No time to waste
Indy starts demolition for F1 construction, improvements
Posted: Monday December 21, 1998 04:42 PM
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The overhaul at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is expected to be completed by 2000 Matthew Stockman/Allsport |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Crews began demolition of the Tower Terrace
grandstands at the south end of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
main straightaway on Monday.
The grandstands will be replaced by 36 pit-side garages and 12
luxury suites in time for the U.S. Grand Prix Formula One race in
2000.
The first phase of the demolition will take about two months for
removal of about 4,000 tons of concrete.
"Crews will use track-mounted hydraulic excavators with
claw-like devices," Speedway engineering and construction director Kevin
Forbes said. "The machines will literally chew the structure
apart."
In the second phase of construction, crews will install the
utilities and foundation for the garages and suites. Temporary
stands will be built on top of the foundations for the Indianapolis
500 and Brickyard 400 races in 1999.
The Tower Terrace was built in 1957.
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