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[maximilian]

Nobody started the thread?  FINE, here it is... since testing has now officially begun! 

 

Ripped off from WBIW:

 

The lead-up to the Indianapolis 500 officially starts today with a busy day at the IMS.

Indy 500 practice starts at 11 a.m. this morning with a veteran's only session which will also include drivers who passed their rookie orientation at the late-April testing session. Rookie orientation will take place from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. this afternoon and then from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m., everyone will be allowed to run practice laps.

Practice sessions run through Friday. Qualifying begins this Saturday a little before Noon and will run until 5:50 p.m. Saturday will decide positions 10 through 30 as well as who will compete in the Fast 9 on Sunday.

Sunday will see both Bump Day and Pole Day combined. The Fast 9 drivers will compete for the pole position from 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Then an hour later qualifying will run until 5:50 p.m. to decide who will fill positions 31 through 33 and who will be bumped out of the field.

 

Fernando is on track!! 

 

Testing is streamed LIVE on NBC Sports Gold.  Do we have a Nigerian as well?

 

Live timing is LIVE https://racecontrol.indycar.com/

 

Please all chime in!! 

 

Ripped off from RACER:

 

INDYCAR RADIO + LIVE TIMING & SCORING: Here

LIVE STREAMING: NBC Gold

INDY 500 ENTRY LIST: Here

INDY 500 TICKETS: Here

WEATHER: Here

 

SCHEDULE (All Times Eastern):

 

TUESDAY, MAY 14:

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Practice, Veterans

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Rookie Orientation Program and Refreshers

3:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.: Practice, All Cars

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15

11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Practice

 

THURSDAY, MAY 16

11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Practice

 

FRIDAY, MAY 17

11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Practice

 

SATURDAY, MAY 18

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: Practice, Group 1

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Practice, Group 2

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Practice, Entire field

11:00 a.m. – 5:50 p.m.: Qualifying (Top 9 drivers advance to Sunday’s Fast 9, 10th through 30th place locked in, done with qualifying, slowest six unqualified, move to Sunday for Last Row Shootout)

 

SUNDAY, MAY 19

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Practice, Last Row

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.: Practice, Fast 9

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.: Qualifying, Last Row

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.: Qualifying, Fast 9

3:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Practice

 

MONDAY, MAY 20

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Practice

 

FRIDAY, MAY 24

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Final Practice

1:00 p.m.: Indy Lights Freedom 100 – 40 Laps

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Pit Stop Competition

 

SATURDAY, MAY 25

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: Field of 33 Autograph Session – Pagoda Plaza

10:25 a.m.: Public drivers meeting – Tower Terrace

11:15 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.: Vintage Car Laps

 

SUNDAY, MAY 26

12:45 p.m.: 103rd running of the Indy 500 – 200 laps

Edited by maximilian, 15 May 2019 - 01:33.

[thegforcemaybewithyou]

228.441 with tow for Helio, now that's quick start into the session.

[Joseki]

Why is Alonso lapping in the veteran session?

[RainyAfterlifeDaylight]

Hello everyone and thanks for the thread. Any other live stream please?

[maximilian]

Why is Alonso lapping in the veteran session?

 

Alonso can run as a driver who has competed in the 500 before, doing a "refresher course" (as does Conor Daly, for example)

[maximilian]

Rosenqvist running a new livery...

 

Alonso's spotter will be.... Scott Goodyear! 

 

Newgarden running Shell livery.

Edited by maximilian, 14 May 2019 - 15:52.

[paulb]

Oh, Scott, where art thou?

[Joseki]

27 cars lapped already. Pretty great!

[McLaren1702]

The fight for the triple crown is on! Great seeing Alonso on track again with all the other IndyCar drivers. Best of both worlds!

 

Edited by McLaren1702, 14 May 2019 - 16:07.

[Myrvold]

Heh - so much for watching Indycar. While Viasat show qual and race. They don't show practice.

[maximilian]

Alonso crawling into the pits with Honda Chevy engine trouble!

 

False alarm, he's back out! 

Edited by maximilian, 14 May 2019 - 16:46.

[maximilian]

Dillon Welch is a very good addition to the pit reporting team.  Still and always love having Robin Miller in the booth 

[ANF]

No Indycar Radio today?

[maximilian]

First session is complete, now the rookies get their chance for a little while.

[Joseki]

A bit of Alomania going on in front of the McLaren garage right now.

Hanley's engine smoked.

Edited by Joseki, 14 May 2019 - 17:47.

[loki]

Heh - so much for watching Indycar. While Viasat show qual and race. They don't show practice.

They don't over here either.  Not for free anyway.  You've got to subscribe to Indycar Gold.  One of the best subs I've made.  Coverage is good.

