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[Proto402]

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, D-Generation X proudly brings to you the 6-time tag team champions of the world...........

 

WAIT.....WRONG PROMO....sorry, let me do that again.

 

 

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages.....for the next two weeks, everything going on somewhere west of Indianapolis, 6 time zones away from Greenwich, it's the greatest spectacle in all of sports entertainment,

 

WRESTLEMANIA....I mean.....

 

INDIANAPOLIS 500 XCIX

 

 

 

So, what the heck is the Indianapolis 500?

 

It's a 500 mile Indycar race

 

Okay.....so what's the big deal then?

 

It's the only Indycar race everyone outside of the racing community give a damn about.

 

So why do they give a crap about it?

 

It's been going on for a long time.  

This is the 99th/ XCIX running of the race.

 It's been a stable in the motorsport world.

It use to be the largest spectator event in the world

It was the ultimate test of speed, and it might be again this year come pole day.

And many more.

 

Where is it?

 

The 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, at Speedway, Indiana.

 

When is it?

 

Here is the schedule of events: Take note, all times are Eastern Daylight time

 

Monday, May 11:

 

• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 03:00pm - Rookie Orientation Program
• 03:00pm - 07:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 07:00pm - Gates Close

Tuesday, May 12:

 

• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Wednesday, May 13:

 

• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Thursday, May 14:

 

• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 11:00am - 05:00pm - Free Ivy Tech Garage Tours - Sign the waiver in Gasoline Alley Garage #35, Garage #36 for abuse, Garage #36A for arguments, Garage #37 for complaints, Garage 38 for hitting on your head lessons
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

 

FAST FRIDAY, May 15:

 

IT's COMING FAST!!!  RUN!!!!!!!!

 

• 10:00am - Gates Open
• 10:00am - 06:00pm - IMS Midway Open
• 11:00am - 05:00pm - Free Ivy Tech Garage Tours - Sign the waiver in Gasoline Alley Garage #35, Garage #36 for abuse, Garage #36A for arguments, Garage #37 for complaints, Garage 38 for hitting on your head lessons
• 12:00pm - 06:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 06:00pm - F.E. Harding Fastest Lap Award Presentation - INDYCAR Fan Village Stage

• 06:00pm - Gates Close
• 06:15pm - Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Draw - INDYCAR Fan Village Stage

Qualifying day 1/ Bump Day/ Saturday, May 16: This DOES Matter!

 

 

• 07:00am - Gates Open
• 08:00am - 08:30am - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 1 Practice
• 08:30am - 09:00am - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 2 Practice
• 09:00am - 10:00am - Verizon IndyCar Series Full Field Practice
• 09:00am - 06:00pm - IMS Midway Open
• 10:00am - 11:00am - Chevrolet Pin Distribution - Plaza
• 11:00am - 05:50pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying - Positions 1-9 Advance to Fast 9 
• 11:00am - 05:00pm - Free Ivy Tech Garage Tours - Sign the waiver in Gasoline Alley Garage #35, Garage #36 for abuse, Garage #36A for arguments, Garage #37 for complaints, Garage 38 for hitting on your head lessons
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

POLE DAY!!!!!! Sunday, May 17:  This ALSO matters!

 

• 07:30am - Gates Open
• 08:30am - 09:30am - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 09:00am - 04:00pm - IMS Midway Open
• 09:45am - 10:15am - Enlistment Ceremony
• 10:15am - 12:15pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 1 Qualifying (Positions 10-33) - What's the point of this if they're not going for pole?
• 11:00am - 05:00pm - Free Ivy Tech Garage Tours - Sign the waiver in Gasoline Alley Garage #35, Garage #36 for abuse, Garage #36A for arguments, Garage #37 for complaints, Garage 38 for hitting on your head lessons
• 12:15pm - 01:15pm - Panasonic Pin Distribution - Plaza
• 12:45pm - 01:30pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Group 2 Qualifying
• 02:00pm - 02:45pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Fast 9 Qualifying (Positions 1-9) - RECORDS MIGHT FALL!!!!!!
• 04:00pm - Gates Close

Monday, May 18:

 

 

• 12:00pm - Gates Open
• 12:30pm - 04:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 04:30pm - 07:00pm - Indy Lights Test Session
• 07:00pm - Gates Close

Tuesday, May 19: TRACK CLOSED!!!!! DO OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO

