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2010 IZOD IndyCar Series - Round 6

2010 Indianapolis 500, The 94th Indy500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, In USA


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The IZOD IndyCar Series will be competing on their second oval race of the season at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 2010 Indianapolis 500 will be the 94th IZOD IndyCar Series event conducted at Indianapolis, where the event has taken its place since 1911. This years field will have four former winners, possibly five if Jacques Villeneuve is going to make his comeback. Defending Indy500 champion Helio Castroneves is chasing for his fourth victory at the speedway.

Circuit Information:

Circuit Length: 2.5 mile oval
Turns: 4
Banking on turns: 9° 12´
Banking on straights: 0°
Lap record: 37.895s, 237.498 mph (Arie Luyendyk, Treadway Racing, 1996, IRL IndyCar Series)
Race Distance: 200 laps, 500 miles
2009 Winner: Helio Castroneves, Team Penske
2008 Winner: Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing
2007 Winner: Dario Franchitti, Andretti Green Racing
2006 Winner: Sam Hornish Jr., Team Penske
2005 Winner: Dan Wheldon, Andretti Green Racing
View the circuit map here



View an onboard lap and race highlights at Indianapolis:
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2010 Indianapolis 500 Entry List:

Car  Driver               Country  Team                     Car Name
#2   Raphael Matos        BRA      Luczo Dragon/de Ferran   HP Luczo Dragon
#3   Helio Castroneves    BRA      Team Penske              Team Penske
#4   Dan Wheldon          GBR      Panther Racing           National Guard
#5   Takuma Sato          JPN      KV Racing Technology     Lotus-KV Racing Technology
#6   Ryan Briscoe         AUS      Team Penske              Team Penske
#7   Danica Patrick       USA      Andretti Autosport       Team GoDaddy.com
#8   EJ Viso              VEN      KV Racing Technology     PDVSA-Jet Aviation
#9   Scott Dixon          NZL      Chip Ganassi Racing      Target Chip Ganassi
#10  Dario Franchitti     GBR      Chip Ganassi Racing      Suave
#11  Tony Kanaan          BRA      Andretti Autosport       Team 7-Eleven
#12  Will Power           AUS      Team Penske              Verizon Team Penske
#14  Vitor Meira          BRA      A.J.Foyt Enterprises     ABC Supply Co.
#15  Paul Tracy           CAN      KV Racing Technology     GEICO
#16  TBA                  TBA      A.J.Foyt Racing          A.J.Foyt Racing
#17  Graham Rahal         USA      Rahal Letterman Racing   Rahal Letterman Racing
#18  Milka Duno           VEN      Dale Coyne Racing        CITGO
#19  Alex Lloyd           GBR      Dale Coyne Racing        Boy Scouts of America
#20  Ed Carpenter         USA      Panther Racing           Panther Racing
#21  Davey Hamilton       USA      HP Luczo Dragon          de Ferran Dragon Racing
#22  Justin Wilson        GBR      Dreyer & Reinbold        Team Z-Line Designs
#23  Tomas Scheckter      RSA      Dreyer & Reinbold        Dreyer & Reinbold
#24  Mike Conway          GBR      Dreyer & Reinbold        Dads Root Beer
#25  Ana Beatriz          BRA      Dreyer & Reinbold        Dreyer & Reinbold
#26  Marco Andretti       USA      Andretti Autosport       Team Venom Energy
#29  Sebastian Saavedra   COL      Bryan Herta Autosport    William Rast
#32  Mario Moraes         BRA      KV Racing Technology     KV Racing Technology
#33  Bruno Junqueira      BRA      FAZZT Race Team          FAZZT Race Team
#34  Mario Romancini      BRA      Conquest Racing          Conquest Racing
#36  Bertrand Baguette    BEL      Conquest Racing          Conquest Racing RACB
#37  Ryan Hunter-Reay     USA      Andretti Autosport       Team IZOD
#41  A.J. Foyt IV         USA      A.J.Foyt Enterprises     ABC Supply Co.
#43  John Andretti        USA      Andretti Autosport       Team Window World 
#66  Jay Howard           GBR      Sarah Fisher Racing      Service Central
#67  Sarah Fisher         USA      Sarah Fisher Racing      Dollar General
#77  Alex Tagliani        CAN      FAZZT Race Team          FAZZT Race Team
#78  Simona de Silvestro  CHE      HVM Racing               Team Stargate Worlds HVM
#99  Townsend Bell        USA      Herbalife                Chip Ganassi/Schmidt Racing
#06  Hideki Mutoh         JPN      Newman/Haas Racing       Formula Dream/Panasonic

Seventy-six cars entered. All cars use Dallara chassis, Honda engines and Firestone Indy500 tires.

