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Round 6: The 100th Indianapolis 500, 16th-29th May.
Round 6: The 100th Indianapolis 500, 16th-29th May.
With the Rookie Orientation Program starting today, along with the first practice session, it's time to start the thread for the big one. The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Sunday the 29th of May, will see the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the world's oldest tracks that is still in use. In 1905 Indiana businessman Carl G. Fisher, envisioned building a circuit after going to France to watch some of the world's earliest car races. He thought Europe had the upper hand in car design and one of the reasons was the lack of a permanent testing facility, available for American car manufacturers. After another visit to Europe and seeing the banked oval at Brooklands, England, he decided to build his own track. Fisher convinced local businessmen James A. Allison, Arthur Newby and Frank W. Wheeler to join him in purchasing Pressley Farm, five miles outside of Indianapolis and totaling 328 acres for about $72,000. On March 20, 1909, The Indianapolis Motor Speedway company was incorporated and construction began that month. The track surface consisted of packed soil covered by two inches of gravel, two inches of limestone covered with a solution of tar and oil, or taroid, one–two inches of crushed stone chips, also drenched with taroid and topped with crushed stones. The first motorsport event was a series of motorcycle races planned over two days, under the sanction of the Federation of American Motorcyclists (FAM), starting on August 14, 1909. Concerns about the track surface stopped the event part way through day one. Five days later 15 teams arrived for the first car event, held over three days. This was not without incident. On day one Wilfred Bourque suffered a rear-axle failure, resulting in his car flipping end over end on the main straight, before crashing into a fence post, killing him and his mechanic Harry Halcomb. On day three the right front tire blew on Charlie Merz's car, knocking down five fence posts and dozens of spectators, killing two as well as his mechanic Claude Kellum. Ten laps later, after another accident, the race was cancelled. The AAA, American Automobile Association, announced it would boycott further events unless the surface was changed. A concrete surface was considered but the track owners decided to pave the entire facility with bricks, after tests proved their durability. Five Indiana manufacturers supplied 3.2 million, 10-pound bricks. Each was hand laid on a 2 inch bed of sand, then leveled and the gaps filled with mortar. A concrete wall 33 inches tall was also constructed in front of the main grandstand and around all four corners to protect spectators. The final brick was made of gold and laid in a special ceremony by Governor Thomas R. Marshall. In December 1909, the track reopened for testing, with speeds of up to 112 mph being reported. Racing returned the following year, with a series of short races held over the three main holiday weekends: Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. The next year, 1911, racing was confined just to Memorial Day and the very first 500 mile race was held on May 30. It was won by Ray Harroun, a Marmon engineer and former racer who came out of retirement for just one race, driving a Marmon-Wasp. Since then, the event has always been held on the Sunday before Memorial Day and the race has been held every year since 1911, except for 1917-18 and 1942-45, due to World Wars I and II. Some 500 Trivia: 1911: Ray Harroun was the first winner of the 500, driving a Marmon-Wasp. Race Time: 6:42:08.039. Average speed: 74.59 mph (120.04 km/h). 1913: Jules Goux, from France was the first non American to win the Indy 500 and the first rookie winner, excluding the innaugural race. 1922: Jimmy Murphy was the first driver to win the race from pole position. 1939-40: Wilbur Shaw was the first driver to win back to back races. 1947: Mauri Rose and Bill Holland, scored the first team 1, 2 for entrant Lou Moore. 1952: Art Cross won the first Rookie of the Year Award. 1961: Sir Jack Brabham was the first driver to race a rear engined car, a Cooper-Coventry Climax 1965: Jim Clark was the first driver to win in a rear engined car, in the Lotus 38-Ford. 1966: Graham Hill won The 50th Indy 500, in a Lola T90-Ford, the first rookie winner since 1927. 1967: Parnelli Jones raced the first gas turbine powered car, the Granatelli STP-Paxton Turbocar. 1977: Janet Guthrie was the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500. 1992: Al Unser Jr. beat Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds in the 500's closest finish. 1992: Lyn St. James wins the first Female Rookie of the Year Award. 1996: Arie Luyendyk sets a new 1 lap track record of 37.895 seconds, 237.498 mph (382.216 kmh) and a new 4-lap track record of 2:31.908, 236.986 mph (381.392 kmh). He also recorded an unofficial 1 lap of 00:37.616 seconds, 239.260 mph (385.052 kmh). Will Arie Luyendyk's 20 year old lap records be finally broken this year? I doubt it. 2001: Hélio Castroneves was the last rookie winner. 2005: Danica Patrick became the first woman driver to lead the Indy 500. 2009: Danica Patrick finished 3rd, the highest position for a female driver. 2011: Dan Wheldon became the only driver to win, leading on just the final lap. 2013: was the fastest race, with a time of 2:40:03.4181 and an average Speed of 187.433 mph (301.644 kmh). The most wins by any driver is 4, held jointly by: A.J. Foyt: 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977. Al Unser Sr.: 1970, 1971, 1978, 1987. Rick Mears: 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991. The team with the most wins: Penske, 16. 1972, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2015 The driver/team owner with the most wins: A.J. Foyt. 1964, 1967, 1977. Current driver with the most wins: Hélio Castroneves. 2001, 2002, 2009. This year there will be six former 500 winners taking part. Buddy Lazier, 1996 Juan-Pablo Montoya, 2000, 2015 Helio Castroneves, 2001, 2002, 2009 Scott Dixon, 2008 Tony Kanaan, 2013 Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2014 Track layout:  Length: 2.5 Miles (4.0 Km) Turns: 4 1 lap record: Arie Luyendyk, May 10, 1996. 00:37.895 seconds, 237.498 mph (382.216 kmh). Reynard 96i-Ford Cosworth XB, Indy Racing League. 4 lap record: Arie Luyendyk, May 12, 1996. 2:31.908, 236.986 mph (381.392 kmh), Reynard 96i-Ford Cosworth XB, Indy Racing League. Last year's winner: Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske, Dallara DW12-Chevrolet. Laps: 200 Distance: 500 Miles (805 km) Race Time: 3:05:56.5286 Average Speed: 161.341 mph (259.653 kmh). Race broadcast: ABC. May 29th, 11:00am EST. |
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Thank you for the brilliant intro !