 

Wednesday, May 20:

 

 

• 08:00am - 04:00pm - Indy Racing Experience
• 09:00am - Gates Open
• 09:00am - 12:00pm - Pit Stop Practice - Gasoline Alley
• 09:00am - 04:00pm - Victory Lap Riding Experience
• 09:00am - 05:00pm - Museum Hours
• 10:30am - IMS Bus Tour
• 12:30pm - IMS Bus Tour
• 02:30pm - IMS Bus Tour
• 04:00pm - 07:00pm - Track Laps 
  Purchase Track Lap
• 07:00pm - Gates Close

A Light Thursday, May 21:

 

 

• 08:00am - Gates Open
• 09:00am - 12:00pm - Indy Lights Practice
• 01:15pm - 02:15pm - Indy Lights Qualifying
• 02:30pm - 04:00pm - Vintage Car Exhibition
• 04:00pm - Gates Close

CARB DAY, and a Light race day! Friday, May 22:

 

 

• 08:00am - Gates Open
• 08:30am - 10:00am - Vintage Car Exhibition
• 09:00am - 03:30pm - IMS Midway Open
• 10:00am - 11:00am - Firestone Pin Distribution - Plaza
• 11:00am - 12:00pm - Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
• 11:00am - 05:00pm - Free Ivy Tech Garage Tours - Sign the waiver in Gasoline Alley Garage #35
• 12:07pm - Indy Lights Driver Introductions
• 12:30pm - Indy Lights Freedom 100 in order to scare the crap out of Max Chilton
• 02:00pm - 03:10pm - Tag Heuer Pit Stop Challenge
• 03:30pm - 04:15pm - O.A.R. Concert - Turn 4 Infield Stage
• 04:30pm - 05:15pm - 38 Special Concert - Turn 4 Infield Stage
• 05:30pm - 06:30pm - Jane's Addiction Concert - Turn 4 Infield Stage
• 06:00pm - Gates Close

Saturday, May 23: No racing, but a lot of fun if bored on Saturday

 

• 08:00am - Gates Open
• 08:00am - 03:00pm - Indianapolis 500 Memorabilia Show
• 08:45am - 09:00am - Sunoco Rookie Chat - Plaza
• 09:00am - 10:00am - Full Field Autograph Session - Plaza
• 09:00am - 10:00am - Al Unser Autograph Session - Plaza
• 09:30am - 10:15am - Vintage Race Car Laps
• 10:30am - 11:00am - Public Drivers Meeting - Tower Terrace
• 11:00am - 11:30am - Al Unser Q&A - Plaza
• 11:00am - 05:00pm - Free Ivy Tech Garage Tours - Sign the waiver in Gasoline Alley Garage #35
• 12:00pm - 01:00pm - Firestone Pin Distribution
• 12:00pm - 01:00pm - Former Driver Autograph Session A - North Chalet
• 12:00pm - 01:30pm - IPL 500 Festival Parade - Downtown
• 01:00pm - Legends Day Concert presented by Firestone Gates Open - Must Have Concert Ticket for Admission Into Concert Area 
  Purchase Concert Tickets
• 02:00pm - 03:00pm - Former Driver Autograph Session B - North Chalet
• 03:00pm - 03:30pm - Frankie Ballard Concert - Turn 4 Infield Stage
• 03:50pm - 04:35pm - Thomas Rhett Concert - Turn 4 Infield Stage
• 05:00pm - 06:30pm - Florida Georgia Line Concert - Turn 4 Infield Stage
• 06:00pm - Gates Close - Legends Day Concert Ticket Holders Only Through Gates
•  

 

 

D-Day for less than a overhyped boxing match,  Sunday, May 24:

Schedule of Events

• 06:00am - Gates Open
• 06:00am - 02:00pm - IMS Midway Open
• 07:00am - Indy 500 Snake Pit presented by Miller Lite Opens feat. Kaskade, Steve Aoki and A-Trak 
  Purchase Tickets
• 08:00am - 09:15am - Parade of Bands
• 09:30am - Celebrity Red Carpet - Plaza
• 09:45am - 500 Festival Princess Laps
• 10:15am - "On The Banks of the Wabash" - Purdue University Band
• 10:38am - Green Flag Delivery
• 10:40am - Former Indianapolis 500 Winner Laps
• 10:50am - Vintage Race Car Laps
• 11:10am - Military Laps
• 11:37am - Driver Introductions
• 11:48am - "America The Beautiful"
• 11:50am - Military Speech
• 11:52am - "God Bless America" - Florence Henderson
• 11:55am - Invocation
• 11:59am - National Anthem
• 12:10pm - "Back Home Again in Indiana" - Straight No Chaser
• 12:15pm EDT /  7:15 PM GMT, I think - 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race with all 200 Laps of chaos and blood and guts and death and...

