After a Indianapolis 500 pole day filled with drama for teams Ed Carpenter found himself celebrating with the Verizon P1 Award. The lone team owner/driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series recorded a blistering four-lap average speed of 228.762 mph (best lap of 229.347 mph; 39.2418 seconds) in the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet. […]
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97th Indianapolis 500 Day 5 Top Five
Thirty-two of the thirty-three drivers were on the track today, turing in a combined 2,165 laps, on a very warm, but lovely afternoon. At 4pm the the ambient temperature was 91 degrees with a relative humidity of 34 percent and winds from the west-southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 16 mph. Skies were mostly cloudy. The track temperature was […]
97th Indianapolis 500 Day 4 Top Five
Thirty-two of the thirty-three drivers were on the track today, turing in a combined 2,226 laps. he ambient temperature was 87 degrees with a relative humidity of 34 percent and winds from the west-southwest at 5 mph. Skies were sunny. The track temperature was 117 degrees, according to Firestone engineers. The top five speeds of the […]
NASCAR Champion Kurt Busch Completes Indianapolis 500 Rookie Test
INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, May 9, 2013 – NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch completed the Indianapolis 500 Rookie Orientation Program during a test Thursday, May 9 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, reaching a top speed of 218.210 mph in an Andretti Autosport car. But Busch is still taking a cautious approach toward any thoughts of participating in “The […]
1996 Indy 500 winner Buddy Lazier joins Indianapolis 500 entries
Lazier Partners Racing filed an entry for the 97th Indianapolis 500, with 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier listed as the driver. The entry adds a fourth winner of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” to the potential starting field, as Lazier joins three-time winners Dario Franchitti and Helio Castroneves and 2008 winner Scott Dixon. Lazier […]
