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08/30/2026

Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix - Moto-Grand Prix Winners On This Day: August 28–30, 2009
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana.
2009 Moto GP Winner: Jorge Lorenzo;

The 2009 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 28–30, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The MotoGP race was won by Jorge Lorenzo.

Moto-GP Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 28 47:13.592 2 25
2 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 28 +9.435 4 20
3 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati 28 +12.947 6 16
4 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 28 +13.478 8 13
5 5 United States Colin Edwards Yamaha 28 +26.254 5 11

250 cc classification Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 45:43.599 3 25
2 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 26 +1.943 2 20
3 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 26 +4.661 6 16
4 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 26 +12.776 1 13
5 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 26 +15.475 12 11

125 cc classification Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 42:07.925 4 25
2 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia 23 +0.120 5 20
3 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 +0.448 6 16
4 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 +1.613 3 13
5 60 Spain Julián Simón Aprilia 23 +1.801 1 11

08/28/2026

Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix - Moto-Grand Prix Winners On This Day: August 26–28, 2011;

Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana.
2011 Moto GP Winner: Casey Stoner;

The 2011 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 26–28, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The event was held two weeks after the Indiana State Fair stage collapse, which led to the cancellation of the popular AMA Pro flat-track race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds which is held nearby during the Saturday night of the race meet.

Moto-GP Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Australia Casey Stoner Honda 28 46:52.786 1 25
2 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 28 +4.828 4 20
3 11 United States Ben Spies Yamaha 28 +10.603 2 16
4 1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 28 +16.576 3 13
5 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 28 +17.202 5 11

Moto2 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Suter 26 45:50.601 1 25
2 44 Spain Pol Espargaró FTR 26 +1.889 7 20
3 34 Spain Esteve Rabat FTR 26 +2.310 9 16
4 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Tech 3 26 +3.389 4 13
5 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Suter 26 +5.674 11 11

125 cc classification Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 42:11.978 1 25
2 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 23 +3.633 4 20
3 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 23 +3.737 2 16
4 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +4.227 9 13
5 5 France Johann Zarco Derbi 23 +14.186 3 11

08/23/2026

This Day in Motorsports History: August 23, 2020 – Takuma Sato Wins His 2nd Indianapolis 500;

The 2020 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons) was a 500-mile (800km, 200 laps) automobile race held on Sunday, August 23, 2020, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It was the premier event of the 2020 IndyCar Series.

Takuma Sato won the race for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, his second Indianapolis 500 win, having previously won the 2017 race. It was also the second Indy 500 victory for car owners Bobby Rahal and David Letterman (2004, 2020). Rahal also won himself as a driver in 1986. It was also Honda's first Indy 500 win in the Reiwa era.

Five-time IndyCar Series champion and 2008 race winner Scott Dixon started in the middle of the front row and dominated much of the race. Dixon led 111 laps and led by as many as 7 seconds at one point during the first half. After the final round of pit stops, however, Sato chased down and passed Dixon for position on lap 172, which proved to be the winning move. After all other cars had cycled through their final pit stops, Sato elevated to the lead on lap 186. He was leading the race on lap 195 when a caution came out for a heavy crash by Spencer Pigot at the pit lane attenuator. With insufficient time to red flag the race for the cleanup, the final four laps were run under caution with Sato taking the checkered flag.

Originally scheduled for May 24, the race was postponed to August 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 running was the first time the race was not held on or around Memorial Day in late May. On August 4, it was announced that the race would be held without spectators.

Practice was held on August 12–14 and time trials were held on August 15–16. Carb Day, the traditional final day of practice, was scheduled for August 21. A somewhat truncated schedule was utilized, with numerous ancillary events (Freedom 100, Pit Stop Challenge, concerts, and various festivities) canceled. Marco Andretti, son of Michael Andretti and grandson of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, won the pole position for Andretti Autosport. The achievement came 33 years after Mario won his third pole in 1987, and was the first Indy pole for the Andretti Autosport team since 2005. Andretti ended up finishing 13th, while the previous year's winner Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske finished 22nd.

Reiwa (Japanese: 令和, pronounced [ɾeːwa] ( listen) or [ɾeꜜːwa][1]) is the current era of Japan's official calendar. It began on 1 May 2019, the day on which Emperor Akihito's elder son, Naruhito, ascended the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan. The day before, Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne, marking the end of the Heisei era. The year 2019 corresponds with Heisei 31 from 1 January through 30 April, and with Reiwa 1 (令和元年, Reiwa gannen, 'the base year of Reiwa') from 1 May. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan explained the meaning of Reiwa to be "beautiful harmony".

08/19/2026

This Day in History: August 19, 1909 - Louis Schwitzer wins first race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway;

In front of some 12,000 spectators, automotive engineer Louis Schwitzer wins the two-lap, five-mile inaugural race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 19, 1909.

