2013 Indianapolis 500 practice

NaBUru38 · 11 May 2013, 20:12 (Ref:3245853)

So, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is open!

35 entries are entered so far, including 10 part-time entries for veterans Ryan Briscoe, Buddy Lazier, Townsend Bell, Michel Jourdain Jr, rookies Pippa Mann, Carlos Muñoz, Conor Daly and AJ Allmendinger, and two entries by Ed Carpenter Racing and Sam Schmidt Motorsports with no confirmed drivers.

Josef Newgarden has clocked a 40.8603 second lap, or for purists, a lap at 220.263 mph average.
Carlos Muñoz had a best lap at 216.794 mph, so there's a preliminary range of lap speeds.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 12 May 2013, 19:44 (Ref:3246385)

Ed Carpenter fastest so far.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107386

FordCosworthPanoz · 12 May 2013, 21:15 (Ref:3246421)

Looks like Carpenter is pointing, shooting and turning left flat footed better than anyone else today.

HJJ · 13 May 2013, 13:39 (Ref:3246744)

Day's 1 & 2 Notebook from Marshall Pruett.

http://www.racer.com/indy-500-notebo...rticle/293056/

NaBUru38 · 13 May 2013, 15:00 (Ref:3246763)

So Eric Bachelart is working for Lazier, didn't know that.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 13 May 2013, 15:18 (Ref:3246775)

Munoz leads Andretti top four.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107401

**gomick** · 13 May 2013, 22:36 (Ref:3246979)

Michel Jourdain Jnr - wow, havent heard that name for a long time...

**bjohnsonsmith** · 13 May 2013, 23:28 (Ref:3246999)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

Michel Jourdain Jnr - wow, havent heard that name for a long time...

It's amasing what the Month of May can do.

HJJ · 14 May 2013, 01:53 (Ref:3247055)

Quote:

1 25 Andretti, Marco 225.100
2 3 Castroneves, Helio 225.075
3 1 Hunter-Reay, Ryan 224.386
4 12 Power, Will 223.784
5 4 Hildebrand, JR 223.624
6 14 Sato, Takuma 223.363
7 2 Allmendinger, AJ (R) 223.264
8 27 Hinchcliffe, James 223.075
9 11 Kanaan, Tony 222.833
10 21T Newgarden, Josef 222.340
11 26 Munoz, Carlos (R) 222.239
12 22 Servia, Oriol 222.069
13 98 Tagliani, Alex 221.950
14 19 Wilson, Justin 221.810
15 83 Kimball, Charlie 221.801
16 77 Pagenaud, Simon 221.704
17 78 de Silvestro, Simona 221.613
18 8 Briscoe, Ryan 221.531
19 5 Viso, EJ 221.250
20 20 Carpenter, Ed 221.154
21 60 Bell, Townsend 221.137
22 10 Franchitti, Dario 220.549
23 63 Mann, Pippa 220.500
24 9 Dixon, Scott 220.419
25 15T Rahal, Graham 220.360
26 18 Beatriz, Ana 219.975
27 7 Bourdais, Sebastien 219.498
28 41 Daly, Conor (R) 219.044
29 6 Saavedra, Sebastian 218.633
30 16T Jakes, James D/H/F 1.2358
31 55 Vautier, Tristan (R) 217.556
32 17 Jourdain Jr, Michel 216.603

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one five five · 14 May 2013, 08:16 (Ref:3247165)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

Michel Jourdain Jnr - wow, havent heard that name for a long time...

raced in the 500 last year too, but the last entry before that was 1996

Yannick · 14 May 2013, 15:41 (Ref:3247329)

Well, with the Pole day successes of Alex Tagliani in the #77 car in previous years, Sam Schmidt's team clearly had figured out how to run the Speedway a while ago. Now with the highly regarded road racer Pagenaud and speed chart pre-season testing champion Vautier on the team, they could very well use an oval expert for their #99 entry. Having such a driver on board will be beneficial to the competitiveness of the other 2 cars, too. Here's hoping for Schmidt that they can get the funding for the #99 ready ASAP.

