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2007 Indianapolis 500



Practice No. 4




2.5-mile Indianpolis Motor Speedway * Indianapolis, Indiana
Race Date Friday, May 27, 2007

 
Pos Car  Driver              Chassis/Engine     Speed 

 1.   9 Scott Dixon          Dallara-Honda     227.167 
 2.  10 Dan Wheldon          Dallara-Honda     226.650 
 3.  11 Tony Kanaan          Dallara-Honda     226.236 
 4.  26 Marco Andretti       Dallara-Honda     226.230 
 5.  27 Dario Franchitti     Dallara-Honda     226.189 
 6.   6 Sam Hornish Jr.      Dallara-Honda     225.587 
 7.   7 Danica Patrick       Dallara-Honda     225.295 
 8.  20 Ed Carpenter         Dallara-Honda     225.015 
 9.   3 Helio Castroneves    Dallara-Honda     224.726 
10.   2 Tomas Scheckter      Dallara-Honda     224.215 
11.  14 Darren Manning       Dallara-Honda     224.054 
12.  12 Ryan Briscoe         Dallara-Honda     224.036 
13.  15 Buddy Rice           Dallara-Honda     224.025 
14.  39 Michael Andretti     Dallara-Honda     223.998 
15.   4 Vitor Meira          Dallara-Honda     223.934 
16.   5 Sarah Fisher         Dallara-Honda     223.706 
17.   8 Scott Sharp          Dallara-Honda     223.623 
18.  22 A.J. Foyt IV         Dallara-Honda     223.561 
19.  55 Kosuke Matsuura      Dallara-Honda     222.959 
20.  17 Jeff Simmons         Dallara-Honda     222.756 
21.  02 Davey Hamilton       Dallara-Honda     222.190 
22.  99 Buddy Lazier         Dallara-Honda     221.541 
23.  50 Al Unser Jr.         Dallara-Honda     221.457 
24.  25 Marty Roth           Dallara-Honda     220.164 
25.  21 Jaques Lazier        Panoz-Honda       219.312 
26.  23 Milka Duno           Dallara-Honda     218.640 
27.  19 Jon Herb             Dallara-Honda     217.758 
28.  77 Stephan Gregoire     Panoz-Honda       215.749

Legend: Chassis: D=Dallara, P=Panoz. Engine: H=Honda. Tire: F=Firestone.
(R)=Indianapolis 500 Rookie. (W)=Past Indianapolis 500 Winner. 
T=Second Car, TBA=To Be Announced, TBAT=To Be Announced-Second Car

Indy 500 Tidbits
The forecast for Pole Day is for sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s. Should the forecast hold, it would be the first Pole Day without rain since 2001. Here's a look at the weather on past Pole Days.

  • 2006: May 13, complete rain out
  • 2005: May 14, complete rain out
  • 2004: May 15, practice delayed to 12:23 p.m. due to rain, temperature 58 degrees, qualifying started at 2:19 p.m., temperature 66 degrees, qualifying ended 6 p.m..
  • 2003: May 11, practice began at 9 a.m., temperature 67 degrees, rain started at 10:24 a.m., track closed at 12:24 p.m. due to rain.
  • 2002: May 11, Practice at 8 a.m., temperature 53 degrees, qualifying at 11 a.m., temp 57 degrees, 3 brief rain delays (one for 39 min and 2 for 12 min. each) between 11:49 a.m. and 4:40 p.m.. Qualifying ended at 6 p.m.. Temperature at 2 p.m. was 65 degrees.
  • 2001: May 12, Practice at 8 a.m., temperature 50 degrees, qualifying at 11 a.m., temperature 56 degrees, temperature at 2 p.m. 65 degrees, qualifying ended at 6 p.m.. NO RAIN.
  • 2000: May 20, Practice at 8 a.m., temperature 55 degrees, Qualifying at 11, temperature 51 degrees, Temperature at 3:25 p.m. 56 degrees. NO RAIN

    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 1,238 laps today and 3,627 laps this month. Vitor Meira turned 86 laps today, most of any driver. Milka Duno has turned 299 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 1 hour, 3 minutes.




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