Hendricks County, Indiana, is a next-door neighbor to the Racing Capital of the World, and there are a lot of racing tracks and attractions in and around our county that make us a popular destination for race fans.
Let's take a quick look around the area to see what we can find! For the purpose of this post, I'll use Danville as our starting point, since it is geographically centered in Hendricks County.
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
You don't even need to leave Hendricks County to find a premier race track! Whether you like racing on an oval or on a drag strip -- or both -- Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg has what you're looking for.
Equipped with a 0.625-mile paved oval track and a 4,400-foot-long drag strip, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park hosts a wide variety of racing events throughout the year.
Indy Racing Experience
The Indy Racing Experience offers race fans the exclusive opportunity to ride and drive in real NTT IndyCar Series cars! They are the exclusive racing experience at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway & Museum
- Distance from Danville: 17.3 miles
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) needs no introduction. The 2.5-mile oval at IMS is, of course, home to the annual Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400.
Additionally, IMS is home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, which is open to race fans year-round, but is temporarily closed until 2025.
Speedway Indoor Karting
Just a few blocks south of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the town of Speedway's Main Street, you can get in on the racing action at Speedway Indoor Karting.
This state-of-the-art, indoor karting facility provides visitors of all ages and experience levels the opportunity to race on both a European-style, multi-level road course as well as a banked oval. It also offers duck pin bowling, arcade games and a restaurant on site.
Putnam Park Road Course
The Putnam Park Road Course in Greencastle, Ind., is a paved 1.8-mile course with 10 turns that allows thrill-seekers to drive their own high-performance cars and motorcycles to their limits.
Open year-round, members of the Putnam Park Road Course enjoy access to the track, garage bays available for rental and a well-appointed country club.
Indianapolis Speedrome
If you like Figure 8 racing, Faskarts, modifieds, Speedrome Stocks, midgets, Factory FWD, inexpensive family fun, crashes, demolition derbies, complete chaos and more, then the Indianapolis Speedrome is for you. This paved track is located on the east side of Indianapolis.
Lincoln Park Speedway
Located in Putnamville, Ind., Lincoln Park Speedway is a dirt oval track that hosts winged and non-winged sprint cars, midgets, super stock, modifieds, bombers and more in races throughout the year. It also serves as a leg of USAC's Indiana Speed Week.
Paragon Speedway
Enjoy Friday night racing at the 3/8-mile dirt track of Paragon Speedway in Morgan County. Grassroots racing fans will enjoy sprint cars, midgets, modifieds, late models, hornets, bombers and more.
Ben Hur Speedway
This lightning fast, 1/3-mile clay track in Crawfordsville is a gold mine for those who enjoy Go-Kart racing. Ben Hur Speedway hosts races every other Saturday from April to October and is home to the Indiana State Dirt Championships, the Shookey Summer Shootout and the Spooktacular.
K1 Speed Indianapolis
Up in Fishers, Indiana, you can fly around an indoor track in all-electric karts at K1 Speed Indianapolis. Electric carts are faster, quieter and easier to drive than their gas-powered counterparts.
Relax in the entertainment center that boasts racing memorabilia, big-screen TVs, racing suits, a video arcade, an air hockey table and a restaurant inside.
