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Pole Day at Indy – Yeah, it’s Raining!

Good morning from Indianapolis Motor Speedway where it is 8 a.m. and we are set for the final pre-qualifying practice session. Actually, not. Cars are supposed to be on track, but at the moment only moisture is. Morning rain has knocked the scheduled session off course, and it’s anyone’s guess when things get underway. The...

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Fast Friday Practice Complete For CFH Racing; Indy 500 Qualifications Begin Tomorrow

Two Day Qualifying Format Begins at 11 A.M. ET Saturday (SPEEDWAY, Ind.) May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 Qualifications Preview * Qualifications for the 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500 begin tomorrow. CFH Racing will be attempting to qualify three cars: the No. 6 Preferred Freezer Services Chevrolet of JR Hildebrand, the No. 20 Fuzzy’s...

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Fast Friday – End of Day Final

By Patrick Stephan Lets wind things up a little bit with some notes from the end of day press conference. Gabby Chaves and Sage Karam were the guests and as usual, the “kids” provided some interesting perspective and some great quotes. We’ll start with this one from Chaves, “I think you’ve got to be comfortable...

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Fast Friday 6:20pm

By Patrick Stephan Well, that turned out to be much calmer than we would have expected. Fast Friday ended safely with all 34 cars having gotten on the track. Though Buddy Lazier turned just 8 laps with a best of 216.103. Pippa Mann got out there with less than 15 minutes to go and...

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Fast Friday – 4PM ET

Ok, as we head towards 4PM in the Eastern Time zone, most of the potential field has made it on the track (though not all). Scott Dixon’s early lap of 230.642 is still leading both the official time sheet and the “no tow” list. He is currently followed by Tony Kanaan at 230.4567 (with a...

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Fast Friday – Notes from 12:50pm ET

First, a couple quick notes, and then we’ll look at the time sheet after the first hour with the boost turned up for Fast Friday. —— Grace Autosport, an all-female Verizon IndyCar Series team have announced that they will attempt to qualify for the 100th Indianapolis 500 in 2016 with Katherine Legge as the driver....

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Indy 500 – Fast Friday – 10:30am

By Patrick Stephan (in Denver) with contributions from various on the ground reporters Ok, Joe and Steve have TV duties today and this weekend while I am in Denver so this will be an interesting coverage situation for TSO the next couple days. We do have some dedicated reporters on the ground feeding us information,...

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JOSEF NEWGARDEN UNINJURED FOLLOWING ACCIDENT DURING INDIANAPOLIS 500 PRACTICE

Newgarden Has Been Cleared To Resume Driving Duties (SPEEDWAY, Ind.) May 14, 2015 – Josef Newgarden has been checked, cleared and released from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Medical Center following an accident during practice for the Indianapolis 500. The rear end of the car came around entering Turn 1, making contact with the SAFER barrier....

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 8:15pm – Close

Sorry for the delayed close today. I (Steve) was chasing a few stories. ————— Some interesting thoughts from Tony Kanaan regarding the Chevrolet aero kits in this RACER.com article by Marshall Pruett and Robin Miller. (http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/116762-indy-500-it-was-a-hard-hit-but-i-m-fine-newgarden-says-116762) “TK” is the first driver to comment on the two airborne incidents. This especially caught my attention. “Obviously we...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – All about the Newgarden incident.

Just after “Happy Hour” began on Thursday May 14, 2015 the No. 21 Centruy 21 Chevrolet of Josef Newgarden went for a wild ride in Turn 1 of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The video of the incident: The good news is that as bad as that looked, Newgarden got out of the car under his...

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