By Steve Wittich and Tony DiZinno We pick back up in the second half of the day with additional runs and notes from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by other nuggets that emerged out the day. Marco Andretti made his third qualifying simulation that was consistent but not as quick as his second attempt….
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday End of Day – Second Half, Speeds, Notes and More
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday update #4 – Juncos changes chassis for Ilott
By Tony DiZinno Just before 4 p.m., Kevin Lee reported on the Peacock broadcast that the Juncos Hollinger Racing team would opt to change the chassis for Callum Ilott’s No. 77 entry. The English sophomore had battled an inconsistent and off-pace car since April’s open test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and things hadn’t progressed…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday update #3 – halfway update
By Steve Wittich and Tony DiZinno Will Power was the third Team Penske driver on the track, turned four laps at 233.212mph, 232.560mph, 232.149mph and 231.976mph for a four-lap average of 232.474mph, the best of the bunch in the first 90-minutes of practice. Pedersen went back out, improving on his previous best four-lap average. He…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday update #2 – one hour into qualifying simulations
By Steve Wittich When the track opened for practice at noon, the ambient temperature was 76F, and the track temperature was 101.8mph. The first driver on the 2.5-mile oval for a qualifying simulation was Stefan Wilson in the No. 24 DRR Cusick CareKeepers Chevrolet. He turned four laps between 228.571mph and 230.548mph. Rahal was the…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday update #1
By Steve Wittich Welcome to Fast Friday from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the Honda HI23TT and Chevrolet Indy V6 power plants will gain an additional 100 horsepower after an increase from 1.3 to 1.5 bar of boost on the BorgWarner turbochargers. Teams will spend most of the day trying to find speed during solo…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Thursday update #4
By Steve Wittich The green flag returned with an hour remaining on the second day of practice for the 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. The ambient temperature was 77F, and the track temperature was 115F. With 50 minutes remaining, there were 20 cars on the 2.5-mile oval. One of those was RC Enerson in…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Thursday – update #2
By Steve Wittich After a track inspection, the track reopened for practice with almost four hours remaining. The ambient temperature was 73F, and the track temperature was 115.7F. Things were pretty quiet during the first half of the third hour of practice before more teams came out to play with 160 minutes remaining. The ambient…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Thursday update #2 – two hours down
By Steve Wittich Marcus Ericsson on pit road during practice for the 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge (Photo Courtesy of Penske Entertainment- Joe Skibinski) The green flag to start Thursday’s Indianapolis 500 practice came out at noon, the ambient temperature was 60F, and the track temperature was 88F. Scott McLaughlin was one of the…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Thursday update #1 – Penske’s Pace
The three Team Penske cars were the first cars on track during the first practice for the 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge ((Photo Courtesy of Penske Entertainment – Paul Hurley) By Steve Wittich One of the more unusual things we’ve seen at the Indianapolis 500 over the last three years is the struggles of…
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Indianapolis 500 practice – Wednesday – update #4 – wrapping up practice
By Steve Wittich It was a busy day at the old speed factory After a rain out on Tuesday, it was not a surprise to see a ton of laps turned at The Brickyard today. The 34 drivers completed 3455 laps, which equates to over 101 laps or half-race distance per entry. The Ed Carpenter…
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