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The 98th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to be run on Sunday May 25, 2014, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It will be the premier event of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Tony Kanaan will enter the race as the defending champion.The month of May activities will open with the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Saturday, May 10. Opening Day practice for the Indy 500 will take place Sunday, May 11.All four divisions of the Road to Indy ladder will participate in the meeting, with doubleheaders for the Cooper Tires Indy Lights (Liberty Challenge and Freedom 100) and IndyCar Series (Grand Prix of Indianapolis and Indianapolis 500), and road course races only for the USF2000 and Pro Mazda Series, with Lucas Oil Raceway hosting oval races for the two series during the oval race weekend. The Stadium Super Trucks will also race in the Indianapolis area on Carb Day at the speedway.

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Background
In 2012, Hulman & Co., the parent company of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, hired Boston Consulting Group to evaluate its business operations.In their report, one of their suggestions was to explore the possibility of hosting an IndyCar Series race on the road course at Indy. In September 2013, an IndyCar feasibility test was conducted on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.The inaugural race was announced on October 1, 2013, and was scheduled for early May.Shortly after the test, a construction project began in October 2013 to reconfigure the road course layout in order to the make the circuit more competitive, better for fans, and more suited towards Indy cars. The entire road course portion was repaved, while several segments were modified. The road course turn one was changed to a 90-degree turn, and moved further north. The road course portion inside oval turn 4 was revised to remove two slow turns, and effectively lengthens the Hulman Boulevard backstretch. At the end of the Hulman Blvd. backstretch, a new 90-degree left turn leads to a new series of faster turns behind the museum. Rather than follow original turn 13 (oval turn 1) like the U.S. Grand Prix did, the IndyCar circuit will mimic the motorcycle course, and utilize the "snake pit" infield complex. Two of the sharper corners (utilized by the motorcycles) will be omitted, replaced with a single 90-degree right turn. The new course distance will measure 2.439 miles (3.925 km).

History
The addition of the Grand Prix of Indianapolis will establish two Indy car races in the Indianapolis area. It will be the first time since 1970 that multiple Championship/Indy car races are being held in the greater Indianapolis area. Through 1970, the Indy 500 was accompanied by the Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, which at the time was a National Championship event. The Hoosier Grand Prix at Indianapolis Raceway Park was held as a USAC Champ Car race