[red stick]

Useful stuff.

 

https://racer.com/20...resource-guide/

[Myrvold]

They don't over here either. Not for free anyway. You've got to subscribe to Indycar Gold. One of the best subs I've made. Coverage is good.

Viasat is far from free as well.
However, you actually have a choice. We dont. We just cant watch it

[TheGoldenStoffel]

Viasat is far from free as well.
However, you actually have a choice. We dont. We just cant watch it

 

Exactly, I would actually pay to watch practice if it were actually available in Europe. 

 

They are shooting themselves in the foot so hard. They have someone like Alonso, who brings in a lot of exposure from Europe to Indycar but then shut off that market completely only because of some stupid contract with an American broadcaster, it's so short sighted.  

[Henri Greuter]

Funny how people got spoiled because of Youtube and live streams.

 

I remember the many years I was dependent on one or more little newspaper articles to find out what happened over there.

If I was so lucky to those being printed to begin with.

 

The most memorable of those: May 17th 1982. (Memorable but because of bad reasons)

The Netherlands has no newspapers released on Sunday and if what happened on Pole Day '82 was shown on Dutch TV, I don't know but I doubt it. Anyway, like the week before (May 8th 1982......) I was at work, my weekly job in a restaurant where I worked from 4 to whatever time tall work was finished.

 

No news whatsoever found about Pole Day at Indy but I bought a newspaper on that Monday the 17th. First page of the sports section: No warning when opening it but there it was:

Gordon Smiley's very first second as a dead person as registered in a picture. (thus an early frame of his wreck within the fencing)

Of course that was the kind of info worth to pay attention to if it came to Indy, and so nice in line with the events of the week before...

Two weeks later a little bulletin of the race.

 

That's what I got for local printed info about Indy that year.

And now, being disappointed about no free live stream ....

How times have changed...

[Henri Greuter]

BTW, to the locals, Any of the local radio stations follwing the events at the trach that can be listened to on-line??? 1070 or Q95 by chance?

[TomNokoe]

Total amateur here - have they changed the aero after difficulties following last year?

[maximilian]

Total amateur here - have they changed the aero after difficulties following last year?

 

Yes, they came up with various bits and pieces they can bolt on to the main wings (essentially Gurney Flaps) to play with handling of the cars.

[Radoye]

Funny how people got spoiled because of Youtube and live streams.

 

I remember the many years I was dependent on one or more little newspaper articles to find out what happened over there.

If I was so lucky to those being printed to begin with.

 

The most memorable of those: May 17th 1982. (Memorable but because of bad reasons)

The Netherlands has no newspapers released on Sunday and if what happened on Pole Day '82 was shown on Dutch TV, I don't know but I doubt it. Anyway, like the week before (May 8th 1982......) I was at work, my weekly job in a restaurant where I worked from 4 to whatever time tall work was finished.

 

No news whatsoever found about Pole Day at Indy but I bought a newspaper on that Monday the 17th. First page of the sports section: No warning when opening it but there it was:

Gordon Smiley's very first second as a dead person as registered in a picture. (thus an early frame of his wreck within the fencing)

Of course that was the kind of info worth to pay attention to if it came to Indy, and so nice in line with the events of the week before...

Two weeks later a little bulletin of the race.

 

That's what I got for local printed info about Indy that year.

And now, being disappointed about no free live stream ....

How times have changed...

 

 

[thegforcemaybewithyou]

Hinch is busy driving three different cars today according to https://racecontrol.indycar.com/ - he really doesn't want to be be bumped this year!

[red stick]

Total amateur here - have they changed the aero after difficulties following last year?

Yep.  Here's a few updates.  There may be other more technical versions but these sprang to mind.

 

https://racer.com/20...speedway-races/

 

https://racer.com/20...anges-for-2019/

Edited by red stick, 14 May 2019 - 19:26.

[ANF]

BTW, to the locals, Any of the local radio stations follwing the events at the trach that can be listened to on-line??? 1070 or Q95 by chance?

Not a local, but it seems that 1070 The Fan only will be broadcasting on Saturday and Sunday.

It can be listened to online at https://www.1070thefan.com/ or http://player.listenlive.co/20111 or https://tunein.com/r...The-Fan-s29499/

"Here's our Qualifications Weekend schedule": https://www.1070thef...ls-and-pole-day

[Myrvold]

Hinch is busy driving three different cars today according to https://racecontrol.indycar.com/ - he really doesn't want to be be bumped this year!

Three? No - four! #5, 7, 77 and 60

[thegforcemaybewithyou]

Yes, of course. A fourth car garantuees his participation in the race when the other three are bumped.

