Race Date 5-28-06 * Indianapolis Motor Speedway
CAR DRIVER CHASSIS-ENGINE SPEED
1. 10 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 228.663
2. 6 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 228.220
3. 3T Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 227.888
4. 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 227.274
5. 27 Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 226.960
6. 11 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 226.389
7. 20 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 225.262
8. 7 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 225.190
9. 8 Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 225.147
10. 2 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 225.091
11. 1 Michael Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 224.970
12. 26 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 224.884
13. 90 Townsend Bell, Dallara-Honda, 224.779
14. 4T Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 224.761
15. 55 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 223.690
16. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr., Dallara-Honda, 223.054
17. 16 Danica Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 222.720
18. 15T Buddy Rice, Panoz-Honda, 222.362
19. 17 Jeff Simmons, Panoz-Honda, 221.065
20. 14 Felipe Giaffone, Dallara-Honda, 220.722
21. 5 Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 220.233
22. 31 Al Unser Jr., Dallara-Honda, 219.151
23. 91 P.J. Chesson, Dallara-Honda, 218.082
24. 25 Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, 215.792
Legend: Chassis: D=Dallara, P=Panoz. Engine: H=Honda.
(R)=Indianapolis 500 Rookie.
POST-PRACTICE NOTES:
On this date in 1992, Alan Mertens of Galmer Engineering was awarded the Louis Schwitzer Award by the Indiana Section, Society of Automotive Engineers for his design of the Galmer 9200 Indy Car chassis. The award recognizes excellence and innovation in race car design and development.
In celebration of the 90th Running of the Indianapolis 500, various personalities associated with "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" will give their favorite "500" memories. Here's today's memory:
JOHNNY RUTHERFORD (Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1974, 1976 and 1980): "I have so many moments and memories from the Speedway and running in 24 races and being there for 40 years plus. I could start out and go on forever with different individuals and events, but there's no better moment at Indianapolis than winning. It's a feeling that's hard to beat."
Did you know?: There have only been three complete postponements of the Indianapolis 500. Those came in 1915, 1986, and 1997, all because of rain.
Ethanol will present $2,500 to the driver who records the fastest lap on five practice days during the Month of May. The "Ethanol Fastest Lap" will be presented May 10, 11, 17, 18 and 26. In addition to the ethanol awards, Cholula Hot Sauce will award $15,000 to the driver who completes the Fastest Lap of the Day on May 19.
Date Driver Speed
May 10 Sam Hornish Jr. 226.056 mph
May 11 Sam Hornish Jr. 226.789 mph
A.J. Foyt Enterprises is offering an Indy 500 VIP Weekend in the Continental Airlines Frequent Flyer Program's Onepass Online Auction.
The winning bidder and a guest will receive two tickets and two Bronze Badges for race weekend. They will meet A.J. Foyt and drivers Larry Foyt and Felipe Giaffone in the team's garage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 27. After the private meet and greet with the Foyt team, the winner will go to the Public Drivers' Meeting and will also be able to tour the garage area as teams make their final preparations.
Bidders can participate by going to www.continental.com and click on the Frequent Flyer tab, then to the Online auction section. The auction will close at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) on May 22.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. met Olympic gold medalist and 100-meter world-record holder Justin Gatlin this morning in the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing garage in Gasoline Alley. Gatlin set the world record Friday in Qatar.
AL UNSER JR.: "The similarities that we talked about were the wind and the air temperature. I asked him, 'What kind of winds were there?' for him when he set the record. Basically, it was the same as us. A nice little tailwind makes us go faster, and it's the same way with him. The humidity and cold air (hurts a sprinter). Cold air is pretty heavy, and hot air is pretty light, so what he basically said for a sprinter is that you want it dry and hot. Today would be a horrible day for him."
JUSTIN GATLIN (World Record holder, 100 meters): (About the Indianapolis Motor Speedway): "It's amazing. The structure is quite unique. There's nothing like it in the world. These cars are fast and I'm addicted to speed. I'm like a kid all over again. I've learned a lot about (the "500") today. I'm a big fan now. I think these cars are traveling 200 (mph) plus, especially hitting those curves and taking on those g-forces what is it, probably 4 Gs at a time. I mean every car out there, and they're hitting the track more than 500 times so I take my hat off to them. They're great athletes. It's all about a mental and a physical out there and it's dangerous as well." (What is it like to be the world's fastest human?): "It feels great, as an athlete, I feel like it was time for me to have the world record. I've done everything already; I've achieved all the goals that I could. And me being a competitor, I just want to do it again. I just want to go out there and redo everything again. But as a person, I think I'm still in shock. I think it really set in this morning when I woke up and got out of the shower and I wrote 9.76 on the foggy mirror. I had to really sit back and look at that time and look at how fast it was and I did that. I can't believe it, and I'm happy about that.
IndyCar Series veteran Sarah Fisher, a five-time Indianapolis 500 starter, visited the Speedway on Saturday. Fisher said she has no plans to compete in the Indianapolis 500.
SARAH FISHER: "As everybody knows, I've been trying to do some driving down south. It's just not working the way I want it to work. Just looking at every opportunity and doing some other things besides racing to keep me busy." (About running in the Indianapolis 500): "I love Indy cars. But it has to be the right opportunity. I've been in cars that can't win, and I'm a winning person. I need to be in a winning car. Everybody deserves that chance. Just depends on the opportunity."
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2006 Indy 500 Practice No. 4