The Indianapolis Motor Speedway 'Yard of Bricks' and 'kiss the bricks' quips

A one-yard strip of the original brick surface remains at the start/finish line of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; winners kissing that 'Yard of Bricks' is a documented post-race tradition. Visitors and fans commonly imitate or joke about the tradition ('don't forget to kiss the bricks') when touring the Speedway, and the ritual is widely covered in race reporting and Speedway materials. The bricks and the associated banter are distinctive parts of local motorsports culture.