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Team Penske Leads Opening Day for 98th Indianapolis 500

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Team Penske swept the top three spots on the speed chart as practice for the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race opened at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Twenty-four car/driver combinations ran a total of 731 laps without incident during the six-hour session.

Verizon IndyCar Series championship points leader Will Power was fastest with a lap of 223.057 mph (40.3485 seconds) in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car. He totaled 82 laps.

Juan Pablo Montoya, returning to compete in the Indianapolis 500 for the first time since winning in 2000, was second (222.502 mph) in the No. 2 Verizon Team Penske car, and three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves was third (222.373 mph) in the No. 3 Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Team Penske car.

JR Hildebrand, runner-up in the 2011 race as a rookie, was fourth fastest (222.200) in the No. 21 Preferred Freezer/Ed Carpenter Racing car. Ryan Hunter-Reay, runner-up in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, was fifth fastest (222.134) in the No. 28 DHL car for Andretti Autosport.

Kurt Busch, who will attempt to compete in the Indy 500 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Concord, N.C., the same day, got in his first laps with other cars on the Speedway.

SOURCE: INDYCAR

Second Day 98th Indianapolis 500 Practice Schedule

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Information about 2014 Indianapolis 500 activity on Monday, May 12, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Indianapolis 500 Practice

SCHEDULE (all times local):

  • 8:00 a.m. Purdue EV Grand Prix Set-Up Begins
  • 9:30 a.m. IndyCar Experience Begins
  • 10:00 a.m. Public Gates Open
  • 11:00 a.m. IndyCar Experience Concludes / Event Car Rides Begin
  • Noon Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Begins
  • 6:00 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Concludes / Purdue EV Grand Prix Set-Up Concludes / Public Gates Close

TICKETS: $15, children 12 and under free.

HONORARY STARTER: Fan of IMS (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.

Opening Day 98th Indianapolis 500 Practice Schedule

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Information about 2014 Indianapolis 500 activity Sunday, May 11, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Indianapolis 500 Practice

SCHEDULE (all times local):

  • 10 a.m. Public Gates Open – IMS Midway Open
  • 10:30 a.m. Event Car Rides Begin
  • 11 a.m. Event Car Rides Conclude
  • 11:50 p.m. Oval Course Track Ceremony – Pit Lane Yard of Bricks – Doug Boles, Derrick Walker, Meagan Quinn, Dario Franchitti – Pace Car
  • Noon Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Begins
  • 6 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Practice Concludes
  • IMS Midway Closes
  • Public Gates Close

TICKETS: $15, children 12 and under free.

HONORARY STARTER: Sarah Fisher of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing

PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 10 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 a.m.-6 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.

Simon Pagenaud wins inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis

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Simon Pagenaud had just enough fuel left to make history, winning the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

Pagenaud, who started fourth in the No. 77 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports car, held off Ryan Hunter-Reay by .8906 of a second for his third career Verizon IndyCar Series victory and a charging Helio Castroneves, who was celebrating his 39th birthday, by 1.8244 seconds.

Like Pagenaud, Hunter-Reay’s No. 28 DHL car was starved for fuel after completing 28 laps. Castroneves, who started 10th in the No. 3 Verizon Team Penske car, had plenty of fuel and was closing in the final laps, but couldn’t get around Hunter-Reay.

Hunter-Reay finished second, followed by Castroneves, Sebastien Bourdais and Charlie Kimball.

Oriol Servia was leading with five laps to go but had to pit before he ran out of fuel. That handed the lead to Pagenaud, who also was at risk of running short.

The start was marred by a massive crash when polesitter Sebastian Saavedra stalled and was hit hard in the rear by the cars of Carlos Munoz and Mikhail Aleshin.

There were 12 lead changes, and Pagenaud inherited the point for the duration on Lap 78 when Oriol Servia had to make a fuel stop. He led Hunter-Reay across the line by 2.8 seconds on Lap 80 and coaxed the Honda-powered car to navigate the final laps without incident or stalling.

Both Hunter-Reay and Pagenaud gained on championship points leader Will Power, who started fifth in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car and placed a season-low eighth. Power (149) leads Hunter-Reay by one point and Pagenaud by six heading into the points-laden Indianapolis 500 on May 25.