View the official IndyCar entry list here
View the car liveries/spotter guide here

Current points standings:

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Indycar Series Standings after Round 5:

Pos Driver               Team                    Points
1   Will Power           Team Penske             190
2   Scott Dixon          Chip Ganassi            164 -26
3   Helio Castroneves    Team Penske             162 -28
4   Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti Autosport      159 -31
5   Dario Franchitti     Chip Ganassi            152 -38
6   Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold       137 -53
7   Ryan Briscoe         Team Penske             132 -58
8   Tony Kanaan          Andretti Autosport      129  -61
9   Vitor Meira          A.J. Foyt Enterprises   101 -89
10  Raphael Matos        Luczo Dragon Racing      98  -92

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Weekend Schedule:

View the complete schedule here


The Field for The 94th Indy500:

View the complete field here


Television Information:


VERSUS (USA) - LIVE Pole Day coverage Saturday 22nd May at 12:00
VERSUS (USA) - LIVE Qualifying Day 2 coverage Sunday 23rd May at 12:00
VERSUS (USA) - LIVE Carb Day coverage Sunday 28th May at 11:00
ABC (USA) - LIVE race coverage Sunday 30th May at 12:00



Streams & Live Timing
Indycar Video Ondemand - IndyCar.com youtube channel featuring session and race highlights.
Indycar Race Control - live raceday footage and multiple onboard cameras including access to live timing.
Indycar IMS Radio Network - Audio commentary during practice sessions and race.

Televised streams of the race will likely be posted by forum members shortly before the race.
Links to some of the common streams will be shown on the MyP2P links page nearer the time.


Sources and links:
IZOD Indycar Series Homepage
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Homepage


The Month of May is here once again!

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"Indy doesn't give you a second chance. You have to earn it."

When are the cars first on track?

First practice session is scheduled to be held on 16th of May.

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"Indy doesn't give you a second chance. You have to earn it."

This year's pace car looks like this.



It's the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS


Thomas Scheckter gets the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing seat for the Indy
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83125

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"Indy doesn't give you a second chance. You have to earn it."

How is Indy a tri-oval?

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Jacques Villenueve doing Indy again??? that would be quite epic

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"An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government"


3x TBKL rFactor Hillclimb champion

Fixed now.

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"Indy doesn't give you a second chance. You have to earn it."

Tomas Scheckter is official in the #23 car

nice, we will see Jacques Villeneuve in the #27 car *big smile*

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2010 Indycar Series Pick'em up Champion with 104 points

IndyCar Fan since 1996
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What? That'll probably be JR Hildebrand's seat.

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sry that was a joke. but the rumors with Villeneuve back... yeah, i think also jr hildebrandt is in in the AFS entry.. we will see

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2010 Indycar Series Pick'em up Champion with 104 points

IndyCar Fan since 1996
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I'll be fine if neither of the ganassi cars nor Castroneves wins the race.

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Ducks Angels Sounders Spurs

Neither implies there are two of something. Ganassi would have to field three cars to have two losing cars not driven by Dario Franchitti.
Scott Dixon wins are boring, though.

Ganassi FTW IMO.

But I wouldn´t mind Sato winning, although I doubt he would be able to keep the car in one piece until the finish flag.

But nevertheless, MONTH OF MAY, WOOT.

Dario ftw.

I'm backing Dixon all the way

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3x TBKL rFactor Hillclimb champion

ESPN Classic is showing classic Indy 500s every Monday in May starting with the 1985 Indy 500 (spin and win!) today at 3PM. 1987 is next Monday.

1987 was not spin and win.

Rahal FTW

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Amazingly, a post I made at 4:30 AM is slightly incorrect. Post is fixed now.