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Indianapolis Raceway Park name returning to west-side racetrack

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Posted at 10:28 AM, Dec 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-08 13:31:28-05

INDIANAPOLIS — You may have never stopped calling it IRP, but the Indianapolis Raceway Park name is coming back to the west-side racetrack.

Lucas Oil Raceway will become Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2022, according to a news release sent Wednesday.

The track was known as Indianapolis Raceway Park from 1961-2005, before it became O’Reilly Raceway Park in 2006 and Lucas Oil Raceway in 2011.

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“We just wrapped up our 60th anniversary of the facility and the timing couldn’t be better to celebrate a bit of our history with the new moniker,” said Kasey Coler, Vice President of Track Operations and Management for the NHRA.

The track will also return to its old-school oval logo and red, white and blue color scheme.

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park will host five oval races in 2022, including a NASCAR Camping World Trucks race on July 29. The NHRA U.S. Nationals will return Labor Day weekend.

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