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This is the current conditions weather report for Speedway. The report was made 41 minutes ago, at 08:11 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 13 miles per hour / 20.4 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 13 miles per hour / 20.4 kilometers per hour from the westnorthwest (290°). The temperature was 30°F / -1°C, with a dew-point at 30°F / -1°C. The temperature felt like 21°F / -6°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.65 inHg / 1005 hPa. The relative humidity was 80%. The skies were overcast with light snow.
Speedway is a town in Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 12,881 at the 2000 census. Speedway is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, from which the town derives its name, and is completely surrounded by the city of Indianapolis itself.
Speedway is located at 39.791943, -86.249988.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.8 mi² (12.3 km²). 4.8 mi² (12.3 km²)of it is land and 0.21% is water.
The town of Speedway was developed as a city of the future. Meant to be a testing ground much like the famed race track which is its namesake, Speedway was designed to be a city that was hospitable to the car. In a time when Indianapolis streets were still often the narrow orange brick thoroughfares laid by Ralston in the 1920's and thirties a town with paved roads and homes with garages and not carriage houses must have seemed completely alien. The track as well as the town that has grown up around it have stood a remarkable test of time. Nearly a hundred years after their founding the track still stands as the largest sporting facility in human history and the innovations of Speedway are a thing of common use such as the rear view mirror pioneered by Ray Haroun, the winner of the first Indianapolis 500.