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Here’s the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Carb Day Schedule:
11:00 am – Noon: Indianapolis 500 Final Practice
12:30 pm: Firestone Freedom 100 (40 Laps)
1:30 pm: IZOD Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge
3:30 pm: Miller Lite Carb Day Concert featuring Staind with Special Guests Papa Roach
We spent most of the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Media Day interviewing drivers, but snapped a few photos for you.
Here are our best photos from the day.
2011 Indianapolis 500 Community Day is always a good time for the fans & for the family. You can take a lap around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, participate in special activities, explore the museum pits & garages & get driver photographs & autographs.
Here are our best photos from the day.
Bump Day for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 was filled with excitement and the occasional rain shower. True to form, the last hour was exciting and this year Marco Andretti was bumped and then requalified as qualifications came to a close.
Here are the complete Bump Day results.
Row 9
23 Paul Tracy 224.939
7 Danica Patrick 224.861
6 Ryan Briscoe 224.639
Row 10
26 Marco Andretti 224.628
3 Charlie Kimball (R) 224.499
38 Graham Rahal 224.380
Row 11
19 Alex Lloyd 223.957
36 Pippa Mann (R) 223.936
24 Ana Beatriz 223.879
Entrants missing this years Indy 500 are Ryan Hunter-Reay, Mike Conway, Raphael Matos, Sebastian Saavedra, James Jakes, Ho-Pin Tung, Scott Speed and Patrick Carpentier.
(W) = Indianapolis 500 Winner
(R) = Indianapolis 500 Rookie
2011 Indianapolis 500 Day 9, a.k.a. “Bump Day”, was an exciting and occasional rain filled day. We had a lot of interviews today, so look for those spread throughout the week.
Here are our best photos from the day.
With the final nine spots up for grabs, here’s the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Bump Day Qualifying Order:
(W) = Indianapolis 500 Winner
(R) = Indianapolis 500 Rookie
Here’s the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Bump Day Schedule:
8am – 6pm: Public gates open
9am: Rapid Fire (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
10am: WIBC pin distribution (Plaza)
10:15am: Enlistment Ceremony (Plaza)
10:45am: Willy T. Ribbs Q&A (Plaza)
11:15am: Willy T. Ribbs Autograph Session (Plaza)
Noon: Qualifications begin
Noon: Blank Pages (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
1pm: Bump Day Q&A (Plaza)
3:30pm: Bump Day Autograph Session (Plaza)
3:30pm: Living Proof (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
2011 Indianapolis 500 Day 8, a.k.a. “Pole Day”, was excellent and showcased numerous teams that aren’t the usual powerhouses. Alex Tagliani took home to pole.
Here are our best photos from the day.
Alex Tagliani took the pole position in the “Fast Nine”, one run shoot-out due to the rain, for the 2011 Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti ran out of fuel on his run, thus the 9 spot.
Here are the complete Pole Day results.
Row 1
77 Alex Tagliani 227.171
9 Scott Dixon (W) 227.340
2 Oriol Servia 227.340
Row 2
99 Townsend Bell 226.887
12 Will Power 226.773
98 Dan Wheldon (W) 226.490
Row 3
44 Buddy Rice (W) 225.786
67 Ed Carpenter 225.121
10 Dario Franchitti (W) 226.379
Row 4
5 Takuma Sato 225.736
14 Vitor Meira 225.590
4 JR Hildebrand (R) 225.579
Row 5
06 James Hinchcliffe (R) 25.572
30 Bertrand Baguette 225.285
11 Davey Hamilton 225.250
Row 6
3 Helio Castroneves (W) 225.216
43 John Andretti 224.981
59 EJ Viso 224.732
Row 7
41 Bruno Junqueira 224.691
22 Justin Wilson 224.511
88 Jay Howard 224.483
Row 8
07 Tomas Scheckter 224.433
82 Tony Kanaan 224.417
78 Simona de Silvestro 224.392
(W) = Indianapolis 500 Winner
(R) = Indianapolis 500 Rookie
Here’s the 2011 Indianapolis 500 Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day Schedule:
6am – 6pm: Public gates open
8am: Indianapolis 500 practice
10am: Past pole winners Q&A (Plaza)
10:30am: Past pole winners autograph session (Plaza)
11am: Qualifications begin
1pm: 16 Candles (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
2:30pm: Hot Wheels pin distribution (Plaza)
3:30pm: All Time Low (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)
4:30pm: Qualifying positions 1-9
5pm: All Time Low (Live music/Coca-Cola Stage)