http://www.tracksideonline.com A subscription news service that provides the latest news and information regarding the Indy Racing League. en-us Copyright © 2003-2005 TrackSide Online. All Rights Reserved 03-Sep-2010 joe@tracksideonline.com Ed Carpenter has won the pole for tomorrow's Kentucky Indy 300.Carpenter was faster than Will Power by just two hundredths of a second to win his first pole in the IndyCar Series. Not a good session for Andretti Autosport at all - Danica Patrick was the fastest of their cars in 17th, and Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed coming out of Turn 2. Hunter-Reay has been checked/cleared/released. More in a bit. http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17804 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17803 Sorry for the delay in the Indy Lights notes - we could have sworn we hit "send" before we headed out, but obviously wrong there. A yellow for moisture caused a 25 minute delay in the session - the radar looked clear this morning, but the clouds certainly looked dark. The blob that brought rain was not large or heavy, but it was enough to change the color of the pavement. The session ran a little long before a return of the rain brought an end to the final IndyCar practice before qualifying. Times are at the end of this update. The rain has currently stopped and we see patches of blue sky in the distance, so we currently anticipate Indy Lights Qualifying starting at noon as scheduled. http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17802 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17801 The drivers of the IZOD IndyCar Series will participate in their third consecutive weekend of racing this Saturday at the 1.5 mile Kentucky Speedway tri-oval located in Sparta, Kentucky. Once again, drivers will only have 60 minutes of practice on Friday morning to set their cars for the lone qualifying session scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. later that day. The two-lap qualifying round will set the grid for Saturday's Kentucky Indy 300, a 200-lap race to be run under the lights. Alex Tagliani and the FAZZT Race Team will be making their first visit to the tri-oval, but this time the Canadian drivers intends to complete the 200 laps among the leaders. http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17800 The penultimate round of the 2010 Firestone Indy Lights season takes place this weekend at the Kentucky Speedway where Sam Schmidt Motorsports looks to defend its 2009 race win and has three drivers looking for career days. Practice begins on Friday morning at nine with a one-hour session. Qualifying follows at noon with the final practice taking place at 6:15 p.m. The race itself is on Saturday night at 5:30. The Drive Smart. Buckle-Up Kentucky 100 and all other on-track sessions can be seen live on indycar.com or firestoneindylights.com. All times listed are in ET. http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17799 Good morning from Kentucky Speedway, where there's a busy day of action in preparation for the Kentucky Indy 300. Fortunately, the weather has remained dry overnight and the radar looks to be clear, though it's rather overcast. The word "rain" at this track brings concerns around weepers after last year's much delayed weekend and the open test here that was all but a washout due to a recurrence of weepers. Bruton Smith may have promised he was going to fix the weepers, but we don't believe anything has been done around the issue. Still - no rain should mean no problem with weepers, right? Here's today's schedule - all times EDT: 9:00-10:00am Firestone Indy Lights Practice 10:15-11:15 IZOD IndyCar Practice 12:00pm Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying 1:30 IZOD IndyCar Qualifying 4:30 Autograph Session (Midway) 6:15-6:45 Firestone Indy Lights Practice 7:00-7:30 IZOD IndyCar Practice http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17798 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17797 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17796 Tomas Scheckter will be back behind the wheel of the #36 Conquest Racing car, which will have primary sponsorship from Norcote International, for this weekend’s Kentucky Indy 300. Conquest Racing will be welcoming Scheckter for a second consecutive race. The South African made his debut with the team last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, where he was unfortunately taken out of the race after five laps. "We're very happy to have Tomas back with us for this weekend at Kentucky Speedway," expressed team owner Eric Bachelart. "Sadly his race was short-lived at Chicagoland but in the little time he had in the car over the weekend he did an excellent job and we're looking forward to having him in the car again. His experience on ovals was of great help to the team. "The car was really good at Chicago and I think we can keep on improving heading into Kentucky. I'm confident that we can leave there with a good result." http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17795 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17794 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17793 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17792 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17791 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17790 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17789 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17788 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17787 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17786 http://www.tracksideonline.com/news/story.php?id=17785