The Month of May

[tidwell]

Good stuff there at the end.

I wonder if Hornish would've had anything for pole had he not slipped in turn 1 those two times or were Castroneves and Kanaan's last runs better than what Sam's would've been?

 

[doozer]

Sam would have been on the pole.

 

[doozer]

should be another exciting day.

 

[tidwell]

I'll miss most of it in favor of the Cup race. Ah well, try and check in during commercials.

 

[doozer]

i have two TVs in my room. :rock:

 

[tidwell]

Top 22 are now set.

91st Indianapolis 500 Starting Line-up

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Thats 2 thirds of the field, in two weeks we'll have a winner by now.

 

[tidwell]

May 27th is officially one of my favorite days of 2007.

Monaco in the morning, Indy in the afternoon, the 600 in the late afternoon. :rock2:

 

[doozer]

i'm already checking the weather at least 3 times a day.

 

[tidwell]

So how does it look from about a week and a half out? :lol:

Practice Speeds from today: Timing and Scoring :: IndyCar® Series

Looks like John Andretti will drive in the 500 this year after a 13 year absence.

Indianapolis 500

 

[doozer]

i checked last at about 4 this afternoon. right now, i'm going with accuweather.com b/c they have a 15 day forecast. i won't really rest easy until i check weather.com on Friday morning before i leave and see sunny skies all weekend.

however, accuweather is showing me no r--- right now.

:crossfingers:

 

[tidwell]

Well that's a good start.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

It always rains in in Indy hopefully it will miss this year.

 

[tidwell]

Stephan Gregoire was the fastest of the non-qualified drivers at 217.851, but he suffered a vertebra fracture in a crash.

Ouch.

Indianapolis 500

Thursday Practice Speeds: Timing and Scoring :: IndyCar® Series

Looks like the Penske cars are waiting for the last full day of practice tomorrow.

 

[tidwell]

91st Indianapolis 500 Starting Line-up

Current grid going into the last day of qualifying.

 

[doozer]

not a bad line-up so far. 5 former winners in the field. i wonder what the record for most winners in the field is.

 

[doozer]

only thing left now is one day of practice and the race.

 

[tidwell]

When is that day of practice? Friday/Carb Day?

Starting Lineup: 91st Indianapolis 500 Starting Line-up

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Just a week a way.

 

[doozer]

When is that day of practice? Friday/Carb Day?

Starting Lineup: 91st Indianapolis 500 Starting Line-up

yup. and i will be there.

we're leaving very early Friday morning. this week is going to take FOREVER.

 

[tidwell]

Sweet. Hope the weather cooperates. :rock2:

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Yeah, have a good trip to Indy.

 

[VolInsider]

Congrats to everybody that gets to go! It's on my list of sports things I want to do sometime before I check out of here...I will at least be enjoying the race in the splendor of HD this year.

I love the Sunday before Memorial Day...its my ultimate racing veg-out day. I sit on my @$$, fire up the grill, and watch the 500 prerace show, the 500, the 600 prerace show, and the 600. Usually have a bunch of friends over, but watching at the g/f's parents' house at the lake this year (hence the newness of HD, cause I couldn't afford it, lol)

Oh, and Tom Carnegie is awesome! He retired after the race last year though, they have a new PA guy now. TC was there 61 years, thats amazing. He was on one of the ESPN qualifying shows, and didn't seem to be doing all that well.

 

[doozer]

yeah, ole Tom has been going considerably downhill for the last 4-5 years now. his retirement was somewhat based on the fact the Speedway got tired of him butchering everybodies last names.

 

[tidwell]

doozer, I was reading an article earlier about the National Auto Racing Memorabilia Show that is held in Indianapolis during race week. Have you ever hit that? I can't find the article now for the life of me, but it was a nice writeup by Robin Miller. There was also a Q&A in it with the owners of the show.