IndyCar Series & Firestone Indy Lights Series @ Milwaukee Mile 2009ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225 IndyCar Series Race
Husar's House of Fine Diamonds 100 Firestone Indy Lights Race
The Month of May doesn't end in Indianapolis, as the ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225 will take the green flag on Sunday afternoon, May 31 at America's Legendary Oval!
Fresh off of the Indianapolis 500, and for an unparalleled 52nd year, the Indy 500 winner and all the stars of the IndyCar Series will be racing at The Mile!
Circuit InformationLength - 1.032mile (1.619km)
Turns - 4
Banking Turns - 9.25°
Straights - 2.5°
IndyCar Series Race Distance - 225 laps
Indy Lights Race Distance - 100 laps
Weekend Schedule[spoiler]
Saturday 30th May08:15 - 09:15 Indy Lights Practice - All Cars
09:30 - 11:00 IndyCar Series Practice
11:30 - 12:30 Indy Lights Practice - Split Groups
13:00 - 13:30 IndyCar Series Practice - Group 1
13:30 - 14:00 IndyCar Series Practice - Group 2
14:30 - 15:30 Indy Lights Qualifying
15:45 - 17:00 IndyCar Series Pole Qualifying
Sunday 31st May 11:00 Indy Lights Pre-Race Activities
11:30 Husar's House of Fine Diamonds 100 - Firestone Indy Lights Race
13:45 IndyCar Series Pre-Race Activities
14:30 ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225 - IndyCar Series Race
Watch the IndyCar Race (Live) on ABC, Sunday 31st May at 15:30
Watch the Indy Lights Race (Delayed) on VERSUS, Monday 1st June at 16:00[/spoiler]
IndyCar Series Current Point Standings[spoiler]1 . Dario Franchitti - 122 pts
2 . Helio Castroneves - 117 pts
3 . Ryan Briscoe - 114 pts
4 . Scott Dixon - 111 pts
5 . Tony Kanaan - 110 pts
6 . Danica Patrick - 109 pts
7 . Dan Wheldon - 106 pts
8 . Will Power - 99 pts
9 . Ryan Hunter-Reay - 84 pts
10 . Marco Andretti - 83 pts
11 . Graham Rahal - 82 pts
12 . Justin Wilson - 77 pts
13 . Hideki Mutoh - 71 pts
14 . Ed Carpenter - 70 pts
15 . Robert Doornbos - 69 pts
16 . Vitor Meira - 62 pts
17 . Raphael Matos - 60 pts
18 . Alex Tagliani - 59 pts
19 . Mario Moraes - 53 pts
20 . E.J. Viso - 49 pts
21 . Mike Conway - 48 pts
22 . Stanton Barrett - 44 pts
23 . Darren Manning - 38 pts
24 . Townsend Bell - 32 pts
25 . Sarah Fisher - 30 pts
26 . Milka Duno - 26 pts
27 . Paul Tracy - 22 pts
28 . Tomas Scheckter - 18 pts
29 . Alex Lloyd - 17 pts
30 . Scott Sharp - 16 pts
31 . A.J. Foyt IV - 14 pts
32 . John Andretti - 12 pts
33 . Nelson Philippe - 10 pts
34 . Oriol Servia - 10 pts
35 . Davey Hamilton - 10 pts[/spoiler]
Indy Lights Current Point Standings[spoiler]1 . J.R. Hildebrand - 158 pts
2 . Sebastian Saavedra - 153 pts
3 . Jonathan Summerton - 148 pts
4 . Junior Strous - 146 pts
5 . Wade Cunningham - 135 pts
6 . James Hinchcliffe - 130 pts
7 . Daniel Herrington - 130 pts
8 . Mario Romancini - 126 pts
9 . Jay Howard - 123 pts
10 . James Davison - 115 pts
11 . Ana Beatriz - 114 pts
12 . Charlie Kimball - 91 pts
13 . Gustavo Yacaman - 87 pts
14 . Martin Plowman - 82 pts
15 . Andrew Prendeville - 79 pts
16 . Ali Jackson - 78 pts
17 . Richard Philippe - 77 pts
18 . Pablo Donoso - 72 pts
19 . Jesse Mason - 69 pts
20 . Pippa Mann - 57 pts
21 . Rodrigo Barbosa - 48 pts
22 . Sean Guthrie - 46 pts
23 . Brandon Wagner - 41 pts
24 . Stefan Wilson - 38 pts
25 . Sergey Mokshantsev - 36 pts
26 . Mike Potekhen - 16 pts
27 . Dillon Battistini - 15 pts
28 . Jonathan Bomarito - 12 pts
29 . Logan Gomez - 11 pts
30 . Duncan Tappy - 8 pts[/spoiler]
Entry ListsIndyCar Entry List:
http://www.indycar.com/news/2009/milwaukee/MIL_IndyCar_Series_Entry_List_5-29-09.pdfIndy Lights Entry List:
http://www.indycar.com/indylights/news/2009/milwaukee/MIL_FIL_Entry_List_5-26-2009.pdfLatest News[spoiler]
crash.net wrote:
Tracy gets Foyt call
They said that they couldn't possibly work together, but Paul Tracy and AJ Foyt appear willing to give it a go following the latter's decision to hire the former Champ Car champion to replace the injured Vitor Meira. Meira's accident in the closing stages of Sunday's Indianapolis 500 left the Brazilian with two fractured vertebrae and facing time in a back brace, with co-crasher Raphael Matos confirming that he expected his countryman to be out of action for the remainder of the season.
