ARLINGTON, Texas - The IndyCar Arlington Grand Prix will race into North Texas this weekend, and some of our FOX 4 reporters got to preview the course and the makeshift medical center built for the race.
When is the race?
The IndyCar Arlington Grand Prix begins at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 15. The broadcast will be on FOX.
The race will feature 70 laps covering 19.1 miles around the AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field on the streets of Arlington.
Tens of thousands of fans are expected to watch the race in person.
A makeshift hospital on the track
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Full medical facility built for Arlington IndyCar race
A fully operational medical center has been built out of shipping containers for this week's IndyCar race in Arlington. FOX 4's Casey Stegall has more.
A fully operational medical center will be located behind the grandstands during Sunday's race. In addition, Arlington Fire and AMR units will be placed at each of the circuit's 14 turns.
The GMR Infield Care Center is a self-contained emergency department built from shipping containers. It's stocked with crash carts, medications, and mobile x-ray equipment.
Martha Headrick, a registered nurse for Global Medical Response, has specialized in professional motorsports for nearly 30 years. She says the makeshift hospital is where the most critical cases would land.
"We'll have two doctors, six nurses, and we'll be able to do any trauma, advanced procedures… airway, chest tubes," Headrick told FOX 4's Casey Stegall. "It would be for anything critical care, any trauma, obviously from the track."
"The time that's important for any trauma – of course, we want to make sure we identify what kind of trauma it is, stabilize that whatever the problem actually is, and then move them out," Headrick continued.
But it's not just racers that Headrick could be caring for. The GMR team will assist patrons as well. "We’ll be looking at legs, wrists, ankles.. a lot of people tripping."
FOX 4's Steven Dial previews the circuit
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Fan fest gets Arlington ready for IndyCar this weekend
IndyCar will hold a race through the streets of Arlington, Texas this weekend, and a fan fest was held Wednesday to get fans excited for the event. FOX 4's Steven Dial has more on the race's course and the fan fest.
Racers will be going 200 mph through the streets of Arlington, but FOX 4's Steven Dial went decidedly slower when previewing the circuit with IndyCar Arlington Grand Prix President Bill Miller on Wednesday.
Dial rode along the course during Wednesday's Arrow McLaren Fan Fest in Arlington, which featured appearances from McLaren drivers Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel and Christian Lundgaard.
The Source: Information in this story came the official IndyCar website and from FOX 4 reporting.