It's absolutely true. There was a great article that was here maybe a year or so ago about the guy who engineered it and his goal was simply to make the fastest running surface possible. The frame is wood with the track sitting on plywood - sheets which are flexible and resilient as well at the famous asymmetric banking on the curve that takes advantage of your momentum coming off the straight as you make the "climb" and then offsets the disadvantage of running a curve with it's longer "downhill" exit.
It's a genius design and it works. It's so good it's almost certainly the fastest surface to run on in the world when you throw in perfect climate control. I wonder what would happen if these guys rocked up in August to a meet to really go after times - I would guess a lot of PR's would be set (and I mean irrespective of indoor or out).