That, of course, leaves a vacancy behind the wheel of the #14 ABC Supply Co car for this weekend's ABC Supply/AJ Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile and beyond - and Tracy wasn't exactly topping too many lists when it came to projecting replacements.
Instead of opting for the more obvious Darren Manning - who spent the last two seasons squeezing more out of the #14 than most of his predecessors - and AJ Foyt IV, who returned to the 'family' team for the 500 after a couple of years at Vision Racing, AJ Sr called Tracy. The Canadian has a three-race programme lined up with the KVRT operation co-owned by long-time friend and rival Jimmy Vasser, but did not expect to be in harness for Milwaukee.
"I'm excited to get an opportunity to drive, albeit as a fill-in for Vitor, as I know it's a short-term thing," Tracy insisted, "When I started my career [in 1991], I competed against AJ - and he was one of my idols growing up."I haven't told too many people this, but he was one of the guys I modelled myself after. I'm a little rough around the edges like him, and I say what I feel. That's one of the things I've always admired about him."
It could be a winning combination too, for Tracy has made 14 starts at The Milwaukee Mile, recording victories in 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2005, while Foyt also won four times as a driver there - in 1962, 1964, 1975 and 1979. "Paul is a hard charger and our type of driver, much like Vitor," Foyt said of the 31-time Champ Car race winner, "I believe we can put the right equipment under Paul, and we've both had success there, so I think we can put our heads together and have a good race. "It's a very important race for us because it's sponsored by our team sponsor ABC Supply, which is based in Wisconsin. Milwaukee is their home track, and it is the AJ Foyt 225."
Meira's lower back injury has been treated at Methodist Hospital and IRL medical director Dr Michael Olinger, who evaluated the Brazilian again on Tuesday [26 May], expects him to be released from the hospital today [Wednesday]. Meira will meet with Dr Terry Trammell on 29 May and expects to receive clearance to return to his Florida home to continue his recuperation.
crash.net wrote:
Scheckter rejoins the fray
Tomas Scheckter will be the next driver through the revolving door that leads to the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara, as he replaces Milka Duno for the ABC Supply/AJ Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile this weekend. Duno returned to the car for the first oval of the season, in Kansas, as warm-up to last weekend's Indianapolis 500, with Darren Manning getting the nod for the street course events in St Petersburg and Long Beac. Now Scheckter comes to D&R as rookie Mike Conway's third team-mate in five races.
The South African was touted as having the backing to guarantee a ride in this year's IndyCar Series and was linked to a possible second car at newcomers Team 3G. That, however, came to nought, leaving him to shop around for a chance to compete at Indy, although his eventual berth at Dale Coyne Racing - which yielded twelfth place at the Brickyard - was not among the most obvious candidates for a tie-up.
The deal was just a one-off, but, just as Scheckter thought he was about to be cast back into the jobless line, DRR came calling with the opportunity to race at Milwaukee. "We are excited to have Tomas join our team," team co-owner Dennis Reinbold said, "We have talked to him on a number of occasions about doing something together and this opportunity came up to pair him with Mike for the weekend. We feel like we are going into Milwaukee very strong as a team."
Scheckter has competed at The Mile four times previously in the IndyCar Series, with a best finish of third in two of those outings - with Panther Racing in 2005, and the following year with Vision Racing. "I've been talking to Dennis and Larry Curry, who I have had a relationship with, for a while and we have been in and out of here a couple of times," Scheckter confirmed, "For us to put this together is great and I'm really looking forward to it. It will be good working with some people that I have worked with before."
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