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by mlittle » Sun May 13, 2007 9:55 am
Event chronology....................
12:03 pm, Buddy Rice(#15 A1 Team USA D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 221.873 mph
~~Lap 2, 221.868 mph
~~Lap 3, 221.649 mph
~~Lap 4, 221.672 mph(4-lap avg. 221.766 mph)
12:08 pm, Scott Dixon(#9 Target D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 224.997 mph
~~Lap 2, 224.007 mph
~~Lap 3, 224.080 mph
~~Lap 4, 224.323 mph(4-lap avg. 224.351 mph)
**Dixon bumps Rice from pole position
12:12 pm, Ryan Briscoe(#12 Symantec 360 D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 224.771 mph
~~Lap 2, 224.369 mph
~~Lap 3, 224.361 mph
~~Lap 4, 224.139 mph(4-lap avg. 224.410 mph)
**Briscoe bumps Dixon from pole position
12:18 pm, Scott Sharp(#8 Patron Tequila D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 222.951 mph
~~Lap 2, 222.456 mph
~~Lap 3, 222.027 mph
~~Lap 4, 222.559 mph(4-lap avg. 222.498 mph)
12:21 pm, Dan Wheldon(#10 Target D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 223.614 mph
~~Lap 2, 223.738 mph
~~Lap 3, 223.517 mph
~~Lap 4, 223.874 mph(4-lap avg. 223.686 mph)
12:27 pm, Ed Carpenter(#20 Hitachi Power Tools D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 222.403 mph
~~Lap 2, 222.695 mph
~~Lap 3, 222.813 mph
~~Lap 4, 222.831 mph(4-lap avg. 222.685 mph)
12:31 pm, A.J. Foyt, IV(#22 Indy Vision D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 221.632 mph
~~Lap 2, 221.486 mph
~~Lap 3, 221.460 mph
~~Lap 4, 221.289 mph(4-lap avg. 221.467 mph)
12:36 pm, Kosuke Matsuura(#55 Panasonic/ARTA/TPR D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 221.867 mph
~~Lap 2, 221.997 mph
~~Lap 3, 221.675 mph
~~Lap 4, 221.924 mph(4-lap avg. 221.866 mph)
12:40 pm, Danica Patrick(#7 Motorola D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 224.175 mph
~~Lap 2, 224.152 mph
~~Lap 3, 224.044 mph
~~Lap 4, 223.934 mph(4-lap avg. 224.076 mph)
12:45 pm, Vitor Meira(#4 Delphi D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 221.051 mph
~~Lap 2, 220.827 mph
~~Lap 3.......waved off
#--Meira has 2 attempts remaining in today's session
12:48 pm, Tony Kanaan(#11 Team 7-11 D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 224.793 mph
~~Lap 2, 224.740 mph
~~Lap 3, 224.512 mph
~~Lap 4, 224.428 mph(4-lap avg. 224.618 mph)
**Kanaan bumps Briscoe from pole position
12:53 pm, Dario Franchitti(#27 Canadian Club/Argent D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 225.078 mph
~~Lap 2, 225.289 mph
~~Lap 3, 225.318 mph
~~Lap 4, 225.079 mph(4-lap avg. 225.191 mph)
**Franchitti bumps Kanaan from pole position
12:58 pm, Tomas Scheckter(#2 Indy Vision on Joost D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 222.864 mph
~~Lap 2, 222.964 mph
~~Lap 3, 222.907 mph
~~Lap 4, 222.773 mph(4-lap avg. 222.877 mph)
#-Scheckter bumps Foyt IV from field
1:03 pm, Michael Andretti(#39 Motorola/Jim Beam D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 222.569 mph
~~Lap 2, 222.526 mph
~~Lap 3, 222.946 mph
~~Lap 4, 223.116 mph(4-lap avg. 222.789 mph)
#-Mi. Andretti bumps Rice from field
1:07 pm, Jeff Simmons(#17 Ethanol D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 222.938 mph
~~Lap 2, 223.077 mph
~~Lap 3, 222.630 mph
~~Lap 4, 222.106 mph(4-lap avg. 222.687 mph)
#-Simmons bumps Matsuura from field
1:11 pm, Marco Andretti(#26 NYSE Group/i-Shares D/H) attempt #1
~~Lap 1, 223.308 mph
~~Lap 2, 223.292 mph
~~Lap 3, 223.205 mph
~~Lap 4, 223.391 mph(4-lap avg. 223.299 mph)
#-Ma. Andretti bumps Sharp from field
from 1:31 pm to 4:07 pm the track was open for free practice; track temps. were btwn. 118-126 deg.(F) with air temps. btwn. 75-82 deg.(F)