Brickyard build up: Look to the skies.
As has become traditional at major motor racing events, the crowd at Indianapolis will be privileged to see a number of spectacular aircraft participate in a pre-race flyover prior to the start of the eighth annual Brickyard 400.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that a United States Air Force Reserve B-52 bomber will be accompanied by four F-16 fighters in a historic flyover during Brickyard 400 pre-race ceremonies Aug. 5 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
As has become traditional at major motor racing events, the crowd at Indianapolis will be privileged to see a number of spectacular aircraft participate in a pre-race flyover prior to the start of the eighth annual Brickyard 400.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that a United States Air Force Reserve B-52 bomber will be accompanied by four F-16 fighters in a historic flyover during Brickyard 400 pre-race ceremonies Aug. 5 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The bomber, from the 93rd Bomb Squadron of Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, will have two of the F-16s, from the 181st Fighter Wing, Indiana National Guard, Terre Haute, Ind., on either wing. The fighters and bomber in this flyover represent the front line of the United States combat forces.
It's the first time that a fighter and a bomber have participated together in an Indianapolis Motor Speedway flyover. Various types of air defence planes have played a dramatic role in pre-race ceremonies at the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 in years past, including a B-2 Stealth bomber, an AV-8B Harrier II jet, F-14 jets, a F117A Nighthawk Fighter, and F-16's, which flew over the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994.
The B-52 that will fly over during pre-race ceremonies is No. 21, which matches car No. 21 sponsored by the United States Air Force, driven by NASCAR Winston Cup up-and-comer Elliott Sadler and owned by veteran team owners Glen and Eddie Wood.
