Hendrick transporters set for Indy hauler parade today

SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- NASCAR fans can get an up-close view of Sprint Cup Series transporters at the third annual Hauler Parade and Festival on Thursday, July 28 on Speedway's Main Street. The event will take place from 5-10 p.m. local time, and admission is free.

A parade of more than 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series haulers, including Hendrick Motorsports' four transporters, is expected to arrive at 6 p.m. in Speedway, led by the 2011 Brickyard 400 Pace Car and a special Grand Marshal leading the parade. The haulers will park in two lines on Main Street, between 10th and 15th Streets.

Parking for the event, which includes other festivities, will be available on Speedway town streets west of Main and also at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's gravel Main Gate Parking Lot, located on the south side of 16th Street, east of the Speedway gas station.

Fans also can watch the haulers parade north on Main Street and east on 16th Street at 8 p.m., as they depart the Hauler Parade and Festival single-file and enter the Indianapolis Motor Speedway grounds for the Brickyard 400.

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