2010 Indianapolis 500

[DanicaFan]

It's that time of year again, May, the best month of the year. I am excited. I will be down at the track quite a bit so my posts may be late in getting up here when it nears qualifications and race time. I am putting the month of May schedule up seperate from the opening race post since it is an extensive race schedule.

Race 6 of 17

Race - Indianapolis 500

Location - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN

Date - Sunday, May 30th

Time & TV Schedule - 12:00PM Eastern Time (1:11PM Green Flag) ABC

Course Type - 2.5 Mile Oval

Distance - 200 Laps / 500 Miles

2009 Winner - Helio Castroneves

[DanicaFan]

2010 Indianapolis 500 Month of May Schedule.. (All Times Eastern)

Sat., May 8th - Centennial Era Balloon Festival -Founders Race -7:30am, Concert/Fireworks -5-9:15pm (Gates open 5pm -9:15pm)
Sat., May 15th - Indianapolis Star Opening Day - Veterans-12:00pm-2:00pm - Rookie Orientation Program-2-6:00pm (Gates open 9am-6:00pm)
Sun., May 16th - Practice-12:00pm-2:00pm, Rookie Orientation Program- 2-6:00pm (Gates open 9am-6pm)
Mon., May 17th - Thurs., May 20th - Practice - All Cars- 12-6:00pm (Gates open 9am-6pm)
Friday, May 21st - Fast Friday - All Cars - 12-6pm ( Gates open 8am -6pm)
Sat., May 23rd - Pole Day Qualifying - Practice 8am-10am, Qualifications -12-6pm (Gates open 7am-6pm)
Sun., May 24th - Bump Day Qualifying -Practice 9am-10am - Qualifications 12-6pm (Gates open 8am-6pm)
Wed, May 26th - 500 Festivial Community Day - No Track Activity -(Gates open 9am-6pm)
Thursday, May 27th - Firestone Freedom 100 Practice & Qualifying - Practice -9-9:45am, 11:45am-12:00, Qualifying 3-4pm (Gates open 9am-6pm)
Friday, May 28th - Miller Lite Carb Day - Indy 500 Final Practice -11am-12:00, Firestone Freedom 100 - 12:30pm, Pit Stop Challenge -1:30pm-3pm, Miller Lite Carb Day Concert -ZZ Top -3:30pm (Gates open 8am-6pm)
Sat, May 29th - Public Driver's Meeting (Gates open 8-5pm)
Sunday, May 30th - Race Day - Indy 500 - 12:00noon, Green Flag -1:11pm - (Gates open 6am)

**Note- Versus will air qualifications and Carb Day

[DanicaFan]

Here is the current entry list. Obviously this list will change as the month progresses. Some names to be filled in most likely are Graham Rahal, Ana Beatriz, and JR Hildebrand.

