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20 May 2006, 07:14 (Ref:1614686) | #1 | ||
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The Starting Grid for the 90th Indianapolis 500
THE STARTING FIELD FOR THE 90TH INDIANAPOLIS 500
ROW 1 1. SAM HORNISH JNR 228.985mph 89th Career IRL Start Indy Form 7th Indy 500 Best Finish = 14th 2001 2. HELIO CASTRONEVES 228.008mph 70th Career IRL Start Indy Form 6th Indy 500 Best Finish = Winner 2001 , 2002 3. DAN WHELDON 227.338 mph 53rd Career Start Indy Form 4th Indy 500 Best Finish = Winner 2005 (Defending Champion) ROW 2 4. SCOTT DIXON 226.921mph 53rd Career IRL Start Indy form 4th Indy 500 Best Finish = 8th 2004 5. TONY KANAAN 226.776mph 54th Career IRL start Indy form 5th Indy 500 Best Finish = 2nd 2004 6. VITOR MEIRA 226.156mph 50th Career IRL Start Indy Form 4th Indy 500 Best Finish = 2nd 2005 ROW 3 7. KOSUKE MATSUURA 225.503mph 37th Career IRL start Indy form 3rd Indy 500 Best Finish : 11th 2004 8. SCOTT SHARP 225.321mph 119th Career IRL start Indy form 12th Indy 500 (2 with CART) Best finish : 7th 2005 9. MARCO ANDRETTI 224.918mph 4th Career IRL Start Indy Form Indy Debut ROW 4 10. DANICA PATRICK 224.674mph 21st Career IRL Start Indy form 2nd Indy 500 Best Finish : 4th 2005 11.TOMAS SCHECKTER 224.659mph 65th Career IRL start Indy form 5th Indy 500 Best Finish = 4th 2003 12. ED CARPENTER 224.548mph 39th Career IRL Start Indy form 3rd Indy 500 Best Finish = 11th 2005 Last edited by marcus; 21 May 2006 at 00:31. |
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13. MICHAEL ANDRETTI 224.508mph 7th Career IRL Start Indy Form 15th Indy 500 (11 with CART) Best Finish = 2nd 1991 14. BUDDY RICE 224.393mph 54th Career IRL Start Indy Form 3rd Indy 500 Best Finish = Winner 2004 15. TOWNSEND BELL 224.374mph 12th Career IRL Start Indy Form Indy Debut ROW 6 16. BRYAN HERTA 224.179mph 48th Career IRL Start Indy Form 5th Indy 500 (2 with CART) Best Finish = 3rd 2005 17. DARIO FRANCHITTI 223.345mph 41st Career IRL start Indy form 4th Indy 500 Best Finish = 6th 2005 18. MAX PAPIS 222.058mph 3rd Career IRL Start Indy Form 2nd Indy 500 Best Finish = 23rd 2002 ROW 7 19. EDDIE CHEEVER 222.028mph 73rd Career IRL Start Indy Form 14th Indy 500 (6 with CART) Best Finish = Winner 1998 20. PJ CHESSON 221.576mph 4th Career IRL Start Indy Form Indy Debut 21. FELIPE GIAFFONE 221.542mph 57th Career IRL Start Indy form 6th Indy 500 Best Finish = 3rd 2002 ROW 8 22. JEFF BUCKNUM 221.461mph 5th Career IRL Start Indy Form 2nd Indy 500 Best Finish = Yet to Finish 23. LARRY FOYT 221.332mph 3rd Career IRL Start Indy form 3rd Indy 500 Best Finish = Yet to Finish 24. JAQUES LAZIER 221.151mph 53rd Career IRL Start Indy form 5th Indy 500 Best Finish = 13th 2000 Last edited by marcus; 20 May 2006 at 23:53. |
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25. BUDDY LAZIER 220.922mph 94th Career IRL Start Indy Form 14th Indy 500 (3 with CART) Best Finish = Winner 1996 26. JEFF SIMMONS 220.347mph 4th Career IRL Start Indy form 2nd Indy 500 Best Finish = 16th 2004 27. AL UNSER JNR 219.388mph 55th Career IRL Start Indy Form 18th Indy 500 (12 with CART ) Best Finish = Winner 1992,1994 ROW 10 28. ROGER YASUKAWA 218.793mph 36th Career IRL start Indy form 4th Indy 500 Best Finish = 10th 2003 , 2004 29. AIRTON DARE 218.170mph 39th Career IRL Start Indy Form 5th Indy 500 Best Finish = 8th 2001 30. STEPHAN GREGOIRE 217.428mph 46th Career IRL Start Indy Form 7th Indy 500 (1 with CART) Best Finish = 8th 2000 ROW 11 31. ARIE LUYENDYK JNR 216.352mph Indycar Debut Indy Form Debut Indy 500 32. PJ JONES 215.816mph 2nd Career IRL start Indy Form 2nd Indy 500 Best Finish = Yet To Finish 33. Thiago Medeiros 215.729mph Indycar debut Indy Form Indy Debut Last edited by marcus; 22 May 2006 at 04:40. |
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So there you have it.
