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Indy 500 Practice - Monday, May 16, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 02:00pm - Rookie Orientation Program
• 02:00pm - 06:00pm - Indy 500 Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Indy 500 Practice - Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 10:00am - 02:00pm - MStem500 evGrand Prix
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Indy 500 Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Indy 500 Practice - Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Indy 500 Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Indy 500 Practice - Thursday, May 19, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Indy 500 Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Fast Friday - Indy 500 Practice - Friday, May 20, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Indy 500 Practice
• 06:05pm - Fastest Lap of the Day Award - Panasonic Pagoda
• 06:15pm - Indy 500 Qualifying Draw - Pagoda Plaza Stage
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Indy 500 Qualifications - Saturday, May 21, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 07:00am - Gates Open
• 07:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 08:00am - 08:30am - Indy 500 Practice - Group 1
• 08:30am - 09:00am - Indy 500 Practice - Group 2
• 09:00am - 10:00am - Indy 500 Practice - Full Field
• 10:00am - 04:00pm - Lemonade Day at the Brickyard
• 11:00am - 05:50pm - Indy 500 Qualifying (1-9 Advance to Fast 9)
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Armed Forces Pole Day - Sunday, May 22, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 07:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 10:30am - 11:15am - Enlistment Ceremony
• 12:00pm - 12:30pm - Indy 500 Practice - Positions 22-33
• 12:45pm - 01:15pm - Indy 500 Practice - Positions 10-21
• 01:30pm - 02:00pm - Indy 500 Practice - Fast 9
• 02:45pm - 04:45pm - Indy 500 Qualifying - Positions 10-33
• 05:00pm - 05:45pm - Indy 500 Fast 9 Qualifying - Positions 1-9
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Indy 500 Practice - Monday, May 23, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 12:00pm - Gates Open
• 12:30pm - 04:00pm - Indy 500 Practice
• 04:30pm - 07:00pm - Indy Lights Testing
• 07:00pm - Gates Close

Indy Lights Freedom 100 Practice & Qualifications - Thursday, May 26, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - Gates Open
• 08:00am - 06:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 09:00am - 12:00pm - Indy Lights Freedom 100 Practice
• 12:15pm - 01:00pm - Pit Stop Practice - Pit Lane
• 01:15pm - 02:15pm - Indy Lights Freedom 100 Qualifying
• 02:30pm - 04:00pm - Vintage Car Laps
• 02:30pm - 05:00pm - Pit Stop Practice - Pit Lane
• 04:00pm - Gates Close

Miller Lite Carb Day - Friday, May 27, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - Gates Open
• 08:00am - 08:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 08:00am - 09:00am - Vintage Car Laps
• 10:00am - 11:00am - Indy Lights Autograph Session
• 11:00am - 12:00pm - Final Indy 500 Practice
• 12:15pm - Indy Lights Freedom 100 Pre-Race
• 12:30pm - Indy Lights Freedom 100 - 40 Laps
• 01:30pm - 03:30pm - Tag Heuer Pit Stop Competition
• 03:30pm - Miller Lite Carb Day Concert feat. Journey
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Legends Day honoring Champions of the 500 presented by Firestone - Saturday, May 28, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 08:00am - Gates Open
• 08:00am - 08:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 09:00am - 10:00am - Full Field Autograph Session - Pagoda Plaza
• 09:00am - 10:00am - Vintage Car Laps
• 10:30am - Public Drivers Meeting - Tower Terrace
• 12:00pm - 01:30pm - IPL 500 Festival Parade - Downtown Indianapolis
• 03:30pm - Corey Cox Concert
• 04:00pm - Chris Janson Concert
• 05:00pm - Blake Shelton Concert
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

100th Running of the Indy 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil - Sunday, May 29, 2016

Schedule of Events

• 06:00am - Gates Open
• 06:00am - 12:00pm - Ticket Office Open
• 08:00am - 09:15am - Parade of Bands
• 09:00am - Celebrity Red Carpet - Pagoda Plaza
• 09:45am - 500 Festival Princess Lap
• 10:06am - "On The Banks of the Wabash" performed by Purdue University Band
• 10:25am - Green Flag Delivered to Turn 1 by IU Health Helicopter
• 11:00am - Decade Car Laps
• 10:40am - Former Indy 500 Champion Laps
• 11:10am - Military Silverado Laps
• 11:52am - "America the Beautiful" - performed by Military Trio with Purdue Band
• 11:38am - Driver Introductions
• 11:54am - Military Speech - General Anderson
• 11:55am - Presentation of Colors
• 11:56am - Invocation - Archbishop of Indianapolis
• 11:57am - "Taps"
• 11:58am - "God Bless America"
• 12:01pm - "National Anthem" - performed by Darius Rucker
• 12:03pm - Military Flyover
  12:12pm - "Back Home Again in Indiana" - performed by Josh Kaufman and ICC
  12:14pm - "Drivers Start Your Engines"
• 12:19pm - 100th Running of the Indy 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil - 200 Laps
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

A 2

Would I be too optimistic if I hoped for a Honda victory? While I'm at it I'd like Rossi to finish on the podium.

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Andretti Autosport drivers were the four fastest in the first day of practice yesterday, with Marco Andretti fastest at 228.978 mph. Go Helio!

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/0...-practice.html

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Rain washed out today's practice.

zdave87

Graham Rahal for the win

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Hunter-Reay was fastest in practice today at 228.202 mph.

http://www.theolympi...le78479287.html

Rookie Spencer Pigot was the first to crash in practice. He's OK. He's from Pasadena, CA, where I worked for many years (since 1981) and had a business office until 3 1/2 years ago. He's the 2015 Indy Lights champion and 2014 Pro Mazda champion.

http://sports.usatod...y-500-practice/

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Thursday, 5/19: Gabby Chaves was fastest in today’s fourth day of practice for the epic May 29 race, with a lap of 227.961 mph in the No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing Boy Scouts of America Honda. Chaves was followed on the overall speed chart today by Townsend Bell in the No. 29 Andretti Autosport Honda (227.593), Carlos Munoz in the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda (227.589), Conor Daly in the No. 18 ShirtsForAmerica.com Honda (227.524) and Charlie Kimball in the No. 42 Tresiba Chevrolet (227.477). Speeds are expected to increase in practice Friday when the turbocharger boost level for the Chevrolet and Honda 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged V-6 engines is raised 10 kPa to 140. That should equate to about an additional 40 horsepower.

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^ I wonder if they sandbag any in practice? Hard to believe Chevy hasn't led a session. Prior to practice I was reading an article where some of the drivers were saying that it was going to be hard beating Pagenaud at Indianapolis.

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Yeah, he's been pretty dominant: three in a row and two 2nd places in five races so far and three poles.

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Will Power's fast lap of 232.672 mph was the best Friday and the best all week. Another Chevy driver, Josef Newgarden of Ed Carpenter Racing, finished second at 232.344.

http://wtop.com/moto...y-500-practice/

Qualifying sessions will be televised by ABC on Saturday (4-6 p.m.EDT) and Sunday (1-3 p.m.EDT). Saturday's fastest qualifier will start on the pole May 29 at the Speedway.

Arie Luyendyk currently holds the records for the fastest single lap in qualifying at Indy (237.498mph) as well as the fastest four-lap average (236.986mph). That was with 1,000 hp+. They're running at 550 hp now at Indy (vs. 750-800 hp at Long Beach). I'd like to see what they could do with significantly more hp/boost.