2011 Indianapolis 500

[DanicaFan]

Race 5 of 17

Race - Indianapolis 500

Location - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN

Date - Sunday, May 29th

Time & TV Schedule - 12:00PM Eastern - ABC

Course Type - 2.5 Mile Oval

Distance - 200 Laps / 500 Miles

Month's Schedule -

Saturday, May 7th - Emerging Tech Day / Allison Transmission - Centennial Era Balloon Festival

12pm -9pm - Public Gates Open
12- 5pm - Emerging Tech Racing
2pm - Yoga 500
8pm - Balloon Glow
9pm - Fireworks

May 8th-11th -No Track Activity
Thursday, May 12th - Rookie Orientation Program 8:30am-2pm - Practice
Friday, May 13th - Firestone Freedom 100 Testing - 9am-1pm - Practice
Saturday, May 14th -Opening Day -Gates Open 9am -6pm
9am-3pm - Celebration of Automobiles
12pm-6pm - Practice
6pm - Condon-Skelly Celebration Dinner
Sunday, May 15-Thursday, May 19th - Practice -Gates Open 9am-6pm
12pm - 6pm - Practice
Friday, May 20th- Fast Friday - 8am-6pm Gates Open
12pm - 6pm - Practice
6:15pm Pole Day Qualifications Draw (Coca-Cola Stage)
Saturday, May 21st -Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day
6am-6pm - Gates Open
6am-6pm - Pace Car Reunion
11am-4pm - 1st Qualifying Segment
4:30pm-6pm - Fast 9 Pole Qualifying
Sunday, May 22nd - Bump Day -IMS Armed Forces Day
8am-6pm- Gates Open
8am-6pm -Pace Car Reunion
9am-10am - Practice
12pm-6pm - Qualifying
Monday, May 23rd & Tuesday, May 24th - No Track Activity
Wednesday, May 25th - Community Day
9am-6pm - Gates Open
Thursday, May 26th -Firestone Freedom 100 Practice/Qualifying
9am-6pm - Gates Open
9am-9:45am - Firestone Indy Lights Practice
11:45am-12:30pm - Firestone Indy Lights Practice
3pm-4pm - Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying
Friday, May 27th- Miller Lite Carb Day
8am-6pm - Gates Open
11am-12:00pm - Indianapolis 500 Final Practice
12:30pm - Firestone Freedom 100 Race
1:30pm - Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge
3:30pm - Carb Day Concert - Staind w/Papa Roach
Saturday, May 28th - AJ Foyt Day
8am-6pm - Gates Open
8:45am-9am - Chase Rookie Of The Year Candidates Q&A (Coca-Cola Stage)
9am -AJ Foyt Autograph Wristband Distribution
9am-10am - 2011 Starting Field/ Indy 500 winners Autograph Session
9am-4pm Indianapolis 500 Memorabilia Show
10am-11am - Public Driver's Meeting - Tower Terrace
11:30-11:45 - AJ Foyt Q&A (Coca-Cola Stage)
11:55-12:25pm - AJ Foyt Autograph Session -Pagoda Plaza
1pm-1:30pm - Bryan Clauson Q&A - Coca Cola Stage
1:45pm - Bryan Clauson Autograph Session

Sunday, May 29th - Race Day
6am-6pm Gates Open
9am-10:50am - IZOD Presents Hot Wheels Fearless at the 500 Stunt
9:50am - 1911 Race Cars Parade Lap
10am- Indianapolis 500 Winners Drivers' Parade Lap
11am- Past Indy 500 Winners Drive Indy 500 Winning Cars
11:30am -Driver Introductions
12:00pm - Race Starts!

[DanicaFan]

2010 Race Facts

2010 Winner -#10 Dario Franchitti
2010 Pole Sitter - #3 Helio Castroneves - 224.864mph
Length Of Race - 3 hours, 5 minutes, 37 seconds
Average Speed -161.623 mph
Margin Of Victory -Under Caution
Lead Changes - 13 among 8 drivers
Caution Laps -9 for 44 laps
Fastest Lap - #12 Will Power - 225.090mph on lap 15

[DanicaFan]

Map of the track...

[DanicaFan]

Here is the link to the entry list since its so big..

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway...0EntryList.pdf

[Mark Pedersen]

43 cars trying for 33 spots = a lot of crash damage on dump day!!!

Bump day could we well worth watching this year, not that we can live stream it anymore :-(

[TURN3]

Willy P was the only guy with anything in the speed department for Dario last year. He's my pick this year.

[Dr. Krogshöj]

What's the deal with these entries:

#16 TBA / TBA
#19 TBA / Dale Coyne Racing
#57 TBA / Sarah Fisher Racing
#89 TBA / China Racing

Alex Lloyd would be a logical choice for the #19 Boy Scouts car. He was 4th in that car in last year's 500 and he was the 2010 IndyCar Rookie of the Year even though most people think it was Simona.

[mousti]

43 cars trying for 33 spots = a lot of crash damage on dump day!!!

Bump day could we well worth watching this year, not that we can live stream it anymore :-(

For this even I expect someone streaming it hope on Veetle best streaming site probably available

[chuck34]

What's the deal with these entries:

#16 TBA / TBA
#19 TBA / Dale Coyne Racing
#57 TBA / Sarah Fisher Racing
#89 TBA / China Racing

Alex Lloyd would be a logical choice for the #19 Boy Scouts car. He was 4th in that car in last year's 500 and he was the 2010 IndyCar Rookie of the Year even though most people think it was Simona.

There are two seperate Rookie of the Year awards, one for the 500 the other for the season. Simona was the Rookie of the Year (maybe better named race or month?) for the 500. Alex got the Rookie of the Year award for the season.

[SoCalPVguy]

What's the deal with these entries:

#16 TBA / TBA
#19 TBA / Dale Coyne Racing
#57 TBA / Sarah Fisher Racing
#89 TBA / China Racing

T B A mean 'The Biggest Account', i.e. biggest check from ride buyer gets the gig.