1909	Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built by its four founders (Carl Fisher, James Allison, Arthur Newby, and Frank Wheeler) The track opened on August 19 with a crushed stone and tar track
1911	On May 11 the first 500 mile race was held
1927	Eddie Rickenbacker and his associates purchased the speedway
1937	Parts of the track were resurfaced with asphalt
1945	Tony Hulman obtained ownership
1956	The first museum-office building was completed
1957	The control tower and pit area were built
1959	An electronic scoring pylon was installed on the main straight-away
1976	A multimillion dollar Hall of Fame was opened up to the public Entire track resurface with asphalt
1986	A new garage area was built
1988	The entire track and pit area were completely repaved with asphalt
1991	A new infield drainage system was installed
1994	A new state of the art electronic scoring pylon was installed and replace the original one
1995	The track was completely repaved with a new high density asphalt surface