Dixon Wins

Scott Dixon takes the customary chug of milk after completing the sweep of the month of May as he won Sunday’s 92nd running of the Indy 500.

Paul Cunningham of New Portland, New Zealand raises the New Zealand flag, cheering for Scott Dixon after he won the 92nd Indianapolis 500 championship on Sunday at Indianapolis [...]

The field is set

Buddy Lazier was the final driver to make the field for the 92nd running of the Indy 500.
Roger Yasukawa failed once again in his second attempt, missing by .05 mph. Mario Dominguez crashed on his attempt as time ran out, and Max Papis never made it back to the tech line.
Buddy Lazier made [...]

Another attempt

Yasukawa is on track minutes after getting bumped. Yasukawa is virtually tied with Dominguez’ speed through three laps. if he drops any speed he will not bump Domingez.
And Yasukawa does not make it by less than 0.1 mph.
Papis is now making his run at qualifying after destroying his car minutes before the end of [...]

Drivers in line

Moments ago, Roger Yasukawa and Buddy Lazier entered the tech line. Yasukawa’s team believes he will be bumped with his qualifying speed of 218.010. Yasukawa ran faster than 219 in practice just 20 minutes ago, so he is prepared to take the track for a follow-up run if he gets bumped.

Bumped earlier, Lazier is [...]

Bump Day

It’s the final hour of qualifying, and there is a bit of drama in the making. Roger Yasukawa is on the bubble after AJ Foyt IV made his way into the field, then Marty Roth got back in after being bumped. Roth picked up more than 3 mph from his speed yesterday. Yasukawa is practicing [...]

Logging some miles

As Saturday’s qualifying session wore on few teams made attempts. The field filled up to the 32nd spot on the first go round at the beginning of the day. After that, the top teams took advantage of the open track. On the first green flag after the first qualifying round, Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan, Marco [...]

Qualifying: Day 3

Ok, so I think I’ve got my connectivity issues with the wi-fi at IMS finally figured out. In any case, I’m here at the track for Day 3 of qualifying. As of 3:30 there were 32 cars qualified for the race. Townsend Bell is at the top of the list of today’s qualifiers with a [...]

Friday practice

Target/Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon, front, leads Penske drivers Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves during a practice session on Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo by Chad Ryan.

Aside from a few crashes, Friday’s practice sessions were relatively uneventful. I spent most of the day shooting photos of cars on the track from different points [...]

Weather held off long enough

The rain held off, for the most part Thursday, and 35 drivers turned in a total of 2,628 laps. The usual suspects led the lap speeds for the day with Ryan Briscoe (223.708 mph) at the top. Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Tomas Scheckter all made the top-five.
Led by Will Power several non-qualified [...]

Short Practice Wednesday

Once again weather cut short practice time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twenty-nine drivers took to the track at 4:56 p.m. Wednesday for a grand total of 45 minutes, all but 30 minutes under a running yellow flag. With the second weekend of qualifying set to start Saturday and rain forecast through Thursday evening, practice time [...]