About 250 people were treated for heat-related illnesses during Sunday’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, said Indianapolis Motor Speedway spokesman Ron Green. That compares with 225 people who were treated in May during the Indy 500 when temperatures were unseasonably hot.

The National Weather Service said Sunday’s high was the same was it was that day — 89 degrees. Green said track officials were prepared for the August heat and had cooling-off tents set up around the track. Sunday’s heat at the Brickyard wasn’t as bad as in 2002, when the high on race day was 96 degrees — three degrees short of the record for the date.

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