Race Date 5-28-06 * Indianapolis Motor Speedway
POS CAR DRIVER CHASSIS-ENGINE SPEED
1. 6 Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 228.985
2. 3T Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 228.008
3. 10 Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 227.338
4. 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 226.921
5. 11 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 226.776
6. 4T Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 226.156
7. 55 Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 225.503
8. 8 Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 225.321
9. 26 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 224.918
10. 16T Danica Patrick, Panoz-Honda, 224.674
11. 2 Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 224.659
12. 20 Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 224.548
13. 1 Michael Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 224.508
14. 15T Buddy Rice, Panoz-Honda, 224.393
15. 90 Townsend Bell, Dallara-Honda, 224.374
16. 7 Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 224.179
17. 27 Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 223.345
18. 52 Max Papis, Dallara-Honda, 222.058
19. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr., Dallara-Honda, 222.028
20. 91 P.J. Chesson, Dallara-Honda, 221.576
21. 14 Felipe Giaffone, Dallara-Honda, 221.542
22. 92 Jeff Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 221.461
23. 41 Larry Foyt, Dallara-Honda, 221.332
24. 21 Jaques Lazier, Panoz-Honda, 221.151
25. 5 Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 220.922
26. 17T Jeff Simmons, Panoz-Honda, 220.347
27. 31 Al Unser Jr., Dallara-Honda, 219.388
28. 12 Roger Yasukawa, Panoz-Honda, 218.793
29. 88 Airton Dare, Panoz-Honda, 218.170
30. 97 Stephan Gregoire, Panoz-Honda, 217.428
31. 61 Arie Luyendyk Jr., Panoz-Honda, 216.352
32. 98 PJ Jones, Panoz-Honda, 215.816
33. 18 Thiago Medeiros, Panoz-Honda, 215.729
BUMP DAY QUALIFYING-90th INDIANAPOLIS 500 FIELD NOTES
Marco and Michael Andretti will become the 20th father-and-son combination to have raced in the Indianapolis 500 and the fourth father-son duo to race in the same event.
There are six former Indianapolis 500 winners in the starting field: Al Unser Jr. (1992 and 1994), Buddy Lazier (1996), Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998), Helio Castroneves (2001-02), Buddy Rice (2004) and Dan Wheldon (2005). Between them, they have eight victories. The record is 10, in 1992. The fewest, other than the inaugural race in 1911, is one in 1996, Arie Luyendyk.
There are five rookies in the field, the fewest since 1999, when there were four rookies. This year's rookies: Marco Andretti, Townsend Bell, P.J. Chesson, Arie Luyendyk Jr., and Thiago Medeiros. There were six rookies in 2005 and 2001, seven in 2000, eight rookies in 2004 and nine each in 2002 and 2003.
Al Unser Jr. is the most experienced driver in the field, with 17 previous Indianapolis 500 starts. The record is 35, set in consecutive years from 1958-92 by A.J. Foyt.
Michael Andretti has led 426 career laps in the Indianapolis 500, more than any other driver in this year's field.
There are a combined 138 previous Indianapolis 500 starts among the 33 drivers in this year's field. The record is 260 years of experience, set in 1987 and 1992. There were 93 years of combined experience in last year's field.
The oldest qualifier is Eddie Cheever, 48. The youngest qualifier is Marco, who turned 19 on March 13.
There are 10 Panoz chassis and 23 Dallara chassis in the field
Andretti Green Racing qualified five cars, most of any team, and the most since Team Scandia qualified five cars in 1997.
There are six graduates of the Indy Pro Series in the field, the most graduates in the field ever. The six graduates are: Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter, P.J. Chesson, Jeff Simmons, Arie Luyendyk Jr., and Thiago Medeiros.
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt decided not to make a qualification attempt with the No. 48 Panoz/Honda/Firestone and driver Ryan Briscoe today despite preparing the car for an attempt. Foyt called Briscoe at his Indianapolis home today as Briscoe was watching television and asked him to come to the Speedway for a possible attempt.
A chronology of events:
4:42 p.m. Car #48 towed to pit lane.
4:49 p.m. Ryan Briscoe has passed physical at Clarian Medical Center.
4:55 p.m. Briscoe in driver's suit in A.J. Foyt Racing garage.
5:08 p.m. Briscoe drives golf cart to A.J. Foyt Racing pit.
5:50 p.m. Briscoe leaves Foyt pit on golf cart.
RYAN BRISCOE: (During final moments of Bump Day qualifying): "Before I go out to qualify the car, I really need at least two laps to get up to speed and feel comfortable with the car. I've never driven the car before, and time is ticking away. It's not looking too good." (About receiving call from A.J. Foyt): "I wasn't 100 percent sure that the situation was a good one just to get in the field, and I've been hearing that the car was set up quite well. I don't think it was going to be too difficult to get up to speed." (After qualifying ended, about his emotions): "I haven't even really had time to get excited. But, a little bit of disappointment, yeah. I was home watching the CART race when I got the call. We were already against the wall, and with the (Marty Roth) accident coming when we were getting ready to go out, it just took us out of time. It's disappointing, but when things are put together at this late stage, these things happen. I wasn't expecting to get this. I was ready to come out and do it. I mean, this is an amazing event, and I had a good race last year. I was looking forward to doing it again, but there will be another day for that."
A.J. FOYT: "We were just working on our main car, more than anything, and the crew was out there with it. Larry (Foyt) shook down the car earlier this month, right at 216, and we put a motor in it and was planning on it and we just kind of run out of time right there." (About Ryan Briscoe): "He's very good. They'd have had to finally beat him before the day was over with."
The next on-track activity is Thursday, when preparations for the Freedom 100 begin. The next track activity day is Wednesday, which is American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day.
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