by Brian Groce on May 20, 2011
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Here’s the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day Schedule:
6am – 6pm: Public gates open
8am: Indianapolis 500 practice
10am: Past pole winners Q&A (Plaza)
10:30am: Past pole winners autograph session (Plaza)
11am: Qualifications begin
1pm: 16 Candles (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
2:30pm: Hot Wheels pin distribution (Plaza)
3:30pm: All Time Low (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
4:30pm: Qualifying positions 1-9
5pm: All Time Low (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
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by Brian Groce on May 20, 2011
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Here’s the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Pole Day Qualifying Order:
- 34 Sebastian Saavedra
- 83 Charlie Kimball (R)
- 98 Dan Wheldon (W)
- 77 Alex Tagliani
- 5T Takuma Sato
- 18 James Jakes (R)
- 30 Bertrand Baguette
- 57 TBA (Sarah Fisher Racing)
- 06 James Hinchcliffe (R)
- 38 Graham Rahal
- 4 JR Hildebrand (R)
- 28T Ryan Hunter-Reay
- 6 Ryan Briscoe
- 8 Ho-Pin Tung (R)
- 26T Marco Andretti
- 12 Will Power
- 34T Sebastian Saavedra
- 11 Davey Hamilton
- 18T James Jakes (R)
- 36 Pippa Mann (R)
- 12T Will Power
- 3T Helio Castroneves (W)
- 23 Paul Tracy
- 24T Ana Beatriz
- 27T Mike Conway
- 11T Davey Hamilton
- 67T Ed Carpenter
- 30T Bertrand Baguette
- 07 Tomas Scheckter
- 88 Jay Howard (R)
- 82T Tony Kanaan
- 44T Buddy Rice (W)
- 17T Raphael Matos
- 6T Ryan Briscoe
- 26 Marco Andretti
- 22T Justin Wilson
- 44 Buddy Rice (W)
- 98T Dan Wheldon (W)
- 7T Danica Patrick
- 41 Bruno Junqueira
- 19 Alex Lloyd
- 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
- 83T Charlie Kimball (R)
- 17 Raphael Matos
- 59 E.J. Viso
- 99 Townsend Bell
- 14 Vitor Meira
- 06T James Hinchcliffe (R)
- 22 Justin Wilson
- 27 Mike Conway
- 59T E.J. Viso
- 2T Oriol Servia
- 3 Helio Castroneves (W)
- 07T Tomas Scheckter
- 10T Dario Franchitti (W)
- 5 Takuma Sato
- 9 Scott Dixon (W)
- 78T Simona De Silvestro
- 14T Vitor Meira
- 43 John Andretti
- 41T Bruno Junqueira
- 2 Oriol Servia
- 24 Ana Beatriz
- 77T Alex Tagliani
- 20 Scott Speed (R)
- 9T Scott Dixon (W)
- 23T Paul Tracy
- 36T Pippa Mann (R)
- 82 Tony Kanaan
- 99T Townsend Bell
- 88T Jay Howard (R)
- 43T John Andretti
- 67 Ed Carpenter
- 7 Danica Patrick
- 38T Graham Rahal
- 10 Dario Franchitti (W)
- 4T JR Hildebrand (R)
- 19T Alex Lloyd
(W) = Indianapolis 500 Winner
(R) = Indianapolis 500 Rookie
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by Brian Groce on May 20, 2011
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Day Seven, a.k.a. “Fast Friday”, of the 2011 Indianapolis 500 practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was another excellent one, and our third full day of practice which turned in the fastest laps of the year yet.
Six drivers were aver 228 mph and twelve drivers were over 227 mph, so if track conditions are right, my guess is still that the pole could very well be in the 227 – 228 mph range.
Led by Will Power, here’s the complete top ten run down for the day.
- No. 3 - Helio Castroneves @ 228.611 mph
- No. 77 – Alex Tagliani @ 228.327 mph
- No.9 – Scott Dixon @ 228.181 mph
- No.6 – Ryan Briscoe @ 228.029 mph
- No. 30 - Bertrand Baguette @ 228.028 mph
- No.67 – Ed Carpenter @ 228.017 mph
- No. 12 – Will Power @ 227.958 mph
- No. 99 - Townsend Bell @ 227.927 mph
- No. 2 – Oriol Servia @ 227.580 mph
- No. 98 – Dan Wheldon @ 227.463 mph
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by Brian Groce on May 20, 2011
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2011 Indianapolis 500 Day 7, a.k.a. “Fast Friday”, was another excellent, fast and full day of practice.
Here are our best photos from the day.
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by Brian Groce on May 20, 2011
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Day Six of the 2011 Indianapolis 500 practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was an excellent one, and our second full day of practice which turned in the fastest laps of the year yet.
Three drivers were aver 227 mph and eleven drivers were over 226 mph, which if this is any indication, the pole could very well be in the 227 – 228 mph range given the right weather conditions.
Led by Will Power, here’s the complete top ten run down for the day.
- No. 12 – Will Power @ 227.778 mph
- No. 77 – Alex Tagliani @ 227.652 mph
- No.6 – Ryan Briscoe @ 227.217 mph
- No. 3 - Helio Castroneves @ 226.927 mph
- No. 99 - Townsend Bell @ 226.741 mph
- No. 4 – JR Hildebrand (R) @ 226.527 mph
- No. 2 – Oriol Servia @ 226.471 mph
- No.9 – Scott Dixon @ 226.453 mph
- No.67 – Ed Carpenter @ 226.376 mph
- No. 7 - Danica Patrick @ 226.267 mph
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by Brian Groce on May 20, 2011
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The Indianapolis Tornados will play the Indy Renegades, tomorrow, Saturday May 20 @ Park Tudor Academy.
Gates open at 6 PM. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 PM.
Admission is $10 per person, youths 8-18 are $8. Children 7 and under are admitted free of charge.
This post was submitted by Rhett Cochran.
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by Brian Groce on May 19, 2011
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2011 Indianapolis 500 Day 6 was an excellent, fast and full day of practice.
As always, here are our best photos from the day.
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by Brian Groce on May 19, 2011
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by Brian Groce on May 18, 2011
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Day Five of the 2011 Indianapolis 500 practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway consisted of no track activity, but a lot of “planking”.
At first I was wondering if this was some sort of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides publicity stunt, but as it turns out, planking is laying flat with your arms to the side.
So since we don’t have any speeds to report today, here’s our top ten list (plus a few extras) of today’s plank photos.
#10 – John Andretti
#9 – Wade Cunningham
#8 – KV Racing: E.J. Viso, Takuma Sato, Tomas Scheckter, Tony Kanaan
#7 – Raphael Matos
#6 – Will Power and Ryan Briscoe
#5 – Scott Dixon
#4 – James Hinchcliffe
#3 – Arie Luyendyk Jr.
#2 – Tony Kanaan
Drumroll please…
#1 – Tomas Scheckter
Let’s hope the rain holds off tomorrow so we can stop the planking and get to driving!
What are your thoughts on planking? Leave a message on the Buzzline at 317-565-4250 and we might just play it on the podcast!
And if you’re up for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, catch us at the Traders’ Point midnight showing Thursday night/Friday morning…and yes, we’ll be back out at the track for Fast Friday!
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by Brian Groce on May 18, 2011
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As I’ve been at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for practice this year, one thing is clear, Twitter is a major hit with the vast majority of the drivers. Almost all of them have Twitter accounts and many of them tweet quite frequently.
Here’s the current list of driver Twitter accounts. Be sure to follow along and join in the conversation. You never know, they just might tweet you back.
And be sure to follow @IMS & @IndyCar as well for updates.
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