Genesys 600

The Genesys 600 is an IndyCar Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway near Fort Worth, Texas. The race is held on a Saturday night in early June. From 1997 until 2005, it served as the first race after the Indianapolis 500. It resumed this place in 2010 and in 2011. When it debuted in 1997, it was the first IndyCar race in the state of Texas since 1979.

Genesys 600
IndyCar Series
VenueTexas Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsorGenesys
First race1997
Distance600 km (372.82 mi)
Laps248
Previous namesTrue Value 500 (1997–1998)
Longhorn 500 (1999)
Casino Magic 500 (2000–2001)
Boomtown 500 (2002)
Bombardier 500 (2003–2004)
Bombardier Learjet 500 (2005–2006)
Bombardier Learjet 550 (2007–2009)
Firestone 550 (2010, 2012–2013)
Firestone Twin 275s (2011)
Firestone 600 (2014–2016)
Rainguard Water Sealers 600 (2017)
DXC Technologies 600 (2018–2019)
Most wins (driver)Scott Dixon (4)
Most wins (team)Team Penske (8)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chassis: Dallara (21)
Engine: Honda (11)

History

The first Championship/Indy car races in the Dallas/Fort Worth area took place at Arlington Downs Raceway in nearby Arlington, Texas. AAA sanctioned five races from 1947–1950. USAC sanctioned ten Championship car events at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. The race was discontinued when the track closed in 1981.

In 1997, the IndyCar Series debuted at the track on a Saturday night in early June. It marked the first-ever superspeedway night race for American open wheel racing. During the race, one of the electronic scoring wires malfunctioned in the pit area, which caused unexpected scoring errors. Billy Boat was scored as the leader, and took the checkered flag as the winner. Arie Luyendyk, who felt he had been robbed of the win, stormed victory lane, where he was lunged at by Boat's owner, A. J. Foyt. Quickly the fight broke up. The next morning, it was determined that Luyendyk actually was the official winner. Foyt refused to return the trophy, and the race has since become a famous part of Texas Motor Speedway lore. Luyendyk received a replacement, and the "official" trophy years later, presented to him by track president Eddie Gossage.

The IndyCar Series races at Texas have widely been regarded by media, fans, and competitors as the best racing in the series. Side-by-side racing has produced some of the closest two-car and three-car finishes in series history.[1][2]

Fall race
Main article: Chevy 500

From 1998–2004, a second 500 km IndyCar Series race was held at the track in the fall. Known commonly as "Texas II," the race was always held during the day. It served as the IndyCar Series' season finale for each of its runnings. The fall race was discontinued after 2004 when the Ferko lawsuit forced NASCAR to eliminate the Grand Slam and give the circuit its desired second Nextel Cup race.

In 2003, Gil de Ferran was leading on lap 187 when Kenny Bräck crashed on the backstretch. The massive accident seriously injured Bräck, and he raced only limitedly afterwards. With the race winding down under caution, and with cleanup still ongoing, officials stopped the race after 195 laps when it was clear they would not have time to go back to green. de Ferran was declared the winner in what was his final race in IndyCar (he had announced his retirement during the season).

Race length

When the track opened, the one-lap distance was measured as 1.5 miles (2.4 km). IndyCar Series races were originally 208 laps (312 mi/500 km) long. In 2001, timing and scoring officials revised the measurement as 1.455 miles (2.342 km), and the races were changed to an even 200 laps (291 mi/468.319 km). In 2007, the race was lengthened to 228 laps in an effort to create a longer product for time value purposes. Using the traditional 1.5-mile (2.4 km) measurement, the race became 342 miles (550.4 km). However, official IndyCar timing and scoring maintained the 1.455-mile (2.342 km) measurement, and the race was officially 331.74 miles (533.88 km). In 2014, the race was extended to 600 kilometers.[3] After revamping the oval track in 2016, the new one lap measurement is 1.44 miles for lap speed calculations.[4]

In addition, the start time was moved to 9:00 p.m. CDT (10:00 p.m. EDT) so the event would take place almost entirely under the lights, rather than in the mid-summer twilight.[5]

The race will be slightly shortened to 300 miles and 200 laps in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and plans to use same-day practice and qualifying for the event. It will also be closed to spectators. The Genesys 300 will be the first IndyCar event since a hiatus due to the pandemic.[6]

Twin races

For 2011, a special Twin race format was adopted, a throwback to the USAC-style twin races of the 1970s and early 1980s. The race would consist of two 275-km (114 laps) races, with each race declaring a separate winner, and each race awarding half points towards the season championship. The starting lineup for the first race was determined during standard time trials. After the completion of the first race, a "halftime" was observed, and the starting lineup for the second race was determined by a random draw.

A mild controversy resulted from the halftime draw for the second race's lineup. It differed from previous "twin" races where the finishing positions for the first race determined the lineup, or the finishing positions were inverted. It was considered unfair by some,[7] and it was magnified when points contenders Will Power and Dario Franchitti drew 3rd and 28th starting positions, respectively. For 2012, the twin-race format was scrapped.

Champ Car race
Main article: Firestone Firehawk 600

The CART Champ Car series scheduled a race at the track for April 29, 2001. Following practice and qualifying, however, the race was cancelled "due to irresolvable concerns over the physical demands placed on the drivers at race speeds."[8] All but four drivers reported they had experienced vertigo-like symptoms due to lateral g-forces from driving in excess of 230 mph (370 km/h) on the steep 24 degree banks.

