Power Wins In The Desert

-4 different teams (Penske, SPM, Andretti & Ganassi) finished in the top 4 and 7 different teams (Carpenter, Foyt & Rahal) in the top 9.

-Victory #198 for Team Penske

-Victory #500 for Firestone/Bridgestone since it returned in 1995

-Alexander Rossi made the most on-track passes during the race with 53

-Sebastien Bourdais earned his 34th career pole, breaking a tie with Dario Franchitti for 7th all-time. It was Dale Coyne's 2nd pole and first since Mike Conway in 2013.

-Oril Servia made his Pace Car driving debut. He'll split duties this season with Sarah Fisher.

-Jim Meyer, SiriusXM CEO, has joined Michael Shank Racing as co-owner. The team, newly renamed to Meyer Shank Racing, will keep the MSR acronym.

Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix Results

1 - Newgarden
2 - Wickens
3 - Rossi
4 - Dixon
5 - Hunter-Reay
6 - Hinchcliffe
7 - Carpenter
8 - Kanaan
9 - Rahal
10 - Pagenaud
11 - Sato
13 - Andretti
13 - Bourdais
14 - Pigot
15 - Chaves
16 - Veach
17 - Kimball
18 - Chilton
18 - Leist
19 - Jones
20 - Kaiser
21 - Power
22 - Fittipaldi

2018 Season Standings - Through 2 Events

1 - Newgarden
2 - Rossi
3 - Bourdais
4 - Rahal
5 - Hunter-Reay
6 - Hinchcliffe
7 - Dixon
8 - Wickens
9 - Kanaan
10 - Andretti
11 - Pagenaud
12 - Sato
13 - Jones
14 - Power
15 - Chaves
16 - Pigot
17 - Veach
18 - Carpenter
19 - Kimball
20 - Chilton
21 - Leist
22 - Claman De Melo
23 - King
24 - Kaiser
25 - Binder
26 - Harvey
27 - Fittipaldi

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Bourdais Goes Back-To-Back

The 2018 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg consisted of 110 laps. Robert Wickens, a rookie, led 69. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver started from pole and was dominating his maiden Verizon IndyCar Series race, until lap 109.

With just a few laps to go the Chevrolet powered car of Max Chilton made contact with a tire barrier, stalling the car. The newly renamed AMR INDYCAR Safety Team was quick to the scene, restarting the car in seconds, allowing for the green flag to fly for the final 2 laps.

The running order entering Turn 1 was Wickens, Rossi, Bourdais and Rahal. Entering Turn 2 the order was shuffled to Bourdais, Rahal, Rossi... (jump to P18)... Wickens.

After looking at the tape, it appears Wickens entered the turn on the same racing line that he the previous 108 trips through the corner. The only difference being this time the No. 27 of Alexander Rossi was on the inside. The two made contact, spinning Wickens, pushing Rossi out of line, and the rest was history.

Race Notes:
- 366 on-track passes to break the old race record of 323 set in the VERY wet 2008 event
- Honda powered 8 of the top 10 cars, including the top 6
- Rookies Filled 7 of the last 9 finishing positions
- Carlin Teammates Chilton & Kimball filled the other two
- 4 different teams filled the first 4 finishing positions
- 6 different teams filled the first 7 finishing positions

The finishing order:

1 - Bourdais
2 - Rahal
3 - Rossi
4 - Hinchcliffe
5 - Hunter-Reay
6 - Dixon
7 - Newgarden
8 - Jones
9 - Andretti
10 - Power
11 - Kanaan
12 - Sato
13 - Pagenaud
14 - Chaves
15 - Pigot
16 - Veach
17 - Claman De Melo
18 - Wickens
19 - Chilton
20 - Kimball
21 - King
22 - Binder
23 - Harvey
24 - Leist

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Power Wins In Pocono

ABC Supply 500 Box Score

1 - Will Power
2 - Josef Newgarden
3 - Alexander Rossi
4 - Simon Pagenaud
5 - Tony Kanaan
6 - Scott Dixon
7 - Helio Castroneves
8 - Ryan Hunter-Reay
9 - Graham Rahal
10 - Carlos Munoz
11 - Marco Andretti
12 - Ed Carpenter
13 - Takuma Sato
14 - Conor Daly
15 - Gabby Chaves
16 - Charlie Kimball
17 - Ed Jones
18 - Max Chilton
19 - JR Hildebrand
20 - James Hinchcliffe
21 - Sebastian Saavedra
22 - Esteban Gutierrez

Photos By: Paul Dalbey

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Bourdais Cleared To Drive

INDYCAR, the sanctioning body of the Verizon IndyCar Series, announced Wednesday that Sebastien Bourdais has been cleared to race.

Bourdais was injured in a Turn 2 crash on his 3rd lap of his first attempt on the first day of Qualifications for last May's 101st Indianapolis 500. The French driver suffered multiple pelvis fractures and a right hip fracture.

The 36-time race winner, completed a medical evaluation test at Mid-Ohio July 31.

Since the incident, James Davison, Esteban Gutierrez and Tristan Vautier have filled in to pilot the No. 18 Dale Coyne car.

It's likely Dale Coyne racing will continue to utilize a replacement driver for the next two rounds on ovals at Pocono and Gateway. A return for the final two races at Watkins Glen and Sonoma is very possible.

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Montoya & Servia To Test 2018 Aero Kit

The testing program for next season's new aero kit kicks off July 25th on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, Oriol Servia and Juan Pablo Montoya will be behind the wheel.