• 06:00pm - Gates Close - unless it rains.

 

 

Well that was long, can you make it any longer ?

 

Yes, here is the driving list:

 

Car  Driver                             Hometown                         Car Name                                                        Engine       Entrant

 1      Will Power                     Toowoomba, Australia        Verizon Team Penske                                     Chevrolet    Verizon Team Penske

 2      Juan Pablo Montoya     Bogota, Colombia               Team Penske                                                  Chevrolet    Team Penske

 3      Helio Castroneves        Sao Paulo, Brazil                 Team Penske                                                  Chevrolet    Team Penske

 4      Stefano Coletti ®        Monaco, Monaco                KV Racing Technology                                    Chevrolet    KV Racing Technology

 5      James Hinchcliffe         Toronto, Canada                 Arrow/Lucas Oil Schmidt Peterson                  Honda        Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

 7      James Jakes                Leeds, England                   Schmidt Peterson Motorsports                        Honda         Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

 8      Sage Karam                 Nazareth, Pa.                      Comfort Revolution/Big Machine Records       Chevrolet    Chip Ganassi Racing Teams

 9      Scott Dixon                   Auckland, New Zealand      Target Chip Ganassi Racing                           Chevrolet    Chip Ganassi Racing Teams

10     Tony Kanaan               Salvador, Brazil                   NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing                       Chevrolet    Chip Ganassi Racing Teams

11     Sebastien Bourdais      Le Mans, France                Hydroxycut – HAUS Vaporizer KVSH               Chevrolet    KVSH Racing

14    Takuma Sato                Tokyo, Japan                      ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing                             Honda         A.J. Foyt Enterprises

15    Graham Rahal              New Albany, Ohio               Steak ‘n Shake                                                 Honda         Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

18    TBA                                                                          Dale Coyne Racing                                          Honda          Dale Coyne Racing

19    TBA                                                                          Dale Coyne Racing                                          Honda          Dale Coyne Racing

20    Ed Carpenter                Indianapolis, IN                   Fuzzy’s Vodka CFH Racing                             Chevrolet     CFH Racing

21    Josef Newgarden         Hendersonville, Tenn.         Century 21 CFH Racing                                   Chevrolet     CFH Racing

22   Simon Pagenaud           Montmorillon, France          Team Penske                                                  Chevrolet     Team Penske

24   TBA                                                                           The Robert Graham Special                            Chevrolet     Dreyer and Reinbold – Kingdom Racing

25   Justin Wilson                 Sheffield, England               Andretti Autosport                                            Honda          Andretti Autosport

26   Carlos Munoz                Bogota, Colombia               AndrettiTV Cinsay                                            Honda          Andretti Autosport

27   Marco Andretti               Nazareth, Pa.                     Snapple                                                            Honda          Andretti Autosport

28   Ryan Hunter-Reay         Fort Lauderdale, Fla.         DHL                                                                  Honda          Andretti Autosport

29   Simona de Silvestro       Thun, Switzerland             TE Connectivity                                                 Honda          Andretti Autosport

32   Oriol Servia                    Pals, Spain                        Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing                     Honda          Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

41   Jack Hawksworth           Bradford, England             ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing                              Honda          A.J. Foyt Enterprises

43   Conor Daly                     Noblesville, Ind.                Schmidt Peterson Motorsports                          Honda          Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

63   Pippa Mann                    Ipswich, England              Dale Coyne Racing                                            Honda          Dale Coyne Racing

83   Charlie Kimball               Camarillo, Calif.                Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing                  Chevrolet      Chip Ganassi Racing Teams

88   Bryan Clauson               Noblesville, Ind.                TBA                                                                   Chevrolet      KVSH Racing/Jonathan Byrd's

98   Gabby Chaves ®         Bogota, Colombia            Bowers & Wilkins/Curb                                       Honda          BHA with Curb-Agajanian

 

 

Where can I watch it:

 

In the USA: Nationally on ABC

In the UK:  BT Sport 2, unless someone tells me otherwise

 

On the internet:  Contact jp's network of Nigerian streaming services.

