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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

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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