Also, with Carpenter's Vision/Walker team being THE team to beat, having won the Fontana race over a similar distance in the fall, the team's 2nd car, #40, would surely make some valuable contributions regarding the amount of data - and might even be a 2nd shot at the win for this team. How on earth Ed thinks his 2nd car is just an entry list filler is beyond me. I mean, come on, this is a winning team after all. Hence, this car could quickly become a contender if it actually existed.

Has anybody actually seen it in the garage area?

JHamilton · 14 May 2013, 19:29 (Ref:3247450)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Munoz leads Andretti top four.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107401

Isn't that the kid from Malcom in the Middle?

Looks like Andretti Autosport has their act together. If they make me pull for Ganassi I'm going to be seriously ****ed.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 14 May 2013, 23:34 (Ref:3247592)

Hinch tops day 4.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107429

Yannick · 15 May 2013, 06:11 (Ref:3247695)

Looking at the speed charts from the previous days, it's great to see Andretti Autosport doing so well. But Team Rahal currently seems to be still looking for speed.

marcostraz · 15 May 2013, 10:52 (Ref:3247786)

The situation is similar to last year...tows are playing a big role in the speed charts...it's difficult to make predictions, but maybe quailifying will be the same of 2012: a lot a fast drivers will start from the middle-rear of the field...

NaBUru38 · 15 May 2013, 13:39 (Ref:3247864)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JHamilton

Isn't that the kid from Malcom in the Middle?

No, that's this one.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 16 May 2013, 18:39 (Ref:3248490)

Franchitti on top. He's had a rather non season so far.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107441

HJJ · 16 May 2013, 20:26 (Ref:3248533)

http://jalopnik.com/looks-like-conor...rn-1-507657835

FordCosworthPanoz · 16 May 2013, 23:30 (Ref:3248610)

Munoz is running a line that was last seen and used effectively by another Colombian rookie in 2000, and despite being accused of 'disrespecting' the track and not being able to run it for 200 laps, he dominated.

I know it's early, but I'm starting to think this guy is going to put on a similar performance to that other Colombian in his debut race.

FordCosworthPanoz · 16 May 2013, 23:31 (Ref:3248611)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HJJ

http://jalopnik.com/looks-like-conor...rn-1-507657835

Air Dallara, Taking Flight from a racetrack near you!

JHamilton · 17 May 2013, 01:02 (Ref:3248645)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Franchitti on top. He's had a rather non season so far.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107441

Maybe a certain someone stole his mojo?

FordCosworthPanoz · 17 May 2013, 01:18 (Ref:3248649)

It's May 16th and not a single second from Indycar at Indianapolis has appeared on Television.

Not to mention the liberally estimated 500 people showing up just a few days before qualifying. Biggest news all Month is Derrick Walker, sandbagging and a 10% reduction of IMS Seating Capacity.

Invisible.

Peat · 17 May 2013, 05:12 (Ref:3248724)

Conor's shunt: http://youtu.be/l_KgBzuyA3k

mountainstar · 17 May 2013, 05:18 (Ref:3248726)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JHamilton

Maybe a certain someone stole his mojo?

Yes, disentangling himself from his wife.

marcostraz · 17 May 2013, 07:51 (Ref:3248765)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

Munoz is running a line that was last seen and used effectively by another Colombian rookie in 2000, and despite being accused of 'disrespecting' the track and not being able to run it for 200 laps, he dominated.

I know it's early, but I'm starting to think this guy is going to put on a similar performance to that other Colombian in his debut race.

I don't know...tows have been very important in this first days of practice, like last year...and last year there was some AA drivers, like Saavedra and Beatriz, that was really fast all practice days, and then they disapperead when race day arrived...

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