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May 20
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Graham Rahal, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Bump Day Notes & Quotes

No 38 Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing driver Graham Rahal - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing Indianapolis 500 Day-End Report IZOD IndyCar Series Bump Day/Practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 20 Practice 9 P1 Oriol Servia (No.22 Chevrolet) at 223.752 mph P2 Sebastien Bourdais (No.7 Chevrolet) at 223.479 mph P3 Ed Carpenter (No.20 Chevrolet) at 222.886 mph P24 Graham Rahal (No.38 Honda) at 218.572 mph  NOTES ·         Rahal ran a total of 87 laps in the ninth practice for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ·         As a result of yesterday’s qualifying session, the No.38 Service Central team will start the Indianapolis 500 from 12thposition. ·         Today the team worked on race setup, with only one practice session remaining next Friday (Carb Day) before the race. SCCGR Quoteboard  Graham Rahal:  “Today we worked on a lot of race set-up things and we tried ... FULL STORY »

Charlie Kimball, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Bump Day Notes & Quotes

No 83 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing driver Charlie Kimball - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing Indianapolis 500 Day-End Report IZOD IndyCar Series Bump Day/Practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 20 Practice 9 P1 Oriol Servia (No.22 Chevrolet) at 223.752 mph P2 Sebastien Bourdais (No.7 Chevrolet) at 223.479 mph P3 Ed Carpenter (No.20 Chevrolet) ... FULL STORY »

Briscoe Adds to Team Penske’s Legacy with His First Indianapolis 500 Pole Position

Team Penske Logo INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 19, 2012) – Ryan Briscoe won the pole position for the 96th Indianapolis 500 Saturday, leading a charge that ended with all three Team Penske drivers qualifying for the first two rows for “the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Briscoe ... FULL STORY »

Teamwork Put Bell & Pagenaud Into Indy 500 on First Day of Qualifying

Sam Schmidt Motorsports Logo INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, May 19, 2012 – If you watch Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ four-car Firestone Indy Lights team on any given race weekend, you will see four teams working seamlessly as one. The engineers, mechanics and drivers all share information with one ... FULL STORY »

Chevrolet Racing, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Pole Day Qualifying Recaps

Chevy Bowtie Symbol Logo RYAN BRISCOE, NO. 2 IZOD TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET – POLE WINNER: THE MODERATOR: Not sure your own teammates saw this coming, no discredit to you, but they didn't see it and here you are. RYAN BRISCOE: I don't know how many ... FULL STORY »

A.J. Foyt Racing, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Pole Day Qualifying Recap

AJ Foyt Racing Logo Disappointment ran deep in the AJ Foyt Racing garages this evening as both cars were bumped out of the top 24 starters for the Indianapolis 500. The troubles began this morning when the No. 41 ECat/ABC Supply car did not ... FULL STORY »

Briscoe Claims Pole for 96th Indianapolis 500

2012 IICS No 2 IZOD driven by Ryan Briscoe - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 19, 2012) - Ryan Briscoe had two hours to mentally prepare himself to qualify for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 after crashing in practice on Pole Day 2011. "That was very difficult to get back in the car and ... FULL STORY »



No 67 Dollar General SFHR with driver Josef Newgarden - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA
Rookie Newgarden Stuns at Indy Pole Day to Start 7th
Posted 05.19.12
INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, May 19, 2012 – On Pole Day for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500, rookie Josef Newgarden showed the strength of his Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (SFHR) team and the depth of his own skill by qualifying in the seventh position. Newgarden will start the 500-mile race from ...FULL STORY »
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2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Pole Day Qualifying Results
Posted 05.19.12
2012 IZOD IndyCar Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway 96th Indianapolis 500 Pole Day Qualifying INDIANAPOLIS - Results of Pole Day qualifying Saturday for the 96th Indianapolis 500 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with rank, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses: 1. (2) Ryan ...FULL STORY »
2012 IICS Ryan Briscoe - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA
Ryan Briscoe Puts Chevrolet on the Pole for the 96th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Posted 05.19.12
James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay Made it an All-Chevrolet Front Row; Historic Run is 17th Indianapolis 500 Pole for Team Penske  INDIANAPOLIS (May 19, 2012) – Ryan Briscoe, No. 2 IZOD Team Penske Chevrolet, will lead the 33-car field to the green flag for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500.  With a four-lap ...FULL STORY »
JR Hildebrand/No. 4 National Guard/Panther Racing - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA
In the Show: Hildebrand Qualifies 18th for 96th Indianapolis 500
Posted 05.19.12
Panther Team Has Issue During Qualification Run, Unable to Return in Time for Second Attempt INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - (May 19, 2012) – The National Guard Panther Racing team believed it had solved the problem that caused driver JR Hildebrand to qualify 18th for the 96th Indianapolis 500, but as the team returned to the ...FULL STORY »
KV Racing Technology's 2012 Drivers Tony Kanaan (left) E.J. Viso (center) and Rubens Barrichello (right)
KV Racing Technology Qualifies All Three Cars in Top-10 for Indianapolis 500
Posted 05.19.12
SPEEDWAY, In. – May 19, 2012 – During a tough and emotional qualifying session KV Racing Technology put two cars in the Fast Nine and provisionally put the third car in the top-10 on the starting grid for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 to be held May 27th ...FULL STORY »
Alex Tagliani and Bryan Herta During 96th Indy 500 Pole Day
Alex Tagliani Qualifies 11th for the 2012 Indianapolis 500
Posted 05.19.12
 With the chance to defend his 2011 Indianapolis 500 pole position, Alex Tagliani gave it everything during qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Pole Day. In what he described as 'four of the hardest laps of my life,' Tagliani qualified the Team Barracuda - BHA car in P11 with a ...FULL STORY »
Oriol Servia, No. 22 Panther DRR 2012 Indianapolis 500 - Photo Courtesy: INDYCAR/LAT USA
Oriol Servia, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Qualifying Notes & Quotes
Posted 05.19.12
QUALIFYING NOTES/QUOTES---- Indianapolis, Indiana, May 19, 2012 Fast Facts: Oriol Servia Today didn't go as planned for Panther DRR. In this morning's warm-up session the team had a gearbox issue that they had to fix. Panther DRR hurried to get the problem repaired and had the No. 22 car ready to line-up ...FULL STORY »
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Jakes & Wilson Qualify for the 96th Running of the Indy 500
Posted 05.19.12
Indianapolis, INDIANA (May 19, 2012) - With just minutes remaining in qualifying on Saturday, James Jakes left no doubt he deserved to be in next Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. After narrowly missing qualifying for last year’s race, he was able to find an extra mile-an-hour of speed on his second qualifying ...FULL STORY »
Howie Mandel
‘America’s Got Talent’ Star Mandel To Serve As Honorary Announcer For 2012 Indianapolis 500
Posted 05.19.12
INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, May 19, 2012 - Howie Mandel, judge on "America's Got Talent," the top-rated summer reality competition series on NBC, will serve as honorary announcer for the 96th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday, May 27. On Race Day, Mandel will give the famous command, "All cars to the grid!" ...FULL STORY »


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