to highlight the wildlife that calls the Racing Capital of the World home.

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This week on Behind the Bricks, IMS President J. Douglas Boles takes us all the way back to 1909 and to the very first grandstands built at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway through the most recent grandstand renovation in 2016. Tag along and learn why IMS grandstands are named the way they are, what eras grandstand construction occurred and discover some of the best seats at the Racing Capital of the World.

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On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President Doug Boles ventures to the IMS Museum and takes the wheel of a tour bus to give an official “Kiss the Bricks” IMS Museum tour to a surprised group of fans rich with his first-hand, passionate knowledge of all things IMS, while offering race fans at home a virtual tour of the Racing Capital of the World and showing what awaits them at the IMS Museum, which houses much of the history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” Brickyard Weekend and more.

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This week on Behind the Bricks, IMS President Doug Boles takes you behind the scenes of The Dirt Track at IMS, a quarter-mile dirt oval located just inside Turn 3 of the famed racetrack. While parts of this track are permanent, the aspects that make it an event worthy of the Racing Capital of the World are not. Boles offers an inside look at the track prep, grandstands, lighting and pits that have to be created in order to host the Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented by WeatherTech in honor of Bryan Clauson, who lost his life in a racing accident in 2016 and saved several lives by being a registered organ donor.

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It’s the oldest building inside the famed IMS oval, and it quite literally saves lives. On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President J. Douglas Boles gives race fans a behind the scenes tour of the IU Health Emergency Medical Center, which treats drivers involved in accidents, as well as race fans who visit the Racing Capital of the World for on-track action. Plus, meet Dr. Geoffrey Billows and Dr. Julia Vaizer, who lead IMS and INDYCAR’s medical efforts at the track.

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It’s more nature than racetrack, and it can be traced back to the late 1800s. Those are some of the facts and stories you’ll hear on this week’s episode of Behind the Bricks as IMS President J. Douglas Boles takes you on a tour of the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course to show you what all it has to offer today, as well as its remains that are decades, and even a century, old.

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 Andrew sits down with rookie Todd Gilliland to hear his perspective on last week's race and what to expect heading into the Irish Hills of Michigan. 

On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President J. Douglas Boles gives race fans an inside look at the Brickyard Crossing golf course and some areas of the Racing Capital of the World that have never been shown to the public, or at least haven’t been in the public eye in decades. From the old Speedway Motel to the popular post-Indy 500 hangout and a secret apartment above the clubhouse, this is an episode you cannot miss.

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On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President J. Douglas Boles goes on a journey around the Racing Capital of the World to show you how NBC Sports and IMS photographers capture those historic images of the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard Weekend through several TV and photo platforms located around, on top of, and below the iconic facility.

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On this episode of Behind the Bricks, a generational job is revealed as Dave and Mike Pool and their extended family raise the flags atop the Indianapolis Motor Speedway grandstands. Since the late 1960s, these flags have flown at IMS when cars are on track to signify racing season, but how did it come about? And how did the Pool family get invited from St. Louis to raise the flags each year? Find out on Behind the Bricks.

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It’s the second episode of a two-part feature on Dario Franchitti for this episode of Behind the Bricks! The three-time Indy 500 winner relives his second Indy 500 win in 2010 and his third and final win in 2012 that etched his name in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway history books forever after he edged out Takuma Sato in an unforgettable battle in Turn 1 on Lap 200.

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On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President J. Douglas Boles spends time walking down the main straightaway of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti. The two reminisce about Dario’s first-career Indy 500 start in 2002 and relive his first win in 2007, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. From Dario’s first impressions of IMS to his first memories of pulling into Victory Lane and the all-out celebration that followed, you do not want to miss this episode!

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Go behind-the-scenes of the Racing Capital of the World on Behind the Bricks! Hosted by Indianapolis Motor Speedway President J. Douglas Boles, this exclusive content series shows race fans areas of the famed racetrack a Race Day ticket cannot provide and offers never-before-heard stories that you can only hear by tuning in to Behind the Bricks.

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For the final time in 2021, Charlie and 'The Car Cuz' Josh Stiegman settle in to sort through all of the IndyCar mayhem on and off the track. Charlie shares his takeaways following an interview with 2021 season champion Alex Palou, and Josh breaks down the driver changes we are likely to see this offseason inside IndyCar's most powerful teams. Plus: Why 7x NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson along with Formula 1 veteran Romain Grosjean are both now one step closer to competing at their first Indianapolis 500's this coming May. Thank you for listen along, subscribing, and telling a friend about our IndyCar chats all season. Cheers to 2022 and beyond.

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On this episode, Charlie is rejoined by 'The Car Cuz' Josh Stiegman following his epic trip to Monterey Car Week, the most exclusive car auction in North America. Josh details the incredible sights and rides from the California coast along with a few vehicles from the Hoosier State that went up for auction. Also, Charlie and Josh relive the action at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as three races took on the 14-turn road course. Will a bizarre ending to the NASCAR Cup Series first-ever run on the road course change future plans for the event? The debate begins on this episode.

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Is the next go-to road trip a cruise to Nashville to catch IndyCar flying at 200 MPH+ around downtown? It certainly felt like a monumental weekend for the IndyCar series, with a mammoth television rating to back it up. On this episode Charlie and 'The Car Cuz' Josh Stiegman breakdown scene in Nashville on and off the track, plus a full preview of IndyCar & NASCAR's triple-header weekend on tap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The most dramatic stint of the racing season is here and there is no better place to get the top two series in North America together than Indy. Thank you Roger Penske!

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On today's episode Charlie is joined by the IndyCar Radio Network's Jake Query to honor and remember late motorsports broadcaster Bob Jenkins. Jenkins passed away on Monday at 73-years-old following a battle with brain cancer, and an outpouring of tributes have followed in the past 24-hours from around the racing world. Jenkins' broadcasting career began with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network in 1979, and he quickly rose to the lead anchor for NASCAR on ESPN from '79 to 2000. Locally, Jenkins' role as the radio voice of Indianapolis 500 from 1990 to 1998 is highlighted by the 1992 finish -- still the closest in 500 history.

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