Indy 500 2014

Information about 2014 Indianapolis 500 activity on Thursday, May 15 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Indianapolis 500 Practice

SCHEDULE (all times local):

• 9:30 a.m. Indy Racing Experience Begins
• 10:00 a.m. Public Gates Open
• 11:00 a.m. Indy Racing Experience Concludes / Event Car Rides Begin
• 11:30 a.m. Event Car Rides Conclude
• Noon Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Begins
• 6:00 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Concludes / Public Gates Close

TICKETS: $15, children 12 and under free.

HONORARY STARTER: Top Notch Representative (TBD)

PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 10:00 a.m. (local time). Pedestrian gates open are Gates 1B, 2, 4, 6, 6A, 7 South, 9A, 10, 10A, 12.

STANDS OPEN: B Stand (As needed GA – Sec. 22-25), E Stand (Open-GA), North Vista Wheelchair (As needed GA, Sec. 21), Northwest Vista (As needed GA, Sec. 1-4), Northwest Vista Deck (Open-GA), Paddock (As needed GA, Sec. 9-18), Paddock Pressbox (Open-GA), Paddock Penthouse (As needed GA, Sec. 9-30), Pit Road Terrace (Open-GA), South Terrace (Open-GA), Tower Terrace (As needed GA, Sec. 37-42), Tower Terrace Wheelchair (Open-GA), Wheelchair Accessible (Inside-Open GA), Backstretch Mounds (Open-GA), Backstretch Family Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 2 Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 3 Mounds (Open-GA), Gasoline Alley Roof (Open-GA)

MUSEUM HOURS : 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for fans 6-15 years old, with children under 6 free. Gate admission to the Indianapolis 500 is not included in Museum admission and must be purchased separately.

A few days after winning the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Simon Pagenaud caught everyone’s attention May 14 on the 2.5-mile oval with the fastest lap of the month during practice for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.

Pagenaud, driving the No. 77 Lucas Oil-sponsored car for Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports, recorded a lap of 226.122 mph (39.8016 seconds) in the session limited to 56 late-afternoon minutes because of rain and clean-up of the first on-track incident of the month – a crash by rookie Jack Hawksworth.

Twenty-nine driver/car combinations totaled 1,044 laps, with nine topping 225 mph. Midway through the session, the No. 98 BHA/BBM with Curb-Agajanian car driven by Hawksworth, who qualified on the front row for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, made contact with the Turn 3 SAFER Barrier. He was checked and cleared to drive.

JR Hildebrand, runner-up as a rookie in the 2011 Indianapolis 500, posted the second-fastest lap (225.854 mph; 39.8488 seconds) in the No. 21 Preferred Freezer car, while reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion and ’08 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon was third (225.494) in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.

Verizon IndyCar Series teams focused on long fuel runs for the 200-lap race May 25.

Practice, scheduled May 15 from noon-6 p.m. (ET), will be preceded by James Davison starting the three-phase Rookie Orientation Program in the No. 33 KV Racing Technology/Always Evolving Racing entry. Kurt Busch will return to the Speedway for the session after spending Wednesday with Stewart-Haas Racing in Charlotte, N.C.

SOURCE: INDYCAR

Information about 2014 Indianapolis 500 activity on Wednesday, May 14, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Indianapolis 500 Practice

SCHEDULE (all times local):

• 8:00 a.m. Purdue EV Grand Prix Races Begin / East Museum Lot
• 9:30 a.m. Indy Racing Experience Begins
• 10:00 a.m. Public Gates Open
• 11:00 a.m. Indy Racing Experience Concludes / Event Car Rides Begin
• 11:30 a.m. Event Car Rides Conclude
• Noon Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Begins
• 6:00 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Concludes / Purdue EV Grand Prix Races Conclude / Public Gates Close

TICKETS: $15, children 12 and under free.

HONORARY STARTER: Kreig DeVault Representative (TBD) / MillerCoors Representative (TBD)

PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 10:00 a.m. (local time). Pedestrian gates open are Gates 1B, 2, 4, 6, 6A, 7 South, 9A, 10, 10A, 12.