Race Results

Results Saturday of the Grand Prix of Indianapolis Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (4) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
2. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
3. (10) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
4. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
5. (23) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
6. (14) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
7. (2) Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
8. (5) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
9. (16) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
10. (9) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
11. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
12. (22) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
13. (17) Carlos Huertas, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
14. (13) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running
15. (6) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy, 82, Running
16. (8) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevy, 81, Running
17. (15) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
18. (20) Martin Plowman, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
19. (24) Mike Conway, Dallara-Chevy, 58, Mechanical
20. (11) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 56, Contact
21. (12) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 50, Contact
22. (21) Franck Montagny, Dallara-Honda, 47, Contact
23. (19) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact
24. (1) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 0, Contact
25. (25) Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact

Race Statistics

Winners average speed: 96.462
Time of Race: 02:04:24.0261
Margin of victory: 0.8906 of a second
Cautions: 4 for 19 laps
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers

Lap Leaders:

  • Hunter-Reay 1-9
  • Hawksworth 10 – 27
  • Hunter-Reay 28
  • Wilson 29 – 30
  • Hawksworth 31 – 43
  • Pagenaud 44
  • Hunter-Reay 45 -51
  • Wilson 52 – 53
  • Hunter-Reay 54
  • Castroneves 55 – 69
  • Bourdais 70
  • Servia 71 – 77
  • Pagenaud 78 – 82

Point Standings:
Power 149, Hunter-Reay 148, Pagenaud 143, Castroneves 102, Dixon 102, Conway 93, Andretti 89, Wison 87, Kanaan 82, Bourdais 80.

SOURCE: INDYCAR ♦ Photo: Brian Groce

Grand Prix of Indianapolis Race Start Wreck Photos

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The Inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis started with a bang, literally. Pole Sitter Sebastián Saavedra stalled on the standing start, and was ran into by Carlos Munoz & Mikhail Aleshin. Mike Conway got wrapped up in the accident as well, but managed to get the car back on track after repairs.

Here are our photos of the accident.

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Inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis / USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights Races

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Information about 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis activity Saturday, May 10, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis / USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights Races

SCHEDULE (all times local):

  • 7 a.m. Public Gates Open – IMS Midway Open / Celebration of Automobiles Open
  • 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. IndyCar Experience
  • 10 a.m. -10:15 a.m. Indy Lights Warm-Up
  • 11 a.m. USF2000 Race #2
  • 12:10 p.m. Pro Mazda Race #2
  • 1:30 p.m. Indy Lights Race #2
  • 2:33 p.m. Chevrolet Stingray Lap
  • 3 p.m. Bronze Badge Grid Walk
  • 3:50 p.m. Grand Prix of Indianapolis (82 laps/200 miles)
  • 6 p.m. Public Gates Close

TICKETS: Tickets for the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis start at $25 for general admission, children 12 and under free. Reserved seats range from $41-$77 and are available at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ticket office at the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road.

HONORARY STARTERS:

  • 11 a.m. USF2000 Race #2: CJ Potts, Milestone
  • 12:10 p.m. Pro Mazda Race #2: Allied Building Products Representative (TBD)
  • 1:30 p.m. Indy Lights Race #2: Ryan Wanninger, Mid-Continent Cabinetry
  • 1:30 p.m. Indy Lights Race #2 Race Command: ABC Supply Representative (TBD)

NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGER: Indianapolis Children’s Choir

FLYOVER: Lima Lima Flight Team

PROMOTIONS: Firestone “Race Car” Pin Distribution Begins at 10 a.m. in Pagoda Plaza

PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 7 a.m. (local time). Pedestrian gates open are Gates 1, 1B, 1B.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6A, 7 South, 7 North, 9, 9A, 10, 10A, 11A, 12, 27.

STANDS OPEN: A Penthouse (Reserved Seating), B Penthouse (Reserved Seating), E Stand (Reserved Seating), E Penthouse (Reserved Seating), H Stand (Reserved Seating Sec. 13-24), J Stand (Reserved Seating), North Vista Wheelchair (As needed: GA Sec. 21-23), Northwest Vista (Reserved Seating Sec. 1-10), Northwest Vista Deck (Reserved Seating), Paddock Wheelchair (As needed GA: Box 19-22), Paddock Penthouse (Reserved Seating: Box 10-20), South Terrace (Reserved Seating), South Vista (Reserved Seating: Sec. 1-5), South Vista Deck (Reserved Seating: Sec. 1-4), Southwest Vista Deck (Reserved Seating), Tower Terrace (As needed GA: Sec. 37 & 79), Tower Terrace Wheelchair (Open-GA), Pit Road Terrace, Wheelchair Accessible (Inside-Open GA), Corner 5 (Reserved Seating), Corner 7 (Reserved Seating), Backstretch Family Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 2 Oval Mounds (Open-GA), Turn 3 (Open GA), Turn 4 (Open GA), Corner 6 Mounds (Open-GA), Corner 7 Mounds (Open-GA).

MUSEUM HOURS: 7 a.m.-6 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.

Grand Prix of Indianapolis Qualifying Photos

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The Inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis Qualifying is in the books, and Sebastián Saavedra took the Pole Position. Also, the first of two USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights Races took place today, and here are the best photos of the day.

