Tomorrowland Indy Speedway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The second Disney theme park to open was the Magic Kingdom. An opening day attraction, the Grand Prix Raceway was based on an international car race rather than the futuristic roadways of Autopia. The original sponsor was Goodyear, as it supplied all of the tires on the Mark VII vehicles. The ride was expanded in 1973 and remained unchanged until the 1994 remodel of Tomorrowland. Part of the track was also shortened to make room for Mickey's Toontown Fair. The Grand Prix theme and name was dropped in favor of 'Tomorrowland Speedway', but the track and vehicles remained the same, as new theming to coincide with the "New Tomorrowland" overlay was installed. On December 20, 1999, Walt Disney Company and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway partnered to change the theme of the track. The ride was changed to add items from the famous Speedway, such as the famous Yard of Bricks, the Scoring Pylon, Gasoline Alley and the wheel and wing logo. The loading area features panels with the three Indy events: the Indianapolis 500, the Brickyard 400 and the United States Grand Prix. The article text above is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Autopia".