2019 IndyCar Grand Prix at IMS

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:11 am

Round #5 of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season is this weekend on the infield road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Saturday. Supporting the race weekend is all 3 tiers of the Road to Indy (Indy Lights, Indy Pro 2000 & Cooper Tires USF2000)

Race Information (IndyCar):
Track Type & Length: 2.439 mile infield road course
Turns: 14
Race Distance: 85 laps / 207 miles
Track Record (Qualifying): Will Power - 2017 - 1:07.7044

Entry Lists:
NTT IndyCar Series - 24 cars entered
Indy Lights - 9 cars entered
Indy Pro 2000 Championship - 14 cars entered
Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship - 21 cars entered

Spotter Guides:
NTT IndyCar Series

On-Track Schedule (all times are local to the circuit / US-Eastern)

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Broadcast (Television / Streaming / Radio) Information:

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Past Winners:

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Track Map:

Onboard Lap:

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racer612008 · PostPosted: Thu May 09, 2019 1:00 pm

updated the main post

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Seabass will have GEICO sponsoring his car this weekend

Beezle · PostPosted: Thu May 09, 2019 2:36 pm

Is the front wing really that high on the car?

deggis · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:53 am

racer612008 wrote:

On-Track Schedule (all times are local to the circuit / US-Eastern)

Spoiler:

Something broken in that spoiler tag (won't open).

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 6:35 pm

should be fixed now

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 6:37 pm

race #1 for Indy Lights is ongoing

should be on RoadToIndy.TV for those overseas, on NBC Sports Gold here in the States

Toto87 · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:51 pm

I can't believe there is still that giant standing tower in the middle of the track with a so tiny wall between it and the racecars

Same with the pitroad. If a car goes over the wall, no fence and into the pit with hundren of people working there. It's never late to do something and put a fence between the pitroad & the track. All the American tracks did a brilliant job in the past 10 years with all the improvement and nothing about that tower ?

Hope it'll never happen of course but they can do something to avoid a possible disaster for sure.

Gaara · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:37 pm

Rosenqvist leads a Ganassi front row. Harvey starts third.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:50 pm

Toto87 wrote:

I can't believe there is still that giant standing tower in the middle of the track with a so tiny wall between it and the racecars

Same with the pitroad. If a car goes over the wall, no fence and into the pit with hundren of people working there. It's never late to do something and put a fence between the pitroad & the track. All the American tracks did a brilliant job in the past 10 years with all the improvement and nothing about that tower ?

Hope it'll never happen of course but they can do something to avoid a possible disaster for sure.

Almost every major track in the USA doesn't have any sort of catchfencing between the pit road & the track.

Catchfencing would help, but any hit into the open poles at pit entry it would be just as dangerous

IMS surely knows the risk, but I think they are still figuring out the best option in terms of catch fencing (there is some development going on for a new safer fence)

no way in hell the scoreboard gets removed though at IMS

Juihi · PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:56 pm

I've always thought it was crazy having a structure like that right next to the track too, imagine if some cars went airborne into the pits or into that structure.... would be terrible

makeyourself · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 12:45 am

What are you guys talking about? The scoring tower on the front stretch?

electrodevo · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 12:50 am

They added catch fencing for MotoGP so it's probably somewhat feasible if it's strong enough (which might be the issue).

But yeah, if you take a look at other tracks, it's a similar situation. I can't remember ever seeing fencing on any of the Indycar pit walls (might be wrong, but checked and definitely Pocono and Gateway does not). Pocono also has a (smaller) scoring pylon protected only by a pit wall. (Pocono's such a wide track that it's less glaring, but it could have similar problems.)

Juihi · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 1:25 am

makeyourself wrote:

What are you guys talking about? The scoring tower on the front stretch?

yep

Came very close to having the crash I'm hoping won't happen at Barcelona a while ago

iks · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 2:54 am

Toto87 wrote:

I can't believe there is still that giant standing tower in the middle of the track with a so tiny wall between it and the racecars

Same with the pitroad. If a car goes over the wall, no fence and into the pit with hundren of people working there. It's never late to do something and put a fence between the pitroad & the track. All the American tracks did a brilliant job in the past 10 years with all the improvement and nothing about that tower ?

Hope it'll never happen of course but they can do something to avoid a possible disaster for sure.

In the 1993 CART TBK league, John Stein ( @

FHgrad99 ) in the #5 Mackenzie Lola actually flipped onto the pit straight and nearly hit the scoring tower, so...it IS possible. That was actually one of the scariest things I've seen in any racing sim (in this case, rFactor).

racer612008 · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 3:05 am

Beezle · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 12:23 pm

TF? Why did they time the laps from somewhere on the backend of the track instead of just from the S/F line?

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 12:38 pm

They've done that for years. It means they can pit straight away after doing a lap and don't have to trudge around

kals · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 3:27 pm

Beezle wrote:

TF? Why did they time the laps from somewhere on the backend of the track instead of just from the S/F line?

They do the same at Barber, Mid-Ohio and St Pete. There’s probably a few others I’m missing too.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 4:57 pm

kals wrote:

Beezle wrote:

TF? Why did they time the laps from somewhere on the backend of the track instead of just from the S/F line?

They do the same at Barber, Mid-Ohio and St Pete. There’s probably a few others I’m missing too.

they do it at all of the road & street courses

racer612008 · PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2019 4:58 pm

Herta fastest in the warmup

Road to Indy coverage on RoadToIndy.tv (Indy Lights for international viewers, Indy Pro 2000 / USF2000 for all)
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