Conceived by local businessmen as a testing facility for Indiana’s growing automobile industry, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway would later become famous as the home to the now world-famous Indianapolis 500 race, which was first held in 1911. In that inaugural race, Schwitzer (then the chief engineer at Stoddard-Dayton) drove a stripped-down Stoddard Dayton touring car with a four-cylinder engine. He achieved an average speed of 57.4 mph on the new track, which was then covered in macadam, or crushed pieces of rock layered and bound by tar. Later, the speedway would be covered with 3.2 million paving bricks, which earned it its enduring nickname, “The Brickyard.”

Born in Silesia in northwestern Austria in 1881, Schwitzer earned advanced degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering before immigrating to America around the turn of the century. His first job in the auto industry was with Pierce Arrow, as an engineer, working on one of the very first six-cylinder engines; he then began working for Canada Cycle and Motor Company, designing the Russell motor car. There, he met the prosperous automaker Howard Marmon (of the Marmon Motor Car Company), and would later earn lasting fame as the designer of the famous “Marmon Yellow Jacket” engine, which powered the vehicle of Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911.

After leaving racing, Schwitzer remained active in the sport’s development, joining the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Technical Committee in 1912 (he was its chairman from 1919 through 1945). He served in the United States Army Motor Transport Corps during World War I, then returned to Indianapolis to start his own business, which later became Schwitzer-Cummins. After developing improved automotive cooling systems and water pumps, Schwitzer began producing superchargers for gasoline and diesel engines, which helped both truck and boat engines produce increased horsepower. He then moved on to so-called “turbochargers,” the first of which was introduced on a Cummins diesel-powered racing car which won the pole position for the 1952 Indianapolis 500.

In 1965, Schwitzer suffered a stroke while riding a horse on his farm. He was paralyzed, and for a time lost his ability to speak English, reverting to Hungarian. He died in 1967.

To honor Schwitzer’s legacy, the Society of Professional Engineers now presents an individual or group involved with the Indianapolis 500 with the annual Louis Schwitzer Award for Engineering Excellence.

08/19/2026

Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix - Moto-Grand Prix Winners On This Day: 19 August 2012 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana;

2012 Moto GP Winner: Dani Pedrosa;

The 2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix) was the eleventh round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held on 19 August 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

After being absent from the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, the Moto2 and Moto3 classes returned to competition at Indianapolis.

Moto-GP Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 28 46:39.631 1 25
2 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 28 +10.823 2 20
3 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 28 +17.310 3 16
4 1 Australia Casey Stoner Honda 28 +19.803 6 13
5 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda 28 +22.556 8 11

Moto2 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Suter 26 45:13.763 2 25
2 40 Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex 26 +5.855 1 20
3 60 Spain Julián Simón Suter 26 +9.394 4 16
4 36 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 26 +15.549 8 13
5 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter 26 +16.138 9 11

Moto3 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex KTM 23 42:14.300 4 25
2 11 Germany Sandro Cortese KTM 23 +0.056 1 20
3 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 23 +2.940 15 16
4 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 23 +3.067 11 13
5 5 Italy Romano Fenati FTR Honda 23 +3.664 8 11

08/18/2026

Red Bull Indianapolis Moto-Grand Prix Winners On This Day: 18 August 2013;

Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana.
2013 - Marc Márquez -

The 2013 Indianapolis Motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on 18 August 2013.
Ben Spies crashed heavily in practice, and the resulting injuries caused the end of his racing career.

Moto-GP Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 27 44:52.463 1 25
2 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 27 +3.495 3 20
3 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 27 +5.704 2 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 27 +19.895 9 13
5 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 27 +19.955 4 11

Moto2 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 80 Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex 25 43:47.432 4 25
2 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 25 +0.766 3 20
3 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Kalex 25 +1.741 1 16
4 40 Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex 25 +2.628 2 13
5 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 25 +2.708 12 11

Moto3 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42 Spain Álex Rins KTM 23 41:37.200 1 25
2 12 Spain Álex Márquez KTM 23 +0.177 2 20
3 25 Spain Maverick Viñales KTM 23 +1.076 3 16
4 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 23 +8.638 7 13
5 39 Spain Luis Salom KTM 23 +9.261 10 11

08/10/2026

Red Bull Indianapolis Moto-Grand Prix Winners On This Day: 10 August 2014 = Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana.
2014 - Marc Márquez -

The 2014 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on 10 August 2014.

Moto-GP Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 27 42:07.041 1 25
2 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 27 +1.803 3 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 27 +6.558 5 16
4 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 27 +10.016 8 13
5 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Yamaha 27 +17.807 6 11

Moto2 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 16 26:07.410 1 25
2 40 Spain Maverick Viñales Kalex 16 +1.380 6 20
3 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 16 +1.696 3 16
4 53 Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex 16 +2.559 2 13
5 3 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 16 +6.648 5 11

Moto3 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda 23 39:12.977 2 25
2 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 23 +0.065 4 20
3 8 Australia Jack Miller KTM 23 +0.219 1 16
4 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 23 +0.372 11 13
5 42 Spain Álex Rins Honda 23 +0.719 12 11

08/09/2026

Red Bull Indianapolis Moto-Grand Prix Winners On This Day: August 9, 2015 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana. 2015 - Marc Márquez;

The 2015 Indianapolis Motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on 9 August 2015.