[SophieB]

I am here to provide valuable insight and analysis:

 

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Esto empieza. Primer día de test para las 500 millas. De 11:00h a 13:00h y de 15:00h a 18:00h estamos en pista. @McLarenIndy @Kimoa @IMS @IndyCar #indy500

 

[Joseki]

Now tow speed is a Chevy fest today. Jones, Kanaan, Kimball and Carpenter on top. First Honda is Rossi.

[Joseki]

Robin Miller just learned "box" means "pit" for european drivers.

[Henri Greuter]

Not a local, but it seems that 1070 The Fan only will be broadcasting on Saturday and Sunday.

It can be listened to online at https://www.1070thefan.com/ or http://player.listenlive.co/20111 or https://tunein.com/r...The-Fan-s29499/

"Here's our Qualifications Weekend schedule": https://www.1070thef...ls-and-pole-day

 

Thanks! might be the best we can get over here in Europe.

Unbelievable the ABC Gold refused to make something available for European fans. Missed opportunity, certainy given the presence of Alonso.

[red stick]

Robin Miller just learned "box" means "pit" for european drivers.

 

70 or so and still learning.  Truly an inspiration to us all. 

[prommer]

Oof, just tuned in to see McLaren getting towed away. They are in troubbble if they don't get on this soon. Either that, or they're just going to paint up a Carlin Papaya.

 

Btw guys, NBC Sports Gold sent me a questionnaire which I submitted and took up the cause of overseas coverage.  So I expect it to be fixed by tomorrow okay great glad that's settle.

 

/sarcasme

[Risil]

Indy is awesome. I sort of forget how fun May is at the Speedway.

 

Early days, but Herta's looking good. What a find out of Indy Lights.

[prommer]

Wait, we're 5 minutes away from happy hour on DAY 1 and we are already almost at 230mph? 

 

I'm a little scared.

[Myrvold]

So, if anyone got a working Nigerian, or, heck, I'd even take a Guadalope right now. I'd be really happy I want to see the cars in action and not just read about them ^^,

[rodlamas]

Wait, we're 5 minutes away from happy hour on DAY 1 and we are already almost at 230mph? 

 

I'm a little scared.

236 on speed traps.

[prommer]

HERTAMANIA causes the first real yellow of the day (other than debris), spinning coming off pit exit. Luckily his trajectory kept him going straight, so he didn't slip up the the track Zanardi-style, thank goodness.

Edited by prommer, 14 May 2019 - 21:29.

[sblick]

"Watching" on app in Germany. A bunch of dots going round and round. Can click on names and get in car telemetry. Choose a name of someone out front and see how they do for top end without tow. Looks like generally 225 is fastest top speed without a tow. Saw Power touch 235 with a tow. Lap speeds look really fast. I thought last year they came out fast on first practice day?

[ANF]

Thanks! might be the best we can get over here in Europe.
Unbelievable the ABC Gold refused to make something available for European fans. Missed opportunity, certainy given the presence of Alonso.

Yes, but I think it will be the same radio broadcast as the Indycar Radio on https://tunein.com/r...-Radio-s269629/ or https://racecontrol.indycar.com/ when they are live. So the main difference is that 1070 The Fan is an FM station.

[Myrvold]

Just spotted on the INDYCAR Race Control. No O'Ward on the track today? But Chilton setting times in both his own and O'Wards car?

[prommer]

Just spotted on the INDYCAR Race Control. No O'Ward on the track today? But Chilton setting times in both his own and O'Wards car?

 

There were technical problems with O'Ward during his rookie orientation, so he wasn't able to finish it. They're working on the car with Max doing the driving because Pato isn't allowed yet.

 

They said Pato will finish his ROP tomorrow at 10:20am.

[Myrvold]

There were technical problems with O'Ward during his rookie orientation, so he wasn't able to finish it. They're working on the car with Max doing the driving because Pato isn't allowed yet.

 

They said Pato will finish his ROP tomorrow at 10:20am.

Much appreciated

[maximilian]

Robin Miller was floating a rumor that McLaren might purchase Arrow Schmidt Peterson... 

[ANF]

Robin Miller was floating a rumor that McLaren might purchase Arrow Schmidt Peterson... 

Well, the McLarens were sporting the Arrow logo at the Spanish GP...

[paulb]

Robin Miller was floating a rumor that McLaren might purchase Arrow Schmidt Peterson... 

Hmmm, don’t know how I would feel about that if it happened.

[rghojai]

Buy the whole damn team? A car for the 500?!?

 

IndyCat is intrigued.

 

[ANF]

IndyCat might fancy this stream which was the best Youtube had to offer today.