Race 5 of 19

Race - 97th Indianapolis 500

Location - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN

Date - Sunday, May 26th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show - 11:00AM , Green Flag - Approx. 12:12PM - ABC

Course Type - 2.5 Mile Oval

Distance - 200 Laps / 500 Miles

Practice Sessions -

Saturday, May 11th -12:00 -6:00pm Eastern
Sunday, May 12th -12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern
Monday, May 13th - 12:00 -6:00pm Eastern
Tuesday, May 14th - 12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern
Wednesday, May 15th - 12:00 -6:00pm Eastern
Thursday, May 16th - 12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern
Friday, May 17th -Fast Friday - 12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern / Qualification Order Drawing - 6:15pm
Saturday, May 18th - Pole Day - 8:00-8:30am Group 1 & 8:30-9:00am Group 2 / 9:00am - 10:00am All Cars
Sunday, May 19th - 9:00am - 10:00am
Wednesday, May 22nd -Pit Stop Practice - 9:00am -12:00pm
Thursday, May 23rd - Pit Stop Practice 12:15pm - 1:00pm & 2:30pm -5:00pm
Friday, May 24th - Miller Lite Carb Day - 11:00am-12:00pm / Pit Stop Competition - 1:30pm -3:30pm

Qualifications

Saturday, May 18th - Pole Day -

10:45am - Qualifying Line Begins
11:00am -4:00pm Segment 1 qualifying- positions 1-24
4:30pm -6:00pm - Segment 2 & 3 - Positions 1-9 (to determine pole)
6:15pm - Qualification Order Drawing for Bump Day

Sunday, May 19th - Bump Day

11:30am -Cars go in qualification line
12:00pm -6:00pm -Qualifying for positions 25-33 / 6:15pm - Race Day Pit Selection

Sunday, May 26th - Race Day

9:30am - 9:55am- Cars moved to pit lane
10:15am -10:40am - Grid
10:50am -11:00am - Engine Warm-up
11:33am - Driver Introductions
12:04 - Pace Laps
12:12 - Approximate Green Flag Start Time

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Length - 2.5 Miles
Front & Back Straightaways - 5/8 of a mile each
Short Chutes (Straights between turns) - 1/8 of a mile each
Turns 1-4 -1/4 of a mile each
Banking -9 degrees - 12 minutes on Turns - 0 degrees on straights

Track layout



Entry list

#1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport
#2 - A.J. Allmendinger (R) - Penske Racing
#3 - Helio Castroneves - Penske Racing
#4 - J.R. Hildebrand - Panther Racing
#5 - E.J. Viso - Team Venezuela/Andretti/HVM
#6 - Sebastian Saavedra - Dragon Racing
#7 - Sebastien Bourdais - Dragon Racing
#8 - Ryan Briscoe - NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing
#9 - Scott Dixon - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 - Dario Franchitti - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 - Tony Kanaan - KV Racing Technology
#12 - Will Power - Penske Racing
#14 - Takuma Sato - A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#15 - Graham Rahal - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#16 - James Jakes - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#17 - Michel Jourdain - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#18 - Ana Beatriz - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 - Justin Wilson - Dale Coyne Racing
#20 - Ed Carpenter - Ed Carpenter Racing
#21 - Josef Newgarden - Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
#22 - Oriol Servia - Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold
#25 - Marco Andretti - Andretti Autosport
#26 - Carlos Munoz (R) - Andretti Autosport
#27 - James Hinchcliffe - Andretti Autosport
#41 - Conor Daly (R) - A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#55 - Tristan Vautier (R) - Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports
#60 - Townsend Bell - Panther Racing
#63 - Pippa Mann - Dale Coyne Racing
#77 - Simon Pagenaud - Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports
#78 - Simona de Silvestro - KV Racing Technology
#81 - Katherine Legge - Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports
#83 - Charlie Kimball - Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
#91 - Buddy Lazier - Lazier Partners Inc.
#98 - Alex Tagliani - Team Barracuda - Bryan Herta Autosport

2012 Indy 500 Race Information

2012 Winner - Dario Franchitti
2012 Pole Sitter - Ryan Briscoe - 226.484 mph
Length Of Race - 2 hours, 42 minutes, 44 seconds
Average Speed - 167.734 mph
Number Of Cautions - 8 for 39 laps
Lead Changes - 34