By Bruce Martin and Patrick Stephan Quick tune in reminder. Quals are starting right now. The session was supposed to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern Time before a severe storm blew through the Central Indiana area. Now, the sun is out and the temperatures are a muggy and humid 78 degrees as Pippa Mann has...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – The storm that produced heavy rain and dangerous lightning has moved through Indianapolis much faster than expected and shortly after 1 p.m. Eastern Time track drying has begun at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We’ve seen reports that nearly an inch of rain fell at the airport during this storm...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – As predicted in my Qualification Day Open, the threat of severe weather has put qualifications for the 101st Indianapolis 500 on hold. A long line of severe storms with lightning is on its way and the grandstands have been cleared and the teams have towed the cars back to...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – With thick gray skies, heavy moist air and cool temperatures and the threat of rain on the way, Saturday’s Qualification Day for the 101st Indianapolis 500 has gotten off to a very slow start. Only 51 laps were turned in what is normally a frantic Saturday morning practice session...
READ MOREDraw # Car # 1 17T 2 63 3 22 4 77T 5 10 6 83T 7 21T 8 29T 9 19T 10 12 11 18T 12 8T 12A 77 14 19 15 3 16 24 17 15T 18 28 19 26T 20 40T 21 9 22 1 23 1T 24 40 25 5 26...
READ MOREEDITORS NOTE: TSO apologizes for this coming a little later than planned, between the Indy office and the Denver area office there was some confusion on who was posting this story and where is was supposed to be sent! Here at the Denver office, we’re blaming the snow – which stopped late Thursday night and...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais ended up leading both the full time sheet, and Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay led the no-tow time sheet on the final full day of practice before qualifying for the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. With only 20 minutes left in the rain interrupted session,...
READ MOREBy Bruce Martin (@BruceMartin_500) and Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Yes, it appears that Pippa Mann is the first female to officially run a lap at over 230mph, she also turned 229.9 last year in practice. So I think that’s clarified now! We are also triple checking on Zach Veach, we’ve now heard both “engine” and “upright”...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – Rain halted all track activity at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 1:29 p.m. Eastern Time as a severe storm from the west finally arrived. The grandstands have been cleared of spectators and teams frantically rushed to tow the race cars and equipment back to Gasoline Alley. When...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 It didn’t take long for “Fast Friday” to live up to its billing as three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves was the first to top the 230 miles per hour barrier. That started a rapid-fire assault on the speed charts as each of the 33 cars at the Indianapolis Motor...
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