The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is nicknamed the Brickyard for a real reason. In 1909, workers paved the whole 2.5-mile track with 3.2 million bricks. Asphalt slowly buried nearly all of them, until only a 36-inch strip survived at the finish line. Drivers still kiss that strip after every win. In 2025, a repave dug into a turn and found the original bricks still down there.
