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Indianapolis 500 – 2018 – 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil – Semi-Final!! Points, press conferences, Patrick’s first thoughts and an Ed Jones update

By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Before we get into the post-race press conferences, a quick medical update from INDYCAR on Ed Jones, who had an accident in Turn 2 earlier in the race. The driver of the No. 10 NTT Data Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing has been checked and released from...

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SPOILER – Indianapolis 500 – 2018 – 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil – RACE NOTES – SPOILER

By Tony DiZinno Will Power had been short of the Verizon IndyCar Series championship before, but he finally won it in 2014. And Will Power had been short of the Indianapolis 500 before, but today, on May 27, 2018, he has finally won it. Power has been locked in all month and now delivered the...

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Indianapolis 500 – 2018 – Sunday, Noon – Passing and strategy thoughts, final pre-race notes, and pre-race photos

By Tony DiZinno We’re into the final minutes before green flag. Here are the final notes before the 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil goes green at 12:18 p.m. ET and local time. Quick grid walk notes From the morning where there wasn’t a soul present on the front straight to now when...

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Indianapolis 500 – 2018 – Sunday, 9:15am – Quick Gasoline Alley notes as build-up begins

By Tony DiZinno Activity is picking up significantly in Gasoline Alley, the midway, and in pit lane as we get closer to cars rolling out. Meanwhile in the media center, Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix is on as it is just underway. Monaco on Indianapolis 500 race morning is a tradition, but it starts an...

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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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Carb Day News, Notes, and Observations! (Freedom 100 Spoiler, Pit Stop Competition)

By Patrick Stephan Wow, what a day? Tony DiZinno told me earlier today that Carb Day is one of his busiest days of the year – something I have always believed personally and clearly today will be no different. And thank the heavens that we’ve got Tony here helping. There is just a lot to...

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