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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:00pm – practice notes and top speeds of the day

The cloud cover became pervasive around 4:30pm and the track activity immediately picked up with a group of eight cars headed on track to run race simulations together. At 4:45pm a large group of cars that included Ed Carpenter, Alex Tagliani, Sage Karam, Carlos Munoz, Sebastien Bourdais and Justin Wilson were slicing and dicing down...

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RAHAL AND SERVIA COMFORTABLE WITH HANDLING HEADING INTO FAST FRIDAY FOR THE INDY 500

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Indianapolis 500 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway Verizon IndyCar Series PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – Thursday, May 14, 2015 RAHAL AND SERVIA COMFORTABLE WITH HANDLING HEADING INTO FAST FRIDAY FOR THE INDY 500 1) Simon Pagenaud 228.793 mph 46 laps 12) Graham Rahal 226.941 mph 55 laps 16) Oriol Servia 226.357 mph 93 laps

Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 6:02pm – new development in centerline wicker scandal and Josef Newgarden condition (good news)

We’ve got a new development in the Chevrolet centerline wicker saga. A Honda official has told TSO that just before the Newgarden accident they were told by INDYCAR that the centerline wicker was mandatory ON for Honda powered cars and mandatory OFF for Chevrolet powered cars. That contradicts the statement that INDYCAR sent TSO earlier...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 5:21pm -Josef Newgarden has vicious crash

Josef Newgarden has suffered a vicious crash in Turn 1 and come to a stop in Turn 2. The car is on it’s side. Newgarden is out of the car and standing with the safety crew. We just saw replay and the No. 21 broke loose in the middle of Turn 1 and made impact...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 4:15pm – practice update and Chevrolet statement

We now have a statement from Jim Campell, U.S. Vice President Performance Vehicles and Motorsports regarding the centerline wickers “After discussions with the Series, we have decided to remove the centerline wicker on all of our cars.” ————— At 3:30pm Tony Kanaan in the No. 10 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet went out for...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 2:30pm – INDYCAR statement re: centerline spline/wicker

Verizon IndyCar Series officials have made the centerline wicker an optional component for both manufacturers. Back with more from practice in a little bit....

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 2:30pm – developing Chevrolet story and other practice notes

TSO has observed that the Chevrolet powered cars have removed their centerline wickers. The splines were added by INDYCAR prior to the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis to help keep the car on the ground when the car is sideways. The Honda powered cars still have the splines. We have asked for a comment...

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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 1:30pm – practice update

We are currently yellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a track inspection At 1:30pm there have been 22 cars on track and they have turned a total of 347 laps. The No. 29 T.E. Connectivity Honda piloted by Simona de Silvestro turned its first laps since suffering a fire on Tuesday. The Swiss driver...

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KV, KVSH Racing & KVSH/JBR Indy 500 Notes

STEFANO COLETTI NO. 4 KV RACING TECHNOLOGY CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE 99th Indianapolis 500 – May 10-24, 2015 “I am very excited to be racing at the Indianapolis 500. It will be my first time on an oval, so will be a whole new experience but it looks like it will be really fun, so I’m excited to...

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TROUBLE FREE DAY FOR RAHAL AND SERVIA FOR PRACTICE 3 OF THE INDY 500

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Indianapolis 500 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway Verizon IndyCar Series PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – Tuesday, May 13, 2015 TROUBLE FREE DAY FOR RAHAL AND SERVIA FOR PRACTICE 3 OF THE INDY 500 1) Carlos Munoz 230.121 mph 88 laps 16) Graham Rahal 226.661 mph 80 laps 27) Oriol Servia 225.284 mph 59 laps