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Inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis Qualifying Results

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Verizon IndyCar Series drivers have said to “expect the unexpected” on the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Sebastian Saavedra earning the Verizon P1 Award fits into that category.

The AFS KV AFS driver claimed his first Verizon IndyCar Series pole position topping a wild knockout qualifying session that took place during a rain shower.

Saavedra, whose previous best qualifying effort on a road/street circuit was ninth in the first two events of 2013 (St. Petersburg and Barber Motorsports Park), inherited the top spot in the closing minute of the Firestone Fast Six when the No. 28 DHL car of provisional pole sitter Ryan Hunter-Reay spun and made contact with the wall on the frontstretch of a rain-soaked 2.439-mile, 14-turn.

According to the Verizon IndyCar Series rulebook, Hunter-Reay’s quickest two laps of the 10-minute session were disallowed.

Saavedra is the fourth different pole sitter in as many races this season and he’ll be joined by another surprise driver, Jack Hawksworth of BHA/BBM with Curb-Agajanian. Six different teams were represented on the first three rows for the standing start on the Speedway’s frontstretch. Hunter-Reay ended up third and will start alongside Simon Pagenaud, who was quickest in the morning practice session and set the lap record (1:09.6716) on the reconfigured track in Segment 1 of qualifying on dry pavement in the No. 77 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports car.

Series championship points leader Will Power, driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, and reigning series champion Scott Dixon in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry are on Row 3.

Qualifying results for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.439 mile(s) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses, are listed below:

1. (17) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 01:23.8822 (104.675)
2. (98) Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.0788 (104.431)
3. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.8882 (103.435)
4. (77) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 01:25.2881 (102.950)
5. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 01:25.5216 (102.669)
6. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy, 01:25.6548 (102.509)
7. (11) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 01:24.5187 (103.887)
8. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevy, 01:24.6209 (103.762)
9. (10) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 01:24.7099 (103.653)
10. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 01:24.8839 (103.440)
11. (27) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 01:25.1318 (103.139)
12. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 01:25.4748 (102.725)
13. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.2488 (124.990)
14. (8) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy, 01:10.2261 (125.030)
15. (67) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.3601 (124.792)
16. (14) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.2804 (124.934)
17. (18) Carlos Huertas, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.4264 (124.675)
18. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.4141 (124.697)
19. (34) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.5097 (124.528)
20. (41) Martin Plowman, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.4591 (124.617)
21. (26) Franck Montagny, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.5571 (124.444)
22. (16) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 01:10.5996 (124.369)
23. (83) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy, 01:10.6413 (124.296)
24. (20) Mike Conway, Dallara-Chevy, 01:10.6535 (124.274)
25. (7) Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda, 01:11.2704 (123.198)

SOURCE: IndyCar

Grand Prix of Indianapolis Qualifying / USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights Races

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Information about 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis activity Friday, May 9, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

DAY: Grand Prix of Indianapolis Qualifying / USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights Races

SCHEDULE (all times local):

  • 8:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Public Gates Open
  • 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. IndyCar Experience
  • 9 a.m. IMS Midway Opens
  • 10 a.m-10:45 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series practice
  • 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m. USF2000 Qualifying
  • Noon-12:45 p.m. Pro Mazda Qualifying
  • 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Indy Lights Qualifying
  • 2 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying
  • 3:30 p.m. USF2000 Race #1
  • 4:30 p.m. Pro Mazda Race #1
  • 5:30 p.m. Indy Lights Race #1
  • 6:30 p.m. Public Gates Close
  • 7 p.m.-Midnight Rev Event (Separate admission)

TICKETS: $20, children 12 and under free

HONORARY STARTERS:

  • 10 a.m. Verizon IndyCar Series Practice: Lincoln Electric Representative (TBD)
  • 4:30 p.m. Pro Mazda Race: Allied Building Products Representative (TBD)

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

STANDS OPEN: A Penthouse, B Penthouse, E Stand, E Penthouse, H Stand (As needed: Sec. 13-24), J Stand, North Vista Wheelchair (As needed: GA Sec. 21), Northwest Vista (As needed GA: Sec. 1-10), Northwest Vista Deck, Paddock Wheelchair (As needed GA: Box 19-22), Paddock Penthouse (As needed GA: Box 10-20), South Terrace, South Vista (As needed GA: Sec. 1-5), South Vista Deck (As needed GA: Sec. 1-4), Southwest Vista Deck, Tower Terrace (As needed: Sec. 37 & 79), Tower Terrace Wheelchair, Pit Road Terrace, Wheelchair Accessible (Inside), Corner 5, Corner 7.

MUSEUM HOURS: 9 a.m.-6:30 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.