The Brickyard 400's inaugural winner - Jeff Gordon - welcomes its return

It’s been three decades since the groundbreaking – and some might still say controversial – move to run NASCAR’s premier series on the open-wheel hallowed ground of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

When NASCAR first ran at the 2.5-mile IMS oval in 1994 it was the first race held at the speedway other than the Indianapolis 500 since 1916.