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Round 5: The 98th Indianapolis 500, 23 - 25 May, 2014
Round 5: The 98th Indianapolis 500, 23 - 25 May, 2014
With P1 for the 500 starting tomorrow, it's time to start the 500 thread. Sunday the 25th will see the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500. The Speedway was built in 1909, however the very first motorsport event to take place there was a motorcycle race, held on August 14, 1909, on the 2.5 mile oval track, consisting of a gravel-and-tar. Since the very first 500, May 30, 1911, the event has always been held on Memorial Day. Some interesting facts: The most victories by any driver is 4 and this is held jointly by: A.J. Foyt - 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977. Al Unser - 1970, 1971, 1978, 1987. Rick Mears - 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991. The team with the most victories is Penske, with 15: 1972 1979 1981 1984 1985 1987 1988 1991 1993 1994 2001 2002 2003 2006 2009 The driver/owner with the most vitories is, A.J. Foyt - 1964, 1967, 1977. Out of the current crop of drivers, the driver with the most victories is Hélio Castroneves - 2001, 2002, 2009. Track layout: Length: 2.5 mi / 4.0 km Turns: 4 Lap record: May 10, 1996. Arie Luyendyk, Reynard 96i-Cosworth, 00:37.616 seconds, 239.260 mph (385.052 kmh) Last year's winner: Tony Kanaan, KV Racing Technology, Dallara/Chevrolet. Laps: 200 Distance: 500 Miles (805 km Km) Race Time: 2:40:03.4181 Average Speed: 187.433 mph, fastest ever race. TV Coverage: ABC are televising the race, with the Green flag at 12:00pm ET. Last edited by bjohnsonsmith; 11 May 2014 at 11:55. |
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More statistics from the Indianapolis 500:
Active drivers with most top 5s: Helio Castroneves - 6 Tony Kanaan - 6 Buddy Lazier - 5 Scott Dixon - 5 Marco Andretti - 4 Ryan Briscoe - 2 Active drivers with most top 10s: Helio Castroneves - 11 Scott Dixon - 8 Tony Kanaan - 7 Buddy Lazier - 6 Marco Andretti - 5 Ed Carpenter - 3 Ryan Briscoe - 3 Justin Wilson - 3 Townsend Bell - 3 Hélio Castroneves is the only active drive with multiple pole positions (4). Active drivers with most laps led: Scott Dixon - 347 Tony Kanaan - 255 Helio Castroneves - 232 Juan Pablo Montoya - 167 Marco Andretti - 121 Ed Carpenter - 43 Takuma Sato - 31 Ryan Briscoe - 31 |
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Excellent stuff!
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11 May 2014, 09:13 (Ref:3404836) | #4 | |
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Um BJ...
Don't want to embarrass you but.... Laps: 250 Distance: 500 Miles (253.375 Km) 250 laps? The track is 2.5 miles so its 200 laps... and 500 miles is 800 km is it not? A mile is 1.609 km, so more not less. |
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If there would be points like in F1 for the Indy-500 we had this all-time-top-20-guys:
Al Unser 244 AJ Foyt 221 Rick Mears 181 Wilbur Shaw 147 Gordon Johncock 143 Hélio Castroneves 135 Louis Meyer 135 Bobby Unser 133 Mauri Rose 129,5 Ted Horn 126 Mario Andretti 122 Al Unser jr. 121 Rodger Ward 117 Dan Wheldon 113 Scott Dixon 101 Tony Kanaan 99 Johnny Rutherford 99 Tom Sneva 99 Bobby Rahal 97 Jim Rathmann 97 |
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Haha no, though the Indy 1000 Ks might make an intersting addition to the WEC.
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The Penske drivers have been lapping at 222-223 mph in tow on Sunday.
Marco Andretti has clocked just shy of 221 mph today. |
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When do they turn the boost up?
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Friday?
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Pagenaud fastest though rain 'stops play' at Indy.
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Hinch is cleared to race. That's got to be good news.
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When the indy cars come off of turn 2 or 4, how come they just don't stay on the high side while on the straight away? I notice that they come off on the high side, come down the track towards the middle of the straight away and then go back on the high side when they go into turn 1 and 3.
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Wouldn't it be quicker to just stay on the high line when coming off turn 2 and 4 instead of cutting down a little and going back up? Does the speed of the indy car coming off of the turn make it impossible to stay on the high side when coming off of those turns? |
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I was just about to post that but the ABC commentary team beat me to it, no caution periods. , and Helio just took the lead from RH-R.
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Congrats RHR.
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