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Indianapolis 500 – 2018 – Sunday, 6 a.m. – Open and IT’S RACE DAY for the 102nd Indianapolis 500!!

By Tony DiZinno IT’S RACE DAY!!! Welcome to TrackSide Online’s coverage of the 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. Patrick and I are both into the media center before 5:30 a.m. local time, before the canon went off at 6 a.m. I went out with our colleague and occasional TSO contributor Bruce Martin...

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Another Quick Note and Butch Welsch’s Indy 500 Predictions!

By Patrick Stephan Couple quick notes before I send Butch’s annual handicapping of the field for the Indy 500. First, briefly chatted with Cara Adams from Firestone and she did not appear overly concerned about the near record heat expected for tomorrow’s race. She said the tires are designed for operating parameters between 50 and...

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Legends Day at IMS – Noon – Public Driver’s Meeting and Friday’s Lucas Oil Raceway race notes

By Tony DiZinno The calm before the storm isn’t just on race day. It’s also on the day before the autograph session and the public driver’s meeting. As Patrick noted in an earlier update today, the number of fans waiting in line is half the battle itself. There are some fans that don’t have the...

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Legends Day at IMS 10:45am

By Patrick Stephan We’ve gotten some cloud cover this morning and even a bit of drizzle for a bit here at the race track. That light rain actually pretty good as it remains warm and humid. I think the driver’s will appreciate the cloud cover during Public Drivers Meeting. It can get pretty hot just...

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Quick open and schedule for Legends Day at Indy

By Patrick Stephan Welcome to what is supposedly the “slow” day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Yes, there is no on track activity for INDYCAR, but there is already a very crowded autograph session under way, and then we have the public driver’s meeting. For the driver’s today is probably one of their busier days,...

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Indianapolis 500 – 2018 – Carb Day – Noon – Final practice notes; four awards of note

By Tony DiZinno We are green for practice at 11 a.m. ET. Temperatures just before the start are 71 ambient and 80 track, per Firestone. Virgin Australian Supercars Championship driver Scott McLaughlin of DJR Team Penske is here, and is in Helio Castroneves’ pit. Today’s practice is not that important in terms of pace but...

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Dynamic 103rd Indy 500 Logo Is Debut of New System To Create Consistent Branding

Dynamic 103rd Indy 500 Logo Is Debut of New System To Create Consistent Branding INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, May 25, 2018 – The logo for the 103rd Indianapolis 500 includes bold, dynamic features that will form the core of future logos for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” as part of a new system. The hallmark of the new logo...

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