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The 2009 Indianapolis 500 was televised to 212 countries worldwide, reaching more than 294 million households.
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Jeff Gordon became the first driver to win the Brickyard 400 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in the same year, 1998.
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The inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP, in 2008, took place 99 years after the previous motorcycle race at the track, in 1909.
