Two cars will test, one from Honda and one from Chevrolet. Servia will run the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports provided chassis for Honda while Montoya runs the Team Penske chassis for Chevrolet.

Following the IMS test, the cars will be taken to Mid-Ohio, Iowa and Sebring International Raceway.

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Coyne Taps Vautier For Texas

Dale Coye Racing has announced the signing of Tristan Vautier to pilot the teams No. 18 entry in Texas.

Vautier previously competed on the Texas oval in 2013 and 2015 finishing 18th and 20th with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Dale Coyne.

“We chose Tristan to fill the 18 seat at Texas because of his previous experience at Texas Motor Speedway,” said Team Owner Dale Coyne. “We think he can help the team and Ed (Jones) who has never raced or even tested there. Tristan has remained close with the team and he’s always done a good job for us. I expect much of the same going into this race weekend.”

Coyne's No. 18, which was left vacant following Sebastien Bourdais's qualifying injury in Indianapolis, was piloted by former F1 driver Esteban Gutierrez in Detroit.

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Rahal Dominates Detroit

Entering the Detroit Duals the Verizon IndyCar Series saw 6 different winners through the first 6 races of 2017. The streak continued through Dual 1, with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's  Graham Rahal becoming the 7th winner in 7 events.

Thanks to Rahal the streak came to a screeching halt at Dual 2. Rahal's domination of the first race continued into the second, leading 96 of the 140 race laps (69%) over the weekend.

Oddly, the top 2 drivers in the Championship (Dixon & Castroneves) have yet to win a race. Drivers who have won this season currently sit 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th & 18th (Sato, Pagenaud, Newgarden, Rahal, Power, Hinchcliffe & Bourdais).

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Detroit Grand Prix Race 1 Qualification Results

Welcome to the Detroit Grand Prix.

Verizon IndyCar Series qualifications will be held each race morning. Saturday's sessions is 10:05-10:35 while Sunday's is 10:45-11:15.

Unlike most road/street course events, qualifications will not follow the multiple round knock-out format. The entered cars will be split up into two groups. The quickest lap from either of the two sessions will become the pole winner. The winner's group will then file into the odd number starting positions with the other group in the even positions

Qualifications Race 1 Results

1 - Rahal
2 - Castroneves
3 - Sato
4 - Rossi
5 - Hinchcliffe
6 - Dixon
7 - Pagenaud
8 - Chilton
9 - Newgarden
10 - Kimball
11 - Power
12 - Hunter-Reay
13 - Andretti
14 - Munoz
15 - Kanaan
16 - Daly
17 - Pigot
18 - Hildebrand
19 - Gutierrez
20 - Aleshin
21 - Jones
22 - Servia

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2,000 Megapixel Image From The Indianapolis 500

If you've been following this site over the last several weeks you've probably seen one of the couple thousand megapixel images that I've posted. One from the Indianapolis 500 Public Drivers Meeting can be viewed HERE, an image from the INDYCAR Grand Prix can be seen HERE and a giant photo from a test at IMS can be viewed HERE.

Being the largest attended sporting event in the world, I was super excited to try out the technique at last Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Unfortunately, I was unable to secure an ideal location to get the most out of the large photo. But, I still think it's pretty cool.

To explore the image, just click the '+' and '-' buttons in the upper right corner. The diagonal arrows will expand full screen, while the circle arrow will pull the image back to it's home position. I highly recommend going full screen!

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Sato Wins At Indianapolis

Andretti Autosport's Takuma Sato has won the 101st Indianapolis 500.

Sato drinks the milk in his 8th try, his first with Andretti. In his previous 7 appearances his average finish was 20th.

Andretti Autosport continues their domination of Indianapolis with back-to-back wins and their 3rd in 4 years.

101st Indianapolis 500 Finishing Order

1 - Sato
2 - Castroneves
3 - Jones
4 - Chilton
5 - Kanaan
6 - Montoya
7 - Rossi
8 - Andretti
9 - Chaves
10 - Munoz
11 - Carpenter
12 - Rahal
13 - Aleshin
14 - Pagenaud
15 - Saavedra
16 - Hildebrand
17 - Mann
18 - Pigot
19 - Newgarden
20 - Davison
21 - Servia
22 - Hinchcliffe
23 - Power
24 - Alonso
25 - Kimball
26 - Veach
27 - Hunter-Reay
28 - Karam
29 - Lazier
30 - Daly
31 - Harvey
32 - Dixon
33 - Howard

The biggest incident of the day came in the Turn 1/2 short chute where Jay Howard got up into the marbles. After contacting the wall, Howard collected Pole sitter Scott Dixon. Dixon took flight sending him into the inside fence. It was scary, but both drivers walked away.

One of the biggest stories heading into the day was the reliability of Honda's engines. By the end of the day 3 of their power plants expired.

The first came at the expense of Ryan Hunter-Reay. The second to Charlie Kimball. And the third took out the biggest story of the month, Fernando Alonso.

Stats:

- 35 lead changes
- 15 different leaders

Most laps led - Max Chilton (50)

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3,800 Megapixel Image From The Public Drivers Meeting

Were you at the Public Drivers Meeting for the 101st Indianapolis 500 Saturday morning? If so, find yourself.

Bonus points for locating IMS President Doug Boles, pace car driver Jeffrey Dean Morgan, 1963 Indianapolis winner Parