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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