2012 Indy 500 Race Thread

[DanicaFan]

Race 5 of 16

Race - Indianapolis 500

Location - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN

Date - Sunday, May 27th

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 12th -12:00 -6:00pm Eastern
Sunday, May 13th -12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern
Monday, May 14th - 12:00 -6:00pm Eastern
Tuesday, May 15th - 12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern
Wednesday, May 16th - 12:00 -6:00pm Eastern
Thursday, May 17th - 12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern
Friday, May 18th -Fast Friday - 12:00 - 6:00pm Eastern / Qualification Order Drawing - 6:15pm
Saturday, May 19th - Pole Day - 8:00-8:30am Group 1 & 8:30-9:00am Group 2 / 9:00am - 10:00am All Cars
Sunday, May 20th - 9:00am - 10:00am
Wednesday, May 23rd -Pit Stop Practice - 9:00am -12:00pm
Thursday, May 24th - Pit Stop Practice 12:15pm - 1:00pm & 2:30pm -5:00pm
Friday, May 25th - Miller Lite Carb Day - 11:00am-12:00pm / Pit Stop Competition - 1:30pm -3:30pm

Qualifications

Saturday, May 19th - 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 20th - 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 27th - 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




2011 Indy 500 Race Information

2011 Winner -Dan Wheldon
2011 Pole Sitter - Alex Tagliani - 227.472 mph
Length Of Race - 2 hours, 56 minutes, 11 seconds
Average Speed - 170.265 mph
Number Of Cautions - 7 for 40 laps
Lead Changes - 23

[DanicaFan]

Current Entry List..

[DanicaFan]

Practice Session 1 Results..

[DanicaFan]

Practice Session 2 Results..

[DanicaFan]

Just some music facts for this year's race..

Unfortunately Jim Nabors wont be at the track singing "Back Home Again In Indiana". He will be undergoing heart surgery later this month. They will play a recording of Jim singing the song. Jim will be filmed singing the song in Hawaii this month and this will be played on race day.

Martina McBride will be singing the national anthem.
Lynyrd Skynyrd will be playing a concert on Miller Lite Carb Day -Friday, May 25th.

[DanicaFan]

2012 Indy 500 Pace Car

[heliocastroneves#3]

I dont think i need to say that this is once again a nice opening post.... Oh wait, i just said it there....

[FIAT1]

2012 Indy 500 Pace Car

Corvette C6 is amazing car.

[DanicaFan]

I dont think i need to say that this is once again a nice opening post.... Oh wait, i just said it there....

Thanks again. This one took a little longer due to all the information....lol

[edv]

LOL
The Pace car is more powerful than the Race car!