Car# & Driver / Car Name / Team / Race Strategist

#2/2T- Raphael Matos / HP Luczo Dragon / DeFerran Dragon Racing / Jay Penske
#3/3T - Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Team Penske / Tim Cindric
#4/4T - Dan Wheldon / National Guard Panther Racing / Panther Racing / John Barnes
#5/5T - Takuma Sato / Lotus-KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology / Dave Brzozowski-Garrett Mothersead
#6/6T- Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske / Team Penske / Roger Penske
#7/7T - Danica Patrick / Team GoDaddy.com / Andretti Autosport / Tom Anderson
#8/8T - EJ Viso / PDVSA-Jet Aviation-KVRT / KV Racing Technology / Bill Pappas
#9/9T - Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Mike Hull
#10/10T - Dario Franchitti / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Chip Ganassi
#11/11T- Tony Kanaan / Team 7-Eleven / Andretti Autosport / Michael Andretti
#12/12T- Will Power / Verizon Team Penske / Verizon Team Penske / Clive Howell
#14/14T - Vitor Meira / ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Enterprises / AJ Foyt
#15/15T - Paul Tracy / GEICO - KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology / TBA
#16/16T - TBA / AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Racing / TBA
#17/17T - TBA / Rahal Letterman Racing / Rahal Letterman Racing / Scott Roembke
#18/18T - Milka Duno / CITGO / Dale Coyne Racing / Darren Crouser
#19/19T - Alex Lloyd / Boy Scouts of America / Dale Coyne Racing / Dale Coyne
#20/20T - Ed Carpenter / Panther Racing / Panther Racing / TBA
#21/21T - Davey Hamilton / HP Luczo Dragon / DeFerran Dragon Racing / TBA
#22/22T - Justin Wilson / Team Z-Line Designs-DRR / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Matt Curry
#23/23T - TBA / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Larry Curry
#24/24T - Mike Conway / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dennis Reinbold
#25/25T - TBA / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#26/26T- Marco Andretti / Team Venom Energy / Andretti Autosport / Kyle Moyer
#27 - TBA / AFS Racing / AFS Racing / TBA
#29 - Sebastian Saavedra / William Rast-Bryan Herta Autosport / Bryan Herta Autosport / Bryan Herta-Steve Newey
#32/32T - Mario Moraes / KV Racing Technology / KV Racing Technology / Mark Johnson-Nathan O'Rourke
#33/33T- Bruno Junqueira / FAZZT Race Team / FAZZT Race Team / TBA
#34/34T - Mario Romancini / Conquest Racing / Conquest Racing / Eric Bachelart-Michael Palawski
#36/36T - Bertrand Baguette / Conquest Racing-RACB / Conquest Racing / Todd Malloy
#37/37T - Ryan Hunter-Reay / Team IZOD / Andretti Autosport / George Klotz
#41/41T - AJ Foyt IV / ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing / AJ Foyt Racing / TBA
#43/43T - John Andretti / Team Window World / Richard Petty-Andretti Autosport / John Anderson
#66/66T - Jay Howard / Service Central-Sarah Fisher Racing / Sarah Fisher Racing / TBA
#67/67T - Sarah Fisher / Dollar General-Sarah Fisher Racing / Sarah Fisher Racing / John O'Gara
#77/77T- Alex Tagliani / FAZZT Race Team / FAZZT Race Team / Rob Edwards
#78/78T - Simona De Silvestro / Team Stargate Worlds-HVM / HVM Racing / Michael Cannon-Vince Kremer
#98/98T - TBA / CURB-Agajanian-Team 3G / CURB-Agajanian-Team 3G / Greg Beck
#99/99T- Townsend Bell / Herbalife Ganassi-Schmidt Racing / Chip Ganassi Racing/Sam Schmidt Motorsports / Andy Brown
#06/06T - Hideki Mutoh / Formula Dream-Panasonic / Newman Haas Racing / John Tzouanakis

[DanicaFan]

I know this has been posted in another thread but this new qualification and point system needs to be in here as well..

Here is the new format...

There will be a new qualification procedure for the Indianapolis 500 this year as well as how they distribute the points for the championship standings..

On pole day (May 22)they will qualify the top 24 spots for the 33 car field. They will still do the traditional 4 lap attempts. These attempts will be made between 11am-4pm. Each car will have 3 attempts during this time. After 4pm, the top 9 drivers in speed will have thier times erased. They call this the "FAST NINE ".These drivers will start no worse than 9th in the race. These 9 drivers will then make at least one 4 lap qualifying attempt between 4:30-6pm and possibly another attempt if time permits. The starting positions will be determined by thier speed. Then, the pole winner will be declared. If the weather is bad, the times from thier original qualifying session will determine thier starting position. Drivers from 10-24 will fall in position by speed.

On Bump Day (May23), the remaining 9 spots from position 25-33 will be filled(12-6pm). These spots will be determined by speed with the same 4 lap qualifying attempts. Once the 33 spots have been filled, the bumping will begin until 6pm and the field will be set.

As for points for the championship standings, this will be different for this race only. These points rewarded are as follows..

Pole Sitter - 15 points
P2 - 13 points, P3 - 12 points (front row)
Rows 2 & 3 will receive 11-6 points depending on starting position.
(Example - P4 (row 2) gets 11 points, P5 - 10 points. etc..
Positions 10-24 - 4 bonus points
Positions 25-33 - 3 bonus points

The Peak Performance Award Prize money will go up as well. Here is how it will break down..

Pole Sitter - $175,000
Position 2 - $75,000
Position 3 - $50,000
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[DanicaFan]

Here is a track map..

[SarahFan]

dfan....are we betting on danicas oval championship run or not?

you said you wanted too, yet fail to define some terms

what gives?

are you really a danicafan or nothing more than a office secretary that works for her agent that runs around attempting to keep folks interested in her brand?

[SarahFan]

PT has got to be happy with the speed he saw out of KV on saturday

[Chamoo]

PT has got to be happy with the speed he saw out of KV on saturday

KV was fast with all three cars last year. Here is hoping the fourth chassis is just as good.

[NickFalzone]

No matter how dull the racing has been so far this year, the 500 still gets me excited about Indycar racing:

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[TURN3]

dfan....are we betting on danicas oval championship run or not?

you said you wanted too, yet fail to define some terms

what gives?

are you really a danicafan or nothing more than a office secretary that works for her agent that runs around attempting to keep folks interested in her brand?

He's a fake. New forum name to me is FakeDanicaFan because you offered multiple times for a fair bet and he won't even respond. He has done this for me before and on a number of other similiar requests. One whom states such falsehoods and refuses to stand behind his "belief" is nothing more than a phony to me...right FakeDanicaFan?