Vintage IMS Media Center

January 13, 2023

A living piece of history right in the IMS grandstands. On Behind the Bricks, IMS President Doug Boles takes race fans into the previous press boxes at IMS, which are sneakily located within the grandstands. Built in 1961 and used through 1999, this area takes you back in time and even offers fans a set on Race Days.

Winterization

December 02, 2022

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.

Exploring the Creek, Part 2

November 18, 2022

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.

Horiculture

November 04, 2022

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.

Grandstands

October 21, 2022

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.

Bus Tour

October 07, 2022

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.

A look at the Dirt Track at IMS

October 07, 2022

This week on Behind the Bricks, Doug Boles, president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, goes 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 a look at the track prep, the grandstands, the lighting and the pits that have to be created 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.

Behind the Scenes of the Infield Care Center

September 02, 2022

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.

Historic Nature Of Brickyard Crossing

August 12, 2022

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.

Brickyard Crossing

July 15, 2022

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.

Camera Views

July 01, 2022

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.

Camera Views

July 01, 2022

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.

Flags on Grandstands

June 17, 2022

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.

Doug and Dario part 2

May 20, 2022

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.

Doug and Dario

May 06, 2022

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!

Welcome to Behind the Bricks

May 02, 2022

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.