ites ▁- ▁many ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁gar age ▁area , ▁were ▁later ▁constructed ▁to ▁supp lement . ▁ ▁A ▁fire ▁swe pt ▁through ▁the ▁gar age ▁area ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁race , ▁and ▁burn ed ▁down ▁a ▁significant ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁south ▁bank ▁of ▁gar ages . ▁They ▁were ▁replaced , ▁and ▁eventually ▁the ▁complex ▁expanded ▁to ▁ 8 8 ▁st alls . ▁As ▁the ▁sport ▁grew , ▁and ▁the ▁cars ▁and ▁teams ▁became ▁larger ▁and ▁more ▁s oph istic ated , ▁work ▁space ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁limited ▁in ▁the ▁gar ages . ▁A men ities ▁were ▁simple , ▁cor rid ors ▁were ▁heavily ▁con g ested , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁the ▁cars ▁and ▁teams ▁had ▁out g rown ▁the ▁ag ing ▁facility . ▁With ▁car ▁counts ▁sw elling ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁to ▁sometimes ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁entries , ▁some ▁smaller ▁teams ▁were ▁left ▁out ▁ ▁and ▁forced ▁to ▁work ▁out ▁of ▁t ents . ▁Even ▁the ▁form id able ▁teams ▁found ▁themselves ▁need ing ▁to ▁store ▁some ▁of ▁their ▁equipment ▁( tools , ▁t ires , ▁body work , ▁etc .) ▁outside ▁the ▁doors ▁or ▁back ▁at ▁their ▁trans por ters ▁because ▁there ▁simply ▁was ▁not ▁enough ▁room . ▁ ▁Despite ▁their ▁lack ▁of ▁modern ▁amen ities , ▁the ▁gar ages ▁had ▁a ▁nost alg ic ▁qu aint ness ▁adm ired ▁by ▁participants