Round 6: 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500

👋 Welcome to the r/INDYCAR race discussion thread for the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500.

📍 Circuit Information

• Location — Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
• Track Type — Superspeedway oval
• Length — 2.5 miles (4.023km)
• Banking — Turns: 9.2°

🏁 Race Information

• Laps — 200
• Distance — 500 miles (804.672km)
• Green flag — 12:45pm EDT

📺 Broadcast Information

Broadcast notes:

1. No you're not seeing things, this is actually 2am. Only the final two hours of the international feed are being broadcast by Fox Sports Asia.

#Ray Edges Montoya For PPG Pole At Indianapolis 500

By Eric Powell, indyracing.com

Greg Ray took the final step in Indianapolis 500 qualifying on Saturday, narrowly edging Juan Montoya for the PPG Pole for the 84th Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 223.471 mph.

Defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series champion Ray, from Plano, Texas, had qualified second each of the last two years at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But he earned his first PPG Pole Award at Indy - worth $100,000 - during a dramatic run in 55-degree weather to knock Montoya from the top spot.

"I was flat out all four laps and grazing the wall," Ray said. "Anytime you want to be fast here, especially with the field as close as it is, you have to take all the downforce out of it (the car). With the cold tires, you just have to hold your breath and hang on. The man upstairs was with me through every corner."

Montoya ended up second at 223.372 in the #9T Target G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone while Eliseo Salazar filled out the front row at 223.231 in the Rio A.J. Foyt Racing G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone.

MBNA Bump Day qualifying starts at noon (EST) Sunday. The 33-car field will be set at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Defending CART champion Montoya claimed the provisional pole at 1:19 p.m. (EST). Montoya's run to the front came exactly 10 minutes after Ray pulled off the track just after starting the first lap of his first qualification run due to an ill-handling car.

At 3:49 p.m., Ray returned to the track for his second attempt and won the pole.

"The car wasn't capable of being a pole car," Ray said of his first run. "It's hard to get heat up in big staggered tires, and on the first lap I was committed into Turn 1 at 233 mph and the car went straight. I had to back off to keep it off the wall, and there was no point in continuing the run."

Ray's Team Menard teammate, Robby Gordon, qualified for the inside of the second row (fourth) at 222.885 in the #32 Turtle Wax/Burger King/Moen/Johns Manville/Menards Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone.

Scott Sharp, driving the #8T Delphi Automotive Systems/MCI WorldCom Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone, qualified fifth at 222.810, and Salazar's A.J. Foyt Racing teammate, Jeff Ward, qualified sixth at 222.639 in the #14 Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone to round out the front two rows.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. was the first driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. Unser averaged 220.293 in the #3T Galles ECR Racing

Round 6: 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500

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Round 6: 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500

👋 Welcome to the r/INDYCAR discussion thread for the first day of Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend (May 22nd) for the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500.

📍 Circuit Information

• Location — Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
• Track Type — Superspeedway oval
• Length — 2.5 miles (4.023km)
• Banking — Turns: 9.2°

🏁 Qualifying Format

• Laps — 4
• Distance — 10 miles (16.093km)
• Attempts — Unlimited attempts. Two lanes in operation.

Two-lane qualifying

After all cars are given their one guaranteed qualifying attempt, the qualifying line will form two separate lanes — Lane 1 and Lane 2. Cars queued in Lane 1 are given priority over cars queued in Lane 2, but to enter Lane 1 a car must withdraw it's existing qualifying time. Cars which enter Lane 1 but are prevented from making a qualifying attempt will have their withdrawn time reinstated.

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📅 Session Schedule

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Saturday 22nd May (Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend)

• 9:30am — Practice 6 (1 hour)
  • 9:30am — Group 1 (30 minutes)
  • 10:00am — Group 2 (30 minutes)
• 12:00pm — Day 1 Qualifications (5 hours, 50 minutes)
  • 6:00pm — Broadcast ends

📺 Broadcast Information

Broadcasts with 📼 indicate tape-delayed coverage.

Practice

Qualifying