LIVE Thread! Indy 500 91st Indianapolis 500 ... 1 p.m. (ET) on ABC

Indy500.com ^ | 5/27/07

[NormsRevenge]

The 91st Indianapolis 500 is on schedule to start at 1 p.m. (ET) despite morning rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Coverage starts at noon (ET) on ABC, the IMS Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio.

[NormsRevenge]

Engines are on, track is clear. Let's go racing!

[NormsRevenge]

Pole sitter’s car won’t start.

[michigander]

Another staller too...

[michigander]

A little tape to hold the side wing on and it’s good to go.(?)

[NormsRevenge]

Works for me. :-)

[Earthdweller]

Indiana Ping!

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks! didn;t see a Live thread or a thread for the race.

Looks like a 1,100 mile kind of daya head. Still got the 600 miler at Lowe’s tonight..

[michigander]

Here we go...

[NormsRevenge]

GREEN Flag!!

[umgud]

The announcer’s mikes went dead.

[PJ-Comix]

How are things at the Indy 500 nowadays? I used to go for several years in the early ‘90s but then Tony George ruined things. I went in ‘97 and the 500 was only a shell of its former self. What was once a month long event pretty much shriveled down to one weekend.

[michigander]

Kanaan and Castroneves swapping the lead back and forth...

[Earthdweller]

Thanks for the thread NR!

Everyone was worry about the first lap being dangerous for some reason but it's a great start!

[NormsRevenge]

Good question, I never made it to an Indy 500.

Hopefully some who are in a position to share their thoughts will. Part of it may be growth of all the different types of racing opportunities out there today..

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Go Mario Andretti! < /S >

[NormsRevenge]

Everyone was watching their Ps and Qs on the start.. fingers crossed we get a clean race

[NormsRevenge]

Ya wanna ‘Foyt’, do ya!?! :-}

[michigander]

Side by side commercials! YES!!!

[Kimmers]

If there is an IN ping list please add me to it.....thanks

[Severa]

Jim Nabors, due to illness, wasn’t able to be there to sing “Back Home Again in Indiana”. :( That’s one of my favorite parts of the pre-race festivities. In his stead, they had the marching band play and put the lyrics up on the video screen for the fans there to sing along. Boo to ABC for not having the lyrics up at the bottom of the screen for us TV fans to sing along, or as my 7 yr old put it, ‘Where’s the subtitles?’

[GRRRRR]

That’s one thing Nutscar could learn from IRL...side by side commercials...

How many cars are left on the lead lap right now?

[NormsRevenge]

Indianapolis 500 race updates

By Glen Kemery, Yahoo! Sports
May 27, 2007

http://sports.yahoo.com/irl/news;_ylt=AiqXBC_b47Mz5D52a.KDVc45nYcB?slug=gk-indylive052707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

INDIANAPOLIS – Welcome to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” I’ll be here throughout the race, along with colleague Bob Margolis, to provide you with updates from today’s Indianapolis 500.

I know who’s going to win, but I don’t want to spoil the suspense or keep you from following along. OK, just kidding. But be forewarned, it could be a bumpy ride as I unleash my twisted sense of humor (pray for an exciting race, or I’ll be forced to ad-lib some jokes to make it sound exciting).

12:53 p.m. ET: As Florence Henderson sings “God Bless America,” I’m reminded of the traditions of the 500. Florence is one of them, along with Jim Nabors singing “Back Home Again In Indiana” and the winner drinking milk in victory lane. Unfortunately, Nabors was unable to be here this year because of illness. Other celebrities in attendance are Ray Liotta, Tyler Christopher, Alison Sweeney, Peyton Manning, Chris “Lights Out” Lytle, Ludacris, Patrick Dempsey (who will drive the pace car), Eric Dane, Richard Petty and Marcus Allen. Oh, and Melissa Rivers, of course.

12:48 p.m. ET: This just in from the Indy 500 PR folks: Melissa Rivers is happy to be here. “It’s unbelievable. It’s absolutely mind-boggling to see in person,” she is quoted as saying. No mention what she is wearing, or what she thinks about what everyone else is (or is not) wearing. Hmm, I wonder if Billy Crystal is here.

12:44 p.m. ET: The rain that drenched the track this morning has moved out and prerace festivities are under way. Track officials say everything is on schedule, but I get the sense that things are moving along slower than usual. The sooner they start the race (scheduled for 1:11 p.m.), the faster they can get to 101 laps. After that point, if rain moves back in, they can declare a winner and go home. Clearly, everyone wants a full 200-lap race, but not too many want to come back on Monday.

Glen Kemery is a senior editor for Yahoo! Sports. He previously was sports editor and online content manager at The Indianapolis Star.

[Clint N. Suhks]

ellow

[michigander]

Caution, DeBris...

[Earthdweller]

The Citgo commercials on the radio are really hillarious. It’s so funny how they keep up the marketing and all the stations here are empty..LOL.

[GRRRRR]

Debris in three, some piece of orange stuff, the mirror came off of J. Andretti’s car

[michigander]

All of them. Someones mirror blew off.

[NormsRevenge]

Day-bree , Caution , #33 car loses a left side mirror

[Clint N. Suhks]

Just blew off?

WTF?

[LdSentinal]

A caution for actual debris.

NASCAR can learn something.

[michigander]

It was rigged to do that. He has better aero now without that drag. :-)

[CTSeditor]

[Kimmers]

It lasts about three weeks and I have to agree it does not have the usual feel like it did in the 90’s when I first started to go.

They made it more family friendly so no more snake pit or you rarely see a sign that says show us your “you-know whats”, arrests for drunk and disorderly is down,the mullet factor is way down too. These are all good things as far as I am concerned. Then again, maybe these things made it all part of the atmosphere that made it the Indps 500 that we both miss. I do not know

[Clint N. Suhks]

NE1 see where Danica is? 10th?

[NaughtiusMaximus]

I just watched six commercials in a row, the race is being televised in a silent “minibox” next to the commercials. Fascinating . . . some fat lady is telling us about colesterol and her colon.

[michigander]

Yep.

[al baby]

Hillary or Katie

[Clint N. Suhks]

12th now.

[michigander]

... some fat lady is telling us about colesterol and her colon.

Now that is must see TV.

[michigander]

Lulling them into a false sense of security.

[BurbankKarl]

Driver Milka Duno of Venezeula, waves to fans during the IPL Indy 500 Parade in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 26, 2007. The 91st Indianapolis 500 is Sunday.

Driver Danica Patrick waves to fans during the IPL Indy 500 Parade in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 26, 2007.

[michigander]

A tire carrier down in the pits. Someone hit his feet. OUCH!

[Clint N. Suhks]

Fott pit crew member ran over.

[NormsRevenge]

Somehow I don’t think Milka will drink from the victory milk today.

Not if Danica has anything to say about it. ;-)

[GRRRRR]

ABC goes to full screen commercials...I guess there is a limit to how much they’ll give to let the fans see a race.

Milka aerodynamics!

[God luvs America]

crappy start...the cars were to strung out....they should’ve more 3-abreast into turn one...

btw: here’s the main IRL site: http://www.indycar.com/

open it in a seperate browser as the timing and scoring page is outstanding....

[Earthdweller]

Yes there is a Indiana ping list and you are now on it.

I usually make the offer to add people if they just freepmail me but it's a holiday weekend and I'm on vacation (working on my lazy gene). :)~

[BurbankKarl]

Castroneves and Kanaan side by side racing during the commercial break

[BurbankKarl]

Leaders ready to lap cars.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for the link and they were definitely strung out on the start..