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May 20
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Chevrolet Racing, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post- Bump Day/Practice Notes & Quotes

Chevy Bowtie Symbol Logo The 33-car field is set for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500. There will be 16 Chevrolet IndyCar V-6 powered cars in the field for the famed race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The final four Team Chevy drivers completed their qualifying runs to solidify their staring positions for the Sunday, May 27 race.  Sebastien Bourdais was the quickest of the nine cars that completed the qualifying procedure on what traditionally has been called Bump Day. Oriol Servia, Ed Carpenter and Katherine Legge were the remaining drivers to secure their spots on the grid. The remainder of the afternoon, all 33 teams and drivers worked on the race setup under warm and muggy conditions. Remarkably, there has been no rain throughout the 11 ... FULL STORY »

Panther DRR Qualified For the 96th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Panther DRR LOGO QUALIFYING NOTES/QUOTES---- Indianapolis, Indiana, May 20, 2012 Fast Facts: Oriol Servia Servia qualified 27th for the 96th Running of the Indianapolis 500. He was fifth in line today for qualifying and only had to make one attempt. He secured a spot on the ... FULL STORY »

KV Racing Technology Works on Race Setup During Final Full Day of Practice for Indianapolis 500

KV Racing Technology''s Tony Kanaan (left) E.J. Viso (center) and Rubens Barrichello (right) SPEEDWAY, In. – May 20, 2012 – It was Bump Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but with all three cars safely in the field, KV Racing Technology took the opportunity to work on their race setups on the final ... FULL STORY »

Field for 96th Indianapolis 500 Set After Final Nine Cars Qualify

Ryan Briscoe Wins the 96th Indy 500 Pole - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, May 20, 2012) - Bryan Clauson, Ed Carpenter and Oriol Servia were back in the qualification line less than 24 hours after aspirations of reaching the top-nine shootout were scattered across the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Their crews put in ... FULL STORY »

2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Starting Lineup

2012 96th Indianapolis 500 Logo 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series 96th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway INDIANAPOLIS - Qualifying Results Sunday 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: FULL STORY »

Mike Conway and Wade Cunningham Qualify for Indianapolis 500

AJ Foyt Racing Logo INDIANAPOLIS, IN May 20, 2012—Both Mike Conway and Wade Cunningham qualified for the Indianapolis 500 with solid runs in their ABC Supply and ECat/ABC Supply Honda-powered cars Sunday afternoon at the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Conway went out shortly after ... FULL STORY »

INDYCAR Announces Pre-Qualification Penalties

IZOD IndyCar® Series INDANAPOLIS (Sunday, May 20, 2012) - INDYCAR, the sanctioning body for the IZOD IndyCar Series, announced today it has fined 11 teams $15,000 each for not complying with Rules 1.1.1.3, 8.2.3.3, and 14.12.2 during pre-qualifying technical inspection for Indianapolis 500 Time ... FULL STORY »



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Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Bump Day Notes & Quotes
Posted 05.20.12
Target 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 P11 Scott Dixon (No.9 Honda) at 220.090 mph P13 Dario ...FULL STORY »
No 38 Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing driver Graham Rahal - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA
Graham Rahal, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Bump Day Notes & Quotes
Posted 05.20.12
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 ...FULL STORY »
No 83 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing driver Charlie Kimball - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA
Charlie Kimball, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Bump Day Notes & Quotes
Posted 05.20.12
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) at 222.886 mph P27 Charlie Kimball (No.83 Honda) at 218.074 mph NOTES · ...FULL STORY »
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Briscoe Adds to Team Penske’s Legacy with His First Indianapolis 500 Pole Position
Posted 05.19.12
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 recorded a four-lap average of 226.484 mph in the No. ...FULL STORY »
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Teamwork Put Bell & Pagenaud Into Indy 500 on First Day of Qualifying
Posted 05.19.12
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 another. It’s a philosophy that works. SSM is the most ...FULL STORY »
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Chevrolet Racing, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Pole Day Qualifying Recaps
Posted 05.19.12
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 times I've been here and I've been in both those ...FULL STORY »
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Andretti Autosport Sweeps Three of the Top-Four Indy 500 Pole Day Qualifying Spots
Posted 05.19.12
Even though the pole position for the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 went to a rival team, Andretti Autosport swept the second, third and fourth positions in today's qualifying sessions. All five Andretti drivers qualified today, and each secured their best-ever starting spot in the biggest race on the ...FULL STORY »
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A.J. Foyt Racing, 2012 IICS Indianapolis 500 Post-Pole Day Qualifying Recap
Posted 05.19.12
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 pass pre-qualifying tech inspection (height discrepancy) and was sent to ...FULL STORY »
2012 IICS No 2 IZOD driven by Ryan Briscoe - Photo Courtesy of INDYCAR/LAT USA
Briscoe Claims Pole for 96th Indianapolis 500
Posted 05.19.12
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 go out to qualify," related the Team Penske driver, who ...FULL STORY »


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