There are so many unknowns for the 37 drivers making history in the Grand Park 220, taking on a course that's truly a first-of-its-kind.
But what they do expect is the 2.2-mile track, and its 12 turns with 90-degree corners, to be both challenging and a spectacle for fans.
Driver Jenson Burton added,"The speeds won't be extremely high, but when the barriers are that close, it feels unbelievably fast and it feels like [the walls] are narrowing on you throughout the race. So it's a challenging track and you got to throw the bumps into it. You've got the overpasses.
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