IZOD IndyCar World Championships

IZOD IndyCar World Championship

Venue	Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor	Izod, Honda
First race	1996
Last race	2011
Distance	300 miles
Laps	200
Previous names	Silver State Century (1954) Las Vegas 500K (1996-1998) Vegas.com 500 (1999) Vegas Indy 300 (2000) Bridgestone 400 Presented by Corona "Double Down in the Desert" (2004) Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 "Double Down in the Desert" (2005) Vegas Grand Prix (2007) IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda (2011)

The IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda was an IndyCar Series race on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway, held from 1996–2000, and again in 2011. Previous Champ Car events were held at the track during the 2004 and 2005 seasons as doubleheaders with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and a street race was held in Las Vegas at the Fremont Street Experience in 2007.

The Silver State Century was a 100-lap/100-mile race at Las Vegas Park, a dirt track in Las Vegas. Jimmy Bryan was the winner of the race's lone running.

The USAC Championship Car series held a race on the short-lived Stardust International Raceway in 1968. Bobby Unser won the Stardust 150 ahead of Mario Andretti and Joe Leonard.

Starting in 1981, Formula One scheduled a race on laid out in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel. Following mediocre crowds, Formula One left after only two years. In 1983, CART picked up where Formula One left off, and started holding a race on the same course. After two editions, the race ended.

In 1996, Las Vegas Motor Speedway was announced as a venue for the newly formed Indy Racing League. The facility was still under construction when it was added to the 1996-97 season.

For the first four runnings, the race was advertised as a 500 km race. Starting in 1997, the race was moved to a night race. In 2000, it was moved from the fall to the spring, and returned to a day race. After 2000, the race was removed from the IndyCar Series for a decade.

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