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Thursday May 14, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 10am – Good morning – overnight news and qualifying breakdown

Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s currently 53F and partly cloudy. The forecast high is 72F and the clouds are forecast to increase. Today’s track schedule is open practice from noon through 6pm. ————— There was a very interesting exchange between James Davision, Ryan Hunter-Reay and a few other IndyCar drivers on a...

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Munoz Eclipses 230 mph as Speeds Climb during Indianapolis 500 Practice

Munoz Eclipses 230 mph as Speeds Climb during Indianapolis 500 Practice INDIANAPOLIS (May 13, 2015) – Speeds continue to climb as Verizon IndyCar Series teams prepare for the 99th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. In a fast final 30 minutes, the fastest lap of the day exchanged hands four times among four drivers. When the checkered

Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:00pm post-script

We’re back. Steve decided to take one last tour of Gasoline Alley and learned a couple of things. —————— Buddy Lazier will be out tomorrow in the No. 91 Wynn Iowa Vision Research Lazier Racing Chevrolet. He was fitted in the car this afternoon. —————— TSO was able to confirm that Dale Coyne Racing does...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:03pm addendum – oops times now added

Sorry about that. I forgot to add the time sheets to the last post. Pos Car Driver Manufacturer Best Speed Total Laps 1 26 Carlos Munoz Honda 230.121 88 2 24 Townsend Bell Chevy 228.969 57 3 10 Tony Kanaan Chevy 228.172 64 4 19 James Davison Honda 228.043 86 5 8 Sage Karam Chevy ...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 7:00pm close

Much thanks to Joe for the quick update on the Pippa Mann incident. I (Steve) was down in my “happy place” to watch the first half-hour of “happy hour.” Here’s a picture of the view from the south-east corner of the pit road suites. ...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 5:05pm – Pippa Mann makes contact in turn 4

The track is yellow for an incident involving Pippa Mann. After watching two replays, it appears that Marco Andretti may have slowed unexpectedly in front of Mann in the north end of the track. That may have caused her to get high in Turn 4 and spin off the corner as she tried to avoid...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 3:30pm – practice notes and speeds

Team Penske released a statement from Helio Castroneves “The car was really good and I am very blessed. Unfortunately I still do not understand what happened. I got loose in turn one and spun out. The good news is the impact wasn’t very strong and the landing was smooth as well. In all aspects, I...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 1:45pm – Medical update on Helio and practice notes

Medical update on Helio Castroneves. Dr. Geoffrey Billows, medical director for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has checked, released and cleared the driver of the No. 3. —————— There have not been an abundance of Chevrolet’s on track since the No. 3 had it’s incident, but the ones that TSO has seen do not have the...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 12:55pm – Helio Castroneves gets upside down in hard crash

At 12:47pm The No. 3 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet of Helio Castroneves crashed in Turn 1 and came to rest in the short chute. He wiggled in the middle of Turn 1, turned 180 degrees and hit the wall with the left side of the car. The car caught air and did a back flip...

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Wednesday May 13, 2015 – Indianapolis 500 practice – 12:30pm – Reaction to Helio’s penalty and practice begins

The judge has spoken and Helio Castroneves has been sentenced for his first lap, first turn crime against Scott Dixon in the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis Helio Castroneves was penalized eight championship points for avoidable contact. It drops him from ten points behind Juan Montoya for the championship lead to 18 points back....

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