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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 5:21pm -Josef Newgarden has vicious crash

Josef Newgarden has suffered a vicious crash in Turn 1 and come to a stop in Turn 2. The car is on it’s side. Newgarden is out of the car and standing with the safety crew. We just saw replay and the No. 21 broke loose in the middle of Turn 1 and made impact...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 4:15pm – practice update and Chevrolet statement

We now have a statement from Jim Campell, U.S. Vice President Performance Vehicles and Motorsports regarding the centerline wickers “After discussions with the Series, we have decided to remove the centerline wicker on all of our cars.” ————— At 3:30pm Tony Kanaan in the No. 10 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet went out for...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 2:30pm – INDYCAR statement re: centerline spline/wicker

Verizon IndyCar Series officials have made the centerline wicker an optional component for both manufacturers. Back with more from practice in a little bit....

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 2:30pm – developing Chevrolet story and other practice notes

TSO has observed that the Chevrolet powered cars have removed their centerline wickers. The splines were added by INDYCAR prior to the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis to help keep the car on the ground when the car is sideways. The Honda powered cars still have the splines. We have asked for a comment...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 1:30pm – practice update

We are currently yellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a track inspection At 1:30pm there have been 22 cars on track and they have turned a total of 347 laps. The No. 29 T.E. Connectivity Honda piloted by Simona de Silvestro turned its first laps since suffering a fire on Tuesday. The Swiss driver...

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KV, KVSH Racing & KVSH/JBR Indy 500 Notes

STEFANO COLETTI NO. 4 KV RACING TECHNOLOGY CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE 99th Indianapolis 500 – May 10-24, 2015 “I am very excited to be racing at the Indianapolis 500. It will be my first time on an oval, so will be a whole new experience but it looks like it will be really fun, so I’m excited to...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 10am – Good morning – overnight news and qualifying breakdown

Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s currently 53F and partly cloudy. The forecast high is 72F and the clouds are forecast to increase. Today’s track schedule is open practice from noon through 6pm. ————— There was a very interesting exchange between James Davision, Ryan Hunter-Reay and a few other IndyCar drivers on a...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:00pm post-script

We’re back. Steve decided to take one last tour of Gasoline Alley and learned a couple of things. —————— Buddy Lazier will be out tomorrow in the No. 91 Wynn Iowa Vision Research Lazier Racing Chevrolet. He was fitted in the car this afternoon. —————— TSO was able to confirm that Dale Coyne Racing does...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:03pm addendum – oops times now added

Sorry about that. I forgot to add the time sheets to the last post. Pos Car Driver Manufacturer Best Speed Total Laps 1 26 Carlos Munoz Honda 230.121 88 2 24 Townsend Bell Chevy 228.969 57 3 10 Tony Kanaan Chevy 228.172 64 4 19 James Davison Honda 228.043 86 5 8 Sage Karam Chevy ...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:00pm close

Much thanks to Joe for the quick update on the Pippa Mann incident. I (Steve) was down in my “happy place” to watch the first half-hour of “happy hour.” Here’s a picture of the view from the south-east corner of the pit road suites. ...

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