 

Anything else I'm missing:

 

Your daily heavy metal to amp things up:

 

 

 

Have at it folks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jonpollak]

Thanks Proto402

Jp

[SR388]

Quality post. My body is ready.

[StraightEdge]

I'm ready for this

[Marc Sproule]

a couple of related pieces......

 

http://www.motorspor...first-indy-win/

 

http://gordonkirby.c...t_is_no482.html

[jondoe955]

I was really looking forward to the Indy road race today. I set the program for 3p, as listed. Crap - they are on lap 50! I got to see the final 27 laps. And every race is re-run - but not this one! There are 8 channels that might show races, and I checked them all. If the NFL or Nascar were treated this way, people would lose their jobs. But, it's just Indycar...

The biggest problem? It's ABC/ESPN. Espn has absolutely no idea of how to do a car race. ABC isn't  much better. Idiots! 

[stewie]

Bring. It. On.

And the picture in picture of driver's wives/other half's in the last few laps, everyone just loves that bit.

[HistoryFan]

I will be there live in Indianapolis and I'm really looking forward to it.

[Vitesse2]

I was really looking forward to the Indy road race today. I set the program for 3p, as listed. Crap - they are on lap 50! I got to see the final 27 laps. And every race is re-run - but not this one! There are 8 channels that might show races, and I checked them all. If the NFL or Nascar were treated this way, people would lose their jobs. But, it's just Indycar...

The biggest problem? It's ABC/ESPN. Espn has absolutely no idea of how to do a car race. ABC isn't  much better. Idiots! 

If you can find a Nigerian streaming service which offers ESPN UK, you'll get complete re-runs at (these are British Summer Time schedules - you'll have to work local out for yourself, but it's five hours behind Eastern!) 0830 Tuesday and 0600 Wednesday. Highlights at 1815 Wednesday, 0415, 0800 and 2200 Thursday and 0330 Saturday.

[Peat]

I will be there live in Indianapolis and I'm really looking forward to it.

 
You'll have a great time, enjoy it. I've pretty much convinced myself that i need to make a return visit for the 100th next year.

 

[Peat]

I've started stockpiling supplies of awful American 'beer', obesity inducing snacks and am in the painstaking selection stage of choosing the winners milk for my sweepstake. 

OOOooooh it's May! My favourite time of year. 

[Victor_RO]

I'll be going against the grain and looking for some French wine for race day to support the French connection (Seabass and Pags) during the race. 

 

EDIT: Windows clock says that 12:15 pm in Indiana is 7:15 pm... in Eastern Europe, so 5:15 pm GMT.

[B Squared]

I'm heading down Wednesday with my Dad and brother with hot pit and garage passes. We'll then be at the race; collectively we'll have 146 Indy 500s between the three of us. Excited for our annual return, I'll post some photos upon return.

[Prost1997T]

As I posted in the silly season thread, Carlos Huertas is in the #18 per the official entry list: https://d1b8ufspcmik...20150510T120547

[B Squared]

Davison, Legge and Tung vie for final seat; Davison with best chance per Racer:

 

http://www.racer.com...t-almost-filled

[Prost1997T]

Practice being streamed on youtube now, rookies will go out first.

[Richard T]

Oh yes! Love this time of year. Nurburgring 24, Indy 500, Monaco GP and Le Mans coming up, all in under one month 

[Prost1997T]

Looks like rain may delay the ROP session...

[Prost1997T]

Green flag.

[SKL]

And unfortunately ABC/ESPN doing the coverage here...  they are pathetic... almost missed the start of the race on Saturday.   What is their excuse??  Hell, they've been doing it for YEARS! I remember Sir Jackie doing commentarty WAY back when.   If anything, they could bring back Paul Page for Gods sake!!!

[Vitesse2]

What on earth is the point of streaming practice if they don't have FX mikes around the track? Formula E is louder than this.

[Prost1997T]

What on earth is the point of streaming practice if they don't have FX mikes around the track? Formula E is louder than this.

A technical issue, or maybe it has something to do with the muting the copyrighted music earlier.

Edit: works after I hit refresh.

Edited by Prost1997T, 11 May 2015 - 16:42.