STANDS OPEN: B Stand (As needed GA – Sec. 22-25), E Stand (Open-GA), North Vista Wheelchair (As needed GA, Sec. 21), Northwest Vista (As needed GA, Sec. 1-4), Northwest Vista Deck (Open-GA), Paddock (As needed GA, Sec. 9-18), Paddock Pressbox (Open-GA), Paddock Penthouse (As needed GA, Sec. 9-30), Pit Road Terrace (Open-GA), South Terrace (Open-GA), Tower Terrace (As needed GA, Sec. 37-42), Tower Terrace Wheelchair (Open-GA), Wheelchair Accessible (Inside-Open GA), Backstretch Mounds (Open-GA), Backstretch Family Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 2 Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 3 Mounds (Open-GA), Gasoline Alley Roof (Open-GA)

MUSEUM HOURS: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for fans 6-15 years old, with children under 6 free. Gate admission to the Indianapolis 500 is not included in Museum admission and must be purchased separately.

Sebastian Saavedra pulled on his helmet and stepped into the No. 17 KV AFS Racing car May 13 just like he had dozens of times. He logged only seven laps in the red and yellow car before practice for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race was curtailed by rain, but the practice time was significant.

Saavedra joined 29 other drivers who totaled 1,024 miles without incident. Thirty-one drivers have registered 4,041.

E.J. Viso, filling in for James Hinchcliffe in the No. 27 United Fiber & Data car for the third consecutive day, topped the speed chart at 224.488 mph (40.0912 seconds). Andretti Autosport teammate Kurt Busch, seeking to contest both the Indianapolis 500 and stock car race in Concord, N.C., on May 25, posted his fastest lap of the month (224.159 mph) in the No. 26 Suretone car.

Juan Pablo Montoya (224.115) was third in the No. 2 Verizon Team Penske car, while Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay (223.612) and Marco Andretti (223.605) also were in the top five. Hunter-Reay, runner-up in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 10, has the top lap speed of the month at 225.025 mph.

Saavedra, the pole sitter for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, who was uninjured after being involved in a multi-car incident on the standing start of the 82-lap race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, made his debut on the 2.5-mile oval during practice for the Indianapolis 500.

“It was good mentally for him and the whole team,” said two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr., who is serving as the driver coach for the four-car KV Racing Technology stable this month. “The crew on this team has done a fantastic job getting the car together. They started (May 11, Opening Day of Indy 500 practice) with the car down to the tub and built from there. It was a great achievement and important for Sebastian to get out there in.”

Saavedra, who qualified for his first Indy 500 in 2010 at age 19, said he’s “back in business.”

“It feels like somebody has given me a kidney punch and I’m stiff but OK,” said Saavedra, of Colombia. “I just wanted to get out there. Kudos to all my boys who had a couple of long days to put it together. She’s looking amazing.

“I’m not concerned with the laps really as long as we maintain the program we have we should be good. A.J. Foyt says there’s plenty of time, breathe it, enjoy it.”

SOURCE: INDYCAR

Tuesday, May 13th

Marco Andretti
Indy Trading Post
2851 Madison Ave, Indy, IN 46225
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 14th

Ryan Hunter-Reay
Pit Pass Live
IndyStar.com or AndrettiTV.com
9:30 a.m.

Monday, May 19th

Ed Carpenter & Fuzzy Zoeller
Crown Liquors Downtown
150 N. Delaware St.
7:00-8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20th

Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya & Will Power
Plainfield Verizon store at Metropolis Mall
313 Metropolis Mile
Juan Pablo Montoya’s show car will be at the store from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
All three Penske drivers will sign autographs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21st

Ed Carpenter
Community Day Autograph Session at IMS
1:30- 2:30 p.m.

Ed Carpenter & Fuzzy Zoeller
21st Amendment on 86th and Ditch
4:00-6:00 p.m.

Ed Carpenter
Celebrity Bartending, Ruth Chris’, 96th
7:00-9:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 22nd

Ed Carpenter, Fuzzy Zoeller and Linda Vaughn
Kroger in Speedway
6:00-8:00 p.m.

Friday, May 23rd (Carb Day)

Ed Carpenter &  J.R. Hildebrand
Chevy Q and A (Chevy Display, Fan Village)
1:30 p.m.

Ed Carpenter & Fuzzy Zoeller
Marsh Supermarket Downtown
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 24th (Parade Day)

Ed Carpenter
Indy 500 Autograph Session, IMS Plaza
9:00–10:00 a.m.

All Drivers
Public Drivers Meeting, Pit Lane
10:30 a.m.

