2.5-mile Indianpolis Motor Speedway * Indianapolis, Indiana
Race Date Friday, May 27, 2007
Pos Car Driver Chassis/Engine Speed
1. 3 Helio Castroneves Dallara-Honda 225.817
2. 11 Tony Kanaan Dallara-Honda 225.757
3. 27 Dario Franchitti Dallara-Honda 225.191
4. 9 Scott Dixon Dallara-Honda 225.122
5. 6 Sam Hornish Jr. Dallara-Honda 225.109
6. 10 Dan Wheldon Dallara-Honda 224.641
7. 12 Ryan Briscoe Dallara-Honda 224.410
8. 7 Danica Patrick Dallara-Honda 224.076
9. 26 Marco Andretti Dallara-Honda 223.299
10. 2 Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Honda 222.877
11. 39 Michael Andretti Dallara-Honda 222.789
Second Day
12. 8 Scott Sharp Dallara-Honda 223.875
13. 17 Jeff Simmons Dallara-Honda 223.693
14. 20 Ed Carpenter Dallara-Honda 223.495
15. 14 Darren Manning Dallara-Honda 223.471
16. 15 Buddy Rice Dallara-Honda 222.826
17. 55 Kosuke Matsuura Dallara-Honda 222.595
18. 22 A.J. Foyt IV Dallara-Honda 222.413
19. 4 Vitor Meira Dallara-Honda 222.333
20. 02 Davey Hamilton Dallara-Honda 222.327
21. 5 Sarah Fisher Dallara-Honda 221.960
22. 99 Buddy Lazier Dallara-Honda 221.380
Third Day
23. 24 Roger Yasukawa Dallara-Honda 222.654
24. 33 John Andretti Dallara-Honda 221.756
25. 50 Al Unser Jr. Dallara-Honda 220.876
26. 98 Alex Barron Dallara-Honda 220.471
27. 19 Jon Herb Dallara-Honda 220.108
28. 21 Jaques Lazier Panoz-Honda 219.409
29. 23 Milka Duno Dallara-Honda 219.228
30. 25 Marty Roth Dallara-Honda 218.922
31. 77 Roberto Moreno Panoz-Honda 216.229
32. 18 Jimmy Kite Panoz-Honda 214.528
Indy 500 Tidbits * Pole Day
This is Helio Castroneves' third AAMCO Transmissions Pole Award this season and the 19th pole position of his IndyCar Series career, extending his series record for career poles.
Castroneves won his third pole in four IndyCar Series events. He previously won poles at St. Petersburg and Twin Ring Motegi.
This is Castroneves' second Indianapolis 500 pole position and his second consecutive front-row start at Indianapolis. He won the pole in 2003.
Tony Kanaan qualified second, his third front-row start at Indianapolis.
Kanaan has never qualified outside the top five for the Indianapolis 500.
Dario Franchitti qualified third, matching his career-best start at Indianapolis in 2004.
All five Andretti Green Racing cars qualified inside the top-11. It is the first time an entrant has place five cars in the first 11 in Indianapolis 500 history.
AAMCO Transmissions awarded Helio Castroneves $100,000 for winning the pole position for the Indianapolis 500. AAMCO Transmissions awards $10,000 to the pole winner at every other IndyCar Series event this season.
Indy 500 Tidbits * Second Day Day
A total of 40 cars are at the Speedway. Thirty-four have passed technical inspection. Twenty-nine drivers have been on the track to date, turning 687 practice laps today and 6,090 laps this month. Buddy Lazier turned 85 laps today, most of any driver. Marty Roth has turned 331 laps this month, most of any driver. A total of 97 IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series drivers have passed physical examinations at the Clarian Medical Center. There were five cautions today for a total of 43 minutes.
Milka Duno was at the Speedway today, but did not make a qualifying attempt after an accident on Fast Friday.
MILKA DUNO (About the team's plan next week): "The plan is that I will be in the car on Wednesday. The guys are working very hard. We hope to have the car ready for Wednesday." (Regarding her accident): "It's something that can happen here. Everyone says, 'Welcome to Indianapolis.'"
Indy 500 Tidbits * Third Day Day
Medical update from Dr. Mike Olinger, Indy Racing League medical director: Phil Giebler has been checked and released from the Clarian Emergency Medical Center. He is cleared to drive.
PHIL GIEBLER (No. 31 Ethos Fuel Reformulator Panoz/Honda/Firestone): "Well it's just been a really difficult week to start with. I've just decided to give the team another obstacle here with doing that. It's one of those things that caught me completely off guard in qualifying. We've really been struggling with getting time on the track; we weren't even planning on going out to qualify, we were running out of time so we decided to go out. The car was really running good, and obviously we had the speed to get in no problem. It wasn't like I was pushing too hard or anything, and all the sudden, the car just had a big understeer into the exit of (Turn) 2, I tried to do whatever I could do to save it, as much lock as I could and backed out of it and scraped the wall. This was my first impact on an oval, and hopefully, my last. Hopefully, the Playa Del Racing team will come back strong, and we'll get in the show tomorrow."
Arie Luyendyk Jr., who made his first Indianapolis 500 start in 2006, was an interested observer today at the track.
ARIE LUYENDYK JR.: (Do you have any opportunities to run in this year's race?): "I'm not looking to get into a car this year. My focus is on 2008. I don't want to get into a car last minute like I did in 2005."
Follow up on Roberto Moreno: Moreno's car says "Bobby More" directly under his name on the sides of the car. When asked, he said it was his "American name." He came up with it in case he decides to obtain American citizenship.
A total of 47 cars are at the Speedway. Forty-three have passed technical inspection. Thirty-four drivers have been on the track to date, turning 1,925 practice laps today and 11,788 laps this month. Ed Carpenter turned 96 laps today, most of any driver. Vitor Meira has turned 516 laps this month, most of any driver. A total of 100 IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series drivers have passed physical examinations at the Clarian Medical Center. There were five cautions today for a total of 44 minutes.
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