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Marco Andretti sets the pace with a lap of 228.978 mph.
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Graham Rahal has done 256mph (top speed) at Indy.
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Here's the link to P5. http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/...ults-pcomb.pdf.
From 3 down to 11 it's all Honda. Looks like those domed-skids aren't the issue Honda teams thought they might be, which is excellent. Hopefully we will see some excellent competition, between Chevy and Honda. |
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I amazed at how many laps they did. Most completed a 500 mile race in practice laps. Speeds are good. |
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Domed-skids have been one of the underlying issues of the 100th running of the Indy 500. This explains how they work.
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Not sure if I used to imagine it, but in my mind up until fairly recently in the final week of qualifying drivers used to jump into other teams spare cars and have a go at qualifying on Bump Day.
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So its the Fast 9 today ? Got to admit I am a little
bit confused but get the jest of quali. 5 Hondas and 4 Chevys. Bottom line is 33 will take the green and the place is sold out for the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. |
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Qualifying results. Saturday May 21st:
Despite all the issues surrounding the domed-skids, Honda have 5 cars going into the Fast 9 later on today. 1 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 230.946 2 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.805 3 Will Power, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 230.736 4 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 230.500 5 Townsend Bell, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.452 6 Josef Newgarden, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 230.229 7 Mikhail Aleshin, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 230.209 8 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.173 9 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 230.102 10 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Herta. Dallara/Honda. 230.047 11 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.037 12 Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.745 13 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.496 14 Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.429 15 J.R. Hildebrand, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.075 16 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Honda. 228.096 17 Conor Daly, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 227.862 18 Sage Karam, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.820 19 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.679 20 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.442 21 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 227.437 22 Bryan Clauson, Jonathan Byrd's Racing. Dallara/Honda. 227.109 23 Spencer Pigot, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 227.100 24 Oriol Servia Schmidt, Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 226.893 25 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 226.549 26 Matthew Brabham, Team Murray. Dallara/Chevrolet. 226.389 27 Stefan Wilson, KVSH Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 225.559 28 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Honda. 225.387 29 Alex Tagliani, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Honda. 224.506 30 Buddy Lazier, Lazier Burns Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 224.340 31 Max Chilton, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 0.000 32 Gabby Chaves, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 0.000 33 Pippa Mann, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 0.000 |
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Sergio Perez, Formula 1 Force India driver says he would like to compete in the Indianapolis 500 at some stage in his racing career.
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More on those domed-skids, as Bobby Rahal says they are skewing the 500 order.
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As much as I wanted an American on the pole, it's nice to see the Mayor come back to The Track like this. Good on him.
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Way to go Hinch! Great way to go in to the 500!
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The Grid, for the 100th Running of The Indianapolis 500:
1 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 230.760 2 Josef Newgarden, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 230.700 3 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.647 4 Townsend Bell, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.481 5 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 230.287 6 Will Power, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.669 7 Mikhail Aleshin, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 229.561 8 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.139 9 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 229.114 10 Oriol Servia, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 229.060 11 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Herta. Dallara/Honda. 228.473 12 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Honda. 228.029 13 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.991 14 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 227.969 15 J.R. Hildebrand, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.875 16 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.822 17 Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.683 18 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.429 19 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.427 20 Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 227.226 21 Gabby Chaves, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 227.191 22 Max Chilton, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 226.686 23 Sage Karam, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 226.436 24 Conor Daly, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 226.312 25 Pippa Mann, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 226.006 26 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 225.846 27 Matthew Brabham, Team Murray. Dallara/Chevrolet. 225.727 28 Bryan Clauson, Jonathan Byrd's Racing. Dallara/Honda. 225.266 29 Spencer Pigot, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 224.847 30 Stefan Wilson, KVSH Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 224.602 31 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Honda. 224.596 32 Buddy Lazier, Lazier Burns Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 222.154 33 Alex Tagliani, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Honda. 0.000 |
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Congratulations to the Mayor; what an amazing comeback after last year.
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That was impressive. Hinch, RHR and Josef.
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