The starting field as it lines up right now. we still have bump day to go , so its possible that one of the above drivers will get bumped out of the field. 1 more place in the 90th running of the Indy 500 to be filled and then we are ready for the green Thread is now open Last edited by marcus; 21 May 2006 at 00:34. |
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21 May 2006, 01:04 (Ref:1615293) | #5 | |
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Marco outqualifies his dad.. interesting.
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Penske and Ganassi doing it Noah style up front isn't exactly surprising, and the same is true of Kanaan being right behind.
Beyond that I cannot comment, as my knowledge base of the contemporary scenario is far, far, far too low. I just hope 13th isn't a significant number for Michael, , as I will be supporting him in the race (a follower of him back in the day). |
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I hope Michael wins as he has missed out so many times, usually through no fault of his own. This, however, is unlikely.
Realistically, it will be a Penske or a Ganassi ride that takes the win and I reckon Helio will get it. |
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Great efforts from Matsuura, Marco and Ed to be high up the grid. Penske and Ganassi at the front isn't surprising - I hope Sam can finally take a big result at Indy.
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I'm hoping that Dan Wheldon can make it 2 in a row, though I'd be happy to see Dixon win as well. I'm also rooting for Meira. What a race it would be to break your duck! Also good luck to the Andrettis, especially Marco. It would be good to see him finish high up the field-possibly even beating Kanaan?!
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Vitor is no doubt my dark horse for the race.
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21 May 2006, 22:14 (Ref:1615866) | #11 | |
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Thiago Medeiros will make his Indianapolis 500 debut next Sunday after qualifying with a speed of 215.729mph. Marty Roth gave it a shot but put the #25 into the wall, ruining his chances.
Foyt Racing pulled out the #48 and was preparing to send out Ryan Briscoe, but for some reason, perhaps due to Roth's crash delaying things, it was called off and the grid for the 90th Indianapolis 500 was set. |
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22 May 2006, 02:10 (Ref:1615928) | #12 | ||
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Yep the Field has been set.
Bad luck to marty Roth , maybe next year mate , but congratulations to Thiago medeiros |
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This is actually Thiago's first career IRL start. He never actually qualified or started the race last year at Fontana.
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22 May 2006, 04:22 (Ref:1615969) | #14 | ||
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OK thanks
I looked him up on the Indycar website , it said 1 start but I couldnt remember when |
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http://www.champcarstats.com has much more accurate info than stats from either of the actual governing bodies.
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With the front row that we have and the rivalry between Penske and Ganassi that has been growing throughout the month, I think just about anything can happen at the drop of the green flag - will we see a clean start, or will we see a repeat of 1966, 1973, 1982 or 1995? In six long days, we will know.
I do know one thing, and that is that I will be incredibly excited and incredibly nervous at the same time, right on the edge of my seat, as the 33 cars scream towards turn one, signalling the start of the 90th Indianapolis 500. Bring it on! |
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In 2004, at least I am pretty certain 2004, I sat for many hours in the pub, nursing morning-after dehydration, sipping at lemonade on my lonesome, waiting for the start. Fortunately, my plan of picking the dead pub worked out well. It meant that there was never more than a couple of other people there, and fortunately they were not interested in the TV.
In the end, I gave up and went home. It either ran way late in the day, or the next day, I forget, but I didn't get to see it. Thankfully, such problems I don't face now. I can just sit at home for it. And, indeed, yes, it will be good. |
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Goot afind out which Sjy channel it's on as i got rid of 2 and extra and am left with 1 and 3?
It's gonna be close with the stongest 4 driver this year on the front 2 rows of the field. I think Helio's gonna do it, finally getting his third win after being unlucky not to seal his hattrick in 2004. |
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Indeed would have been nice to see Ryan Briscoe race instead of a Marty Roth.
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