[Vitesse2]

Aha! Somebody's finally plugged the right cable in!

[jonpollak]

Studying the form guide are we Vit?
Jp

[Prost1997T]

Coletti completed phase 1 by the looks of it.

[paulb]

And unfortunately ABC/ESPN doing the coverage here...  they are pathetic... almost missed the start of the race on Saturday.   What is their excuse??  Hell, they've been doing it for YEARS! I remember Sir Jackie doing commentarty WAY back when.   If anything, they could bring back Paul Page for Gods sake!!!

Cheever is condescending and now Goodyear is trying to keep up with him. It could be a very long race with their commentary.

 

Is Muppet going to have an audio feed?

[Vitesse2]

Studying the form guide are we Vit?
Jp

Never actually had the opportunity to watch the rookie tests before - let alone live. Ain't Nigeria wunnerful?

[Nonesuch]

EDIT: Windows clock says that 12:15 pm in Indiana is 7:15 pm... in Eastern Europe, so 5:15 pm GMT.

Keep in mind though that the time in England is not always GMT. The current time in England is BST, an hour ahead of GMT.

The current time in Indianapolis seems to be six hours behind the one in Amsterdam (CEST), which would make it a five hour difference to England (BST).

Edited by Nonesuch, 11 May 2015 - 17:41.

[paulb]

Great OP, btw proto!

 

Thanks for getting the wheels rolling.

[jonpollak]

Never actually had the opportunity to watch the rookie tests before - let alone live. Ain't Nigeria wunnerful?

Quite...

AND..Seeing you have a highly competitive vested interest..I commend your studious nature

 

Jp

[Option1]

Have they started showing the WAGs yet?

 

Or are they saving that for when things on track actually get exciting?

 

Neil

[Prost1997T]

They're showing Montoya's garage right now.

[Vitesse2]

Have they started showing the WAGs yet?

 

Or are they saving that for when things on track actually get exciting?

 

Neil

Lap 197 when Power, Dixon and Kimball are going three-wide into Turn 1 after a 10-lap full course yellow ...

[Prost1997T]

Back to historical footage while the track is dried.

[Risil]

Have they started showing the WAGs yet?

 

Speaking of WAGs, during a rain break they had a clip of the closing stages of the 1992 race, complete with the not-very-convincing disappointment of Sandy Andretti. But her outfit! Have you ever seen the like?

 

 

[Bloggsworth]

Hopefully someone will ease Kathy Legge into a seat...

[Prost1997T]

I don't think Coyne is running the third car today. We'll probably just see Huertas (he was out there before the rain) and Mann turn laps.

[Risil]

Is Dario going to be on comms this year?

[Prost1997T]

Is Dario going to be on comms this year?

No idea, but he was at IMS over the weekend, gave a talk to the junior series drivers before their races. Max Chilton apparently found his advice on ovals very helpful. Speaking of Chilton:

[PiperPa42]

We get 5 minutes of pratice and the the official Verizon Honda Shake Honda Bake AT&T Chevrolet Stream goes black

[Risil]

Marshall Pruett has a short take on the superspeedway aero kits that's worth your eyeball time. Racer dot com, stat.

 

The drivers are talking about the cars being much more slippery through the air and creating much less drag this year. There's been much too much sitting in a long single-file line for 180 laps in the last couple of races, so I'm feeling optimistic.

[Prost1997T]

A lot of rain in Indiana today, looks like they may not get any more running in before 7pm.

[Peat]

Why is Savedra there??

[Prost1997T]

Why is Saavedra there??

He's in an AFS Racing car, they are his personal sponsor in fact. Why they don't want to sponsor someone better, I don't know (they used to back Andretti's Indy Lights program when the likes of Hildebrand went through it).

[Prost1997T]

225.184mph by Marco Andretti, looks like it was set without drafting help too.

[jonpollak]

Just arrived in Tuscon for Happy Hour both on the track and in the hotel bar !!!!

 

Win Win

 

Honda not looking bad at all....So far.

 

Jp

[Risil]

Practice is practice is practice, but Sage Karam sitting in the top 10 makes me feel happy.

[jonpollak]

CGRT is making me proud.

Jp

[jonpollak]

Practice is practice is practice, but Sage Karam sitting in the top 10 makes me feel happy.

And he's in P1

225.8 with a camel toe

Jp

[jonpollak]

 

Jp