All Drivers
500 Festival Parade
Noon

Six former winners and series champions representing nearly every major form of motorsports are among the drivers named to the entries filed for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, scheduled for Sunday, May 25, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The former Indianapolis 500 champions entered are: Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya of Team Penske, Buddy Lazier of Lazier Partners Racing and Jacques Villeneuve of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Castroneves is a three-time winner of the race, triumphing in 2001, 2002 and 2009. He will try to join one of the most exclusive clubs in worldwide motorsports – four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500.
Castroneves is attempting to become the fourth four-time winner of the race, joining A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977), Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987) and Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991).

In addition to the six past Indianapolis 500 race winners and seven Indy car champions, 20 drivers entered have won at least one race in Indy car competition, including inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis winner Simon Pagenaud.

Verizon IndyCar Series champions entered in the race include three-time champion Dixon (2003, 2008 and 2013), Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport (2012), Kanaan (2004) and Lazier (2000). Four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais (2004-2007) also is entered in a KVSH Racing car, while Montoya (1999) and Villeneuve (1995) each claimed the CART title before embarking on Formula One careers.

Thirty-three drivers have been named to the entries filed this year. Chevrolet engines will power 15 entries, Honda 18. All entries use Dallara chassis and Firestone tires.

SOURCE: INDYCAR

Information about 2014 Indianapolis 500 activity on Tuesday, May 13, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Indianapolis 500 Practice

SCHEDULE (all times local):

• 8:00 a.m. Purdue EV Grand Prix Practice/Qualifications (East Museum Lot)
• 9:30 a.m. Indy Racing Experience Begins
• 10:00 a.m. Public Gates Open
• 11:00 a.m. Indy Racing Experience Concludes / Event Car Rides Begin
• 11:30 a.m. Event Car Rides Conclude
• Noon: Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Begins
• 6:00 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Concludes / Purdue EV Grand Prix Concludes / Public Gates Close

TICKETS: $15, children 12 and under free.

HONORARY STARTER: Allied Insurance (TBD)

PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 10:00 a.m. (local time). Pedestrian gates open are Gates 1B, 2, 4, 6, 6A, 7 South, 9A, 10, 10A, 12.

STANDS OPEN: B Stand (As needed GA – Sec. 22-25), E Stand (Open-GA), North Vista Wheelchair (As needed GA, Sec. 21), Northwest Vista (As needed GA, Sec. 1-4), Northwest Vista Deck (Open-GA), Paddock (As needed GA, Sec. 9-18), Paddock Pressbox (Open-GA), Paddock Penthouse (As needed GA, Sec. 9-30), Pit Road Terrace (Open-GA), South Terrace (Open-GA), Tower Terrace (As needed GA, Sec. 37-42), Tower Terrace Wheelchair (Open-GA), Wheelchair Accessible (Inside-Open GA), Backstretch Mounds (Open-GA), Backstretch Family Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 2 Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 3 Mounds (Open-GA), Gasoline Alley Roof (Open-GA)

MUSEUM HOURS : 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for fans 6-15 years old, with children under 6 free. Gate admission to the Indianapolis 500 is not included in Museum admission and must be purchased separately.

Verizon IndyCar Series drivers made use of every minute at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the second day of practice for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, recording more than three times as many laps as Opening Day.

Five of the 30 drivers who participated topped 100 laps on the 2.5-mile oval — half the race distance — including Ryan Hunter-Reay, who also posted the fastest lap of 225.025 mph (39.996 seconds) in the No. 28 DHL car for Andretti Autosport.

Of the 33 entries, the cars for Sebastian Saavedra (involved in crash at start of Grand Prix of Indianapolis), James Davison and Buddy Lazier are the only ones who have not been on the racetrack yet.

Hunter-Reay’s teammate, Marco Andretti, had set the standard early in the six-hour session with a lap of 224.037 in the No. 25 Snapple car before Hunter-Reay’s fast lap with a tow in the final 15 minutes under a cloudy sky. For the second consecutive day, the five Andretti Autosport drivers took turns touring the oval in packs with a purpose.

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves (223.635 mph) was third on the speed chart, while Justin Wilson (223.611) was fourth and Juan Pablo Montoya (223.395) was fifth.

Reigning Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan, 11th on the speed chart, logged a field-high 131 laps in the silver No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.

SOURCE: INDYCAR