In anticipation to The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge, members of the invited media were treated to a lap of the track configured for the NTT INDYCAR Heat Race Challenge. This made for TV event will be the first non-championship NTT INDYCAR SERIES race since 2008. With a total payout of over $1.7 million, it is the largest non-Indy 500 purse for an INDYCAR SERIES event in over two decades.