[3] Major bumps on the frontstretch affected cars to the point where the race had to start two-wide instead of three.

[4] Domino's Pizza's offer of one million dollars to any driver who could win all three 500 miles races in Indy car's Triple Crown went unclaimed.

In practice on Wednesday, August 15, Kevin Cogan spun 360 degrees and crashed in turn two.

[6] Cogan was driving for the Forsythe Racing Team, defending winners of the Pocono 500, replacing Teo Fabi who returned to Formula One.

[8] The race start was delayed two hours and eight minutes while the track was dried from a morning rain.

The Penske driver was forced to run at a lower fuel number to conserve enough to finish.

Once Mears had saved enough fuel, he returned to full engine boost, but after re-passing Rahal, was almost two seconds behind Sullivan.

Entering turn three, Mears reached Sullivan's rear wing, but couldn't complete the pass.

Sullivan's win marked two consecutive years where a driver won in their first start at the track, joining Teo Fabi in 1983.

[17] For the second straight year, Mears won the Triple Crown points championship and the $10,000 prize that came with it.

[21] Chip Ganassi served as a color commentator for the CART Radio Network broadcast.

Ganassi suffered severe head injuries in a crash at Michigan four weeks earlier.