95th Indianapolis 500---The Centennial Edition

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Post by mlittle » Thu May 26, 2011 3:00 pm

Starting Lineup, 95th Indianapolis 500


1} Alex Tagliani, #77 Bowers & Wilkins 227.472mph
2}(W)Scott Dixon, #9 Target 227.340mph
3} Oriol Servia, #2 Telemundo-NH Racing 227.168mph

4) Townsend Bell, #99 Herbalife-SSM 226.887mph
5} Will Power, #12 Verizon Wireless 226.773mph
6} Dan Wheldon, #98 WilliamRast 226.171mph

7}(W)Buddy Rice, #44 Fuzzy's Premium Vodka 225.786mph
8} Ed Carpenter, #67 Dollar General 225.121mph
9}(W)Dario Franchitti, #10 Target 226.379mph*

10} Takuma Sato, #5 Lotus-KV Racing 225.736mph
11} Vitor Meira, #14 ABC Supply Co. 225.590mph
12}(R)J.R. Hildebrand, #4 National Guard 225.579mph

13}(R)James Hinchcliffe, #06 Sprotts-NH Racing 225.572mph
14} Bertrand Baguette, #30 Aspira-RACB 225.285mph
15} Davey Hamilton, #11 HP-Kingdom Racing 225.250mph

16}(W)Helio Castroneves, #3 Shell V-Power 225.216mph
17} John Andretti, #43 Window World 224.981mph
18} E.J. Viso, #59 PDVSA-KV Racing 224.732mph

19} Justin Wilson, #22 Z-Line Designs 224.511mph
20}(R)Jay Howard, #88 Service Central-RLL Racing 224.483mph
21} Tomas Scheckter, #07 Redline-SH Racing 224.443mph

22} Tony Kanaan, #82 GEICO-KV Racing 224.417mph
23} Simona de Silvestro, #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy 224.392mph
24} Paul Tracy, #23 WIX Filters 224.939mph

25} Danica Patrick, #7 GoDaddy.com 224.861mph
26} Ryan Briscoe, #6 IZOD 224.639mph
27} Marco Andretti, #26 Venom Energy 224.628mph

28}(R)Charlie Kimball, #83 Novolog-Levemir FlexPen 224.499mph
29} Graham Rahal, #38 Service Central 224.380mph
30} Alex Lloyd, #19 Boy Scouts of America 223.957mph

31}(R)Pippa Mann, #36 Loctite-Conquest Racing 223.936mph
32} Ana Beatriz, #24 Ipringa-DRR 223.879mph
33} Ryan Hunter-Reay, #41 ABC Supply Co. 224.961mph**
*--speed orginally set prior to Pole Day Shootout
**--car was qualified by Bruno Junquiera on Pole Day; Andretti Autosport bought the entry from A.J. Foyt Enterprises for AA's Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Agony & Celebration At Indy

Post by mlittle » Mon May 30, 2011 6:27 am

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Years from now, people will talk about the Centennial running of "the Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and that photo will say it all. The agony of watching rookie J.R. Hildebrand slide too high up the track and clout the wall in turn 4 on the final lap and the celebration of Dan Wheldon & Bryan Herta Autosport as they took the 500 win, Wheldon's 2nd 500 victory. Speed's Marshall Pruett has more.............

----Rookie JR Hildebrand had the world in his hands. With the lead of the Indy 500 and a win in his grasp, a costly mistake--understeering in the marbles on the outside of Turn 4 as he approached the checkered flag--handed the win to 2005 Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

Wheldon, who was replaced by Hildebrand at Panther Racing, did the impossible by taking Bryan Herta Autosport--in only its second race--into the history books as the winner of the Indy Centennial event. "Dan Wheldon is probably the best Indy 500 driver ever," said his team owner Bryan Herta. " We actually won!"

"I was driving as hard as I could," said Wheldon as he fought back tears in Victory Lane. "I just kept pushing. It's a fantastic achievement. It's an incredible feeling. I never gave up. It's unfortunate for JR, but it's fortunate for me. I drove it like I stole it."

Panther Racing team owner John Barnes was conciliatory after watching another chance at victory disappear in cruel fashion.

"To come here with a rookie at his first Indy 500. [Hildebrand] drove the hell out of the thing all day. It's just one of those things. We have to hold our heads up high. He put us in a position to win. I couldn't be prouder of him right now."

Hildebrand was left to ponder what could have been. "My disappointment is for the team and the National Guard. We knew that we had a fast car and that if the race came to us we'd be top 3 or top 5. As a driver, as a rookie, I'm smart enough not to expect to win the Indy 500 in my first year. But we were in that position, and we should have won the Indy 500. I'm not pissed that my face won't be on the Borg Warner trophy. There were some choice words going through my head, and then they were still going through my head when I hit the wall. It's a helpless feeling. It can happen at road courses and other places, but it's most extreme here. It was certainly my mistake."

Graham Rahal, who finished third 25 years after his father won the race, was happy to turn in his best result of the season with his new Ganassi Racing entry. "It felt great. All my Service Central guys did a great job. We passed a ton of cars. It feels great to be in this position."

Danica Patrick, who led the race with 11 laps to go, pitted and recovered to finish 10th. "That's what you have to do at Indy," she said. "You have to take that chance. Indy is about winning. The more times I come here the more I want it."

Tony Kanaan, who started 22nd and passed cars relentlessly all day, finished fourth. "I can't thank my team enough, said the Brazilian. "A great effort. I'm happy for my team, and happy for me. I'm happy for Dan [Wheldon]. He deserves a job. He's a great driver."


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It was tears of joy and streams of the ceremonial bottle of milk as Dan Wheldon won his second Indy 500 in the most dramatic finish in years. (Douglas Werner)
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Post by mlittle » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:14 am

Top-10 from the Centennial 500........
1st} #98 Dan Wheldon, 200 laps
2nd}(R)#4 J.R. Hildebrand, -2.109 sec
3rd} #38 Graham Rahal, -5.595 sec
4th} #82 Tony Kanaan, -7.487 sec
5th} #9 Scott Dixon, -9.543 sec
6th} #2 Oriol Servia, -9.544 sec
7th} #30 Bertrand Baguette, -23.963 sec
8th} #07 Tomas Scheckter, -24.330 sec
9th} #26 Marco Andretti, -25.471 sec
10th} #7 Danica Patrick, -26.448 sec
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