In the MotoGP category, Marc Márquez took his fifth pole position of the season and ultimately took his third win of the season — and his fifth consecutive win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Márquez's victory was also the 700th victory in the Grand Prix history for the Honda brand. Behind Márquez were the two Movistar Yamaha riders, Jorge Lorenzo, and Valentino Rossi; the podium was swept by these riders in the previous year. Further down the order, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso started from tenth on the grid, but he went off track on the first lap. After he fell to the rear of the field, Dovizioso was able to finish ninth, just behind Cal Crutchlow. Forward Racing did not compete in this event following the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari. Stefan Bradl, who was joining Gresini Racing, finished in twentieth place. Toni Elías, who replaced Karel Abraham as Abraham recovered from injuries sustained at the Catalan Grand Prix, finished in twenty-second. Jack Miller crashed out of the race with twenty laps remaining.

Moto-GP Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 27 41:55.371 1 25
2 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 27 +0.688 3 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 27 +5.966 8 16
4 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 27 +6.147 2 13
5 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati 27 +21.528 7 11

Moto2 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 25 41:18.866 1 25
2 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 25 +0.482 8 20
3 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25 +0.888 9 16
4 77 Switzerland Dominique AegerterKalex 25 +1.719 11 13
5 1 Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex 25 +2.963 2 11

Moto3 Top Five:
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 23 40:50.747 26 25
2 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 23 +38.860 18 20
3 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 23 +57.781 34 16
4 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 23 +1:15.296 11 13
5 32 Spain Isaac Viñales KTM 23 +1:19.814 20 11

08/08/2026

Brickyard 400 Winners On This Day: August 8, 2004 -
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana.
2004 - Jeff Gordon - His fourth of Brickyard Record Five Wins;

The 2004 Brickyard 400, the 11th running of the event, was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on August 8, 2004, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 161 laps – extended from 160 laps due to a green–white–checker finish – on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.

For the first time in Nextel Cup Series history, the Green-white-checker finish rule caused a race to be extended, in this case for one additional lap. On the extra lap, Casey Mears blew a tire, Ricky Rudd hit the wall, and then Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. suffered tire failures. Jeff Gordon retained the lead to become the first four-time winner of the Brickyard.

Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage ( #51), Hermie Sadler ( #02), Morgan Shepherd ( #89), Greg Sacks ( #13), Andy Hillenburg ( #37), Geoffrey Bodine ( #34), Kirk Shelmerdine ( #72)

The top ten finishers:
Position Number Driver Team Model
1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford
3 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford
4 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge
5 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet
6 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford
7 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge
8 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 91 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge
10 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford

08/07/2026

Brickyard 400 Winners On This Day: August 7, 2005 and 1999 -
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, Indiana.
1999 - Dale Jarrett - His second of two wins
2005 - Tony Stewart - His first of two wins.

The 1999 Brickyard 400, the 6th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 7, 1999 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the 20th race of the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Dale Jarrett of Robert Yates Racing won the race.

Late in the race, Dale Jarrett leads, but fourth-place Bobby Labonte is the only car in the top five that can go the distance without pitting for fuel. A caution comes out with 17 laps to go, allowing the leaders to pit, foiling Labonte's chances to steal the win. As the leaders pitted, in an unexpected move, Dale Jarrett took on only two tires. Jeff Burton saw this and pulled away after taking only two tires. His pit crew, however, had already tried to loosen the lug nuts on the left side. Jarrett led the rest of the way, became the second two-time winner, and erased his heartbreak from 1998.

The top ten finishers:
Position Number Driver Team Model
1 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford
2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac
3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Chevrolet
5 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford
6 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac
7 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac
8 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford
9 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford
10 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

The 2005 Allstate 400 at The Brickyard, the 12th running of the event, was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on August 7, 2005, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race.

A late race crash by Jimmie Johnson, combined with the win by Stewart, put him into the Nextel Cup points lead. As part of the victory celebration, Tony Stewart went to turn two, where a fan handed him a can of Coca-Cola. Then upon returning to the frontstretch, Tony Stewart climbed the fence, along with the rest of his teammates. Kasey Kahne and Jeremy Mayfield finished 2nd and 4th for Evernham Motorsports. If Bill Elliott had finished in the top 10, all Evernham drivers would have finished in the top 10 for the first time that season.

Failed to qualify: Kevin Lepage ( #37), Tony Raines ( #92), Mike Garvey ( #66), Stuart Kirby ( #51), Mike Wallace ( #4), P. J. Jones ( #34), Morgan Shepherd ( #89), Kenny Wallace ( #00), Jimmy Spencer ( #50)

The top ten finishers:
Position Number Driver Team Model
1 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet
2 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge
3 25 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge
5 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford
6 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge
7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford
8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
9 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge
10 5 Kyle Busch Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

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