2012 Indy 500 Race Thread

**FIAT1** · 15th May 12, 12:26

Originally Posted by Marbles

Anybody hear about what Bruno, Paul and Buddy are up to these days?

Bruno was racing in ALMS for Rocketsports at Laguna seca last Saturday .Paul was racing in grand-am in Jersey last Sunday. Buddy???

**DanicaFan** · 15th May 12, 13:52

Practice Session 3 Results..

**Phoenixent** · 15th May 12, 21:53

Katherine Legge is scheduled for R.O.P. from 8-930 AM Thursday..... If this information is correct that's good news for Dragon Racing as Sebastien Bourdais will run his refresher soon. I think that Will Power has some serious competition coming if correct.

Maybe we will see Sebastien Bourdais in the number 2 car next year? I remember when Ryan Briscoe drove for Dragon in a one off ride at Indy than became a Penske driver..

**SoCalPVguy** · 15th May 12, 22:11

LOL. Has any Lotus car broken 212 yet ? I think Alesi's 211+ is the best.

I think that 224 will be the pole 4-lap avg. speed.

**Phoenixent** · 16th May 12, 01:03

Looks to be a shakeup at Dragon Racing involving KL....

**DanicaFan** · 16th May 12, 14:20

It's good to see Marco Andretti on top of the speed chart. Here are the results of Practice Session 4..

**SarahFan** · 16th May 12, 14:58

I'm a little confused about cranking up the boost

Will teams be allowed to increase boost for their qual runs?

**SarahFan** · 16th May 12, 15:26

I'm not finding alot of info on this ... But from what I can tell it looks like they will get extra boost fri and sat

Seems a bit strange to me ...

If they were flirting with 238 I get it... But they aren't

At least they get a day ( Friday ) to test

Hmmm

**anthonyvop** · 16th May 12, 17:41

Originally Posted by SarahFan

I'm not finding alot of info on this ... But from what I can tell it looks like they will get extra boost fri and sat

Seems a bit strange to me ...

If they were flirting with 238 I get it... But they aren't

At least they get a day ( Friday ) to test

Hmmm

And now they allowed Alesi to run the higher boost for a "Test" Of course the fact he was able to pass his rookie test with the "test" boost was just a coincidence.

Word is the Dragon will be getting Chevys 2day.

**FIAT1** · 16th May 12, 18:49

I'm sure what they are doing is fixing this year new cars,engine problematic situation as they should do whatever necessary to make a race safe and successful.

**Nikki Katz** · 16th May 12, 19:14

I feel a bit sorry for Alesi, he seems to have come in for a lot of flack due to his age and lack of oval experience, but for all we know he's really good. He did go faster than de Silvestro, who's been in IndyCar a few years now, and she's really the only benchmark he'll have. But the Lotus engine on oval form is just awful, at best he'll be a lot of laps down come the end assuming that the engine doesn't blow first.

Presumably this is the last race for Lotus, I hope HVM doesn't disappear.

**heliocastroneves#3** · 16th May 12, 19:42

I really hope HVM will get a Honda or Chevy engine very soon, de Silvestro has a lot of talent... Last year she had to drive with a very old chassis and now with a crappy Lotus engine.... Not fair, especially if you compare it to the equipment which Princess had during the last 7 years.....

**booger** · 16th May 12, 20:51

More boost for quals only. If they left the boost up in the race, you'd see 33 hand grenades going off throughout the event and there would be no one left at the 500 mile mark. They'll still be using lots of oil dry this weekend.

**FIAT1** · 17th May 12, 13:19

Josef Newgarden is getting used to finishing first. The American rookie topped the Indianapolis 500 speed chart Wednesday, posting the fastest lap of the day at 222.785 mph. It's the third time he has led in five practice sessions (end of quote). I think this kid is real and in the right time for Indycar, what a breath of fresh air, he will be the future star of Indycar racing. Congrats to a small team of Sarah Fisher for great work. To bad that Indycar pr is at sleep. This is a story for month of May for me, not Lotus bs. Go Josef!

**SarahFan** · 17th May 12, 14:07

So far it's been a good week to be SarahFan

Go Josef

**anthonyvop** · 17th May 12, 16:20

It is official

Team Chevy ‏@TeamChevy

We’re pleased to add @DragonRacing drivers Sebastien Bourdais & Katherine Legge to be powered by Chevrolet V-6 engines for the #Indy500!

**garyshell** · 17th May 12, 17:17

Originally Posted by anthonyvop

It is official

Anything said about beyond Indy?

Gary

**anthonyvop** · 17th May 12, 18:05

Originally Posted by garyshell

Anything said about beyond Indy?

Gary

Still negotiating.

**Blancvino** · 17th May 12, 18:39

Originally Posted by garyshell

Anything said about beyond Indy?

Gary

This is such a lame effort for Lotus to drop the ball so badly. These are two decent people and drivers relegated to begging for engines? How do the executives at Lotus sleep at night?