The Dayton Indy Lights race was completed with two cautions.

Past winners

AAA Championship car history (Arlington)
Season Date Race Name Driver Team Chassis Engine Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
1947 November 2 Arlington 100 Ted Horn Ted Horn Enterprises Horn Offy 95 100.89 (162.366) 1:10:25 86.001
1948 April 25 Arlington 100 Ted Horn Horn Enterprises Horn Offy 95 100.89 (162.366) 1:17:00 78.644
1949 April 24 Arlington 100 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Offy 95 100.89 (162.366) 1:16:40 83.15
July 17 Universal Speedways Race of Champions Mel Hansen Lesovsky Offy 50 53.1 (85.456)
1950 April 30 MGM Sweepstakes Duane Carter Sprint Car 30 31.86 (51.273) 0:22:44 84.087

USAC Championship car history (College Station)

See Texas World Speedway

Season Date Race Name Driver Team Chassis Engine Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
1973 April 7 Texas 200 Al Unser Vels Parnelli Jones Parnelli Offenhauser 100 200 (321.868) 1:18:19 153.224
1974
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1975		 Not held
1976 August 1 Texas 150 A. J. Foyt Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt 75 150 (241.401) 0:52:04 172.885
1977 April 2 Texas Grand Prix Tom Sneva Team Penske McLaren Cosworth 100 200 (321.868) 1:16:05 157.711
1978 April 15 Coors 200 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth 100 200 (321.868) 1:09:08 173.594
1979 April 8 Coors 200 A. J. Foyt Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt 100 200 (321.868) 1:32:37 129.574
1980 Race cancelled

IndyCar Series history (Fort Worth)
Season Date Driver Team Chassis Engine Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)		 Report
Laps Miles (km)
1996–97 June 7, 1997 Arie Luyendyk* Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile 208 312 (502.115) 2:19:48 133.903 Report
1998 June 6 Billy Boat A.J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Oldsmobile 208 312 (502.115) 2:08:46 145.388 Report
1999 June 12 Scott Goodyear Panther Racing G-Force Oldsmobile 208 312 (502.115) 2:00:06 150.069 Report
2000 June 11* Scott Sharp Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 208 312 (502.115) 1:47:20 169.182 Report
2001 June 9 Scott Sharp Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 200 300 (482.803) 1:55:44 150.873 Report
2002 June 8 Jeff Ward Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 1:45:50 164.984 Report
2003 June 7 Al Unser Jr. Kelley Racing Dallara Toyota 200 300 (482.803) 1:43:48 168.213 Report
2004 June 12 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:53:24 153.965 Report
2005 June 11 Tomas Scheckter Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 200 300 (482.803) 1:45:47 165.047 Report
2006 June 10 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara Honda 200 300 (482.803) 1:34:01 185.71 Report
2007 June 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Team Penske Dallara Honda 228 342 (550.395) 1:52:15 177.314 Report
2008 June 7 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 228 342 (550.395) 2:04:36 159.74 Report
2009 June 6 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara Honda 228 342 (550.395) 1:55:16 172.677 Report
2010 June 5 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Dallara Honda 228 342 (550.395) 2:04:47 159.508 Report
2011 June 11 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 114 171 (275.197) 0:54:47 181.649 Report
Will Power Team Penske Dallara Honda 114 171 (275.197) 0:48:09 206.693
2012 June 9 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Dallara Honda 228 342 (550.395) 1:59:02 167.217 Report
2013 June 8 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 228 342 (550.395) 1:52:17 177.257 Report
2014 June 7 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara Chevrolet 248 372 (598.676) 2:01:26 178.301 Report
2015 June 6 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Chevrolet 248 372 (598.676) 1:52:48 191.94 Report
2016 June 12
August 27*		 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda 248 372 (598.676) 2:29:25 144.901 Report
2017 June 10 Will Power Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 248 372 (598.676) 2:32:31 140.491 Report
2018 June 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 248 372 (598.676) 2:00:53 177.25 Report
2019 June 8 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 248 372 (598.676) 1:55:09 186.084 Report
2020 June 6 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara Honda 200* 300 (482.803) 1:38:37 175.201 Report
  • 1997: Billy Boat took checkered flag as the winner due to scoring error; Luyendyk declared official winner the following day.
  • 2000 and 2016: Postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain. 2016 race further postponed due to more rain/logistical issues.
  • 2020: Race was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indy Lights

Notes
  1. "Stats". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. "At the finish line, IRL's Bombardier Learjet 550 is hardly ever a dud - USATODAY.com". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. Lewandowski, Dave (2013-09-24). "Fans to get more mileage out of 2014 race at TMS". IndyCar Series. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  4. http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/3756/2017-06-09/indycar-results-quals.pdf
  5. "IRL: Indy Racing League News and Notes 2006-12-12". Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. "IndyCar return for 2020 season will be at Texas without fans". NBC Sports. 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  8. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=63078&FS=CHAMPCAR
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Preceded by
Detroit Grand Prix		 IndyCar Series
Genesys 600		 Succeeded by
REV Group Grand Prix at Road America
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