The Race
This Long Beach race is 85 laps long
What is the Grand Prix of Long Beach?
How much does an IndyCar per car
What is about 3 million per car?
Engine: 1 million
Chassis + parts: $1-2 million
The top IndyCar driver Colton Herta is paid how much per year?
What is 7 million/year? (Colton Herta)
Pato O’Ward about 4 million/year
Scott Dixon about 3.5-4.5 million/year
This is about how long it takes to change tires in Formula 1
What is about 2 seconds?
Due to the extreme heat in a race car how much weight can a drive lose during one race
What is up to 10 pounds?
Inside the car can reach 120 to 140 degrees
Between the engine and track heat and heavy fireproof suit it feels like they are sitting a car with no air conditioning on a very hot day for 2 hours
This is about how long a Long Beach race last to drive 85 laps
What is about 2 hours?
How fast do race cars go?
What is up to 230 mph on big tracks.
FYI: Long Beach is slower because it’s a street course
True or False: Race care drivers are professional athletes
What is true?
Yes Race car drivers are professional athletics
This is about how long a full IndyCar pit stop takes to fuel and change the tires
What is about 20 to 30 seconds?
This race is called the “500”
What is the Indianapolis 500?
How many people are on a pit crew
What is about 20 people
Men and women race together in this sport
What is yes?
Men and women do race in all the same race. There are no separate men’s and women’s races in IndyCar
Race cars have this many lug nuts on each wheel
What is 1 lug nut?
Inside a race car, temperatures can reach this high
What is 120 to 140 degrees?
Race car suits are not designed for cooling but to protect from flames, adding to the extreme heat inside the car.
Drivers sip fluids during the race from a tube inside the helmet.