Posted on 05/20/2006 2:57:54 PM PDT by Libloather
Sam Hornish Jr. is on the provisional WorldPoints Visa Card Pole for the 90th Indianapolis 500 this afternoon after posting a four-lap average of 228.985 mph. His teammate, Helio Castroneves, is second at 228.008, with Dan Wheldon filling the front row at 227.338. Qualifying continues until 6 p.m. (ET), with 29 drivers already in the field.
Saturday, May 20 The Run for the WorldPoints Visa Card Pole on Coca-Cola Throwback Day
Admission: $5.00
Public Gates Open 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
IndyCar Series Practice 9:30 - 11 a.m.
Qualifications Noon - 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 21 Bump Day/Armed Forces Day
Admission: $5.00
Public Gates Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
IndyCar Series Practice 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Bump Day Qualifying Noon-6 p.m.
Monday, May 22-
Tuesday, May 23 No Track Activity
Wednesday, May 24 500 Festival Community Day
Admission: $7.00, includes admission to Hall of Fame Museum
Public Gates Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Public Track Laps/Garages Open to Public 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Driver Autograph Session, Garage Area 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday, May 25 Indy Pro Series Practice & Qualifying
Admission: Free
Public Gates Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Indy Pro Series Practice 9 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Indy Pro Series Practice 11 a.m.-11:45 p.m.
Indy Pro Series Qualifying 1:15 p.m.
Indy Pro Series Practice 3:40 p.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, May 26 Miller Lite Carb Day
Admission: $10.00
Public Gates Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
IndyCar Series Practice 11 a.m.-Noon
Freedom 100 Pre-race Noon-12:30 p.m.
Freedom 100 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Checkers/Rally’s Pit Stop Challenge 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
Miller Lite Carb Day Concert 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 27 No Track Activity
Admission: Free
Public Gates Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Driver Autograph Session, Pagoda Plaza 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
Public Drivers Meeting (Tower Terrace) 11 a.m.
500 Festival Parade (Downtown Indianapolis) Noon
Sunday, May 28 Race Day
Tickets Available
Gates Open 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
Driver Introductions 12:30 p.m.
90th Indianapolis 500 1 p.m.
Monday, May 29 Indianapolis 500 Victory Celebration
You're cracking me up! :)
Grandson just walked in and he is uninterested.
Time to get a charbroiled burger off the grill.
ESPN Classic had Johncock and Meirs analyze the 1982 race yesterday. It was neat to get their prospective. Meirs gained a few seconds a lap on the leader at the end but lost to Johncock by 1/16th of a second. Great race.
Gordon said he was out of the loop as far as public appearances - but he did show off his two Indy rings. Cool stuff...
don't forget to turn the beer intake jets to High .. Too bad they dopn't allow "Boost" in nascar
Green flag stops beginning.
yup ,...
.. .. but I love racing , the strateegery , the fine tuning and fiddling
.. .. the trust and good sportsmanship
... that time where EMO took the field right down to a crawl on the restart ...
.. .. then taking off , when his front wheels were straight but Arie's were still turned ,...
.. gotta love that kinda cunning
Marco Andretti is in third place.
The old announcers were better, but the camera work is much better now: in-car cams, on-track cams add a lot of visual interest. The constant graphics are a bit annoying, though.
I agree, I like the side by side shots ..
it's silly they aren't used a lot more
Another car out...who was it?
I should have watched that!
But they do allow chilling to increase density :o)
I gotta suit up to do the dry rub on the rib racks. Hope the freeway cams don't spot the orange cloud... those biohazard guys and firemen are usually really hungry when they show up.
well , its yer job to clue the grandson in about the tightropeWALK that is open wheel racing
.. .. I like it ALL , my uncles and some friends took me to many different racing events
almost makes ya dizzy when they show those kind of shots from the cockpit,, 230 mph , everything is coming at ya real fast. almost a blur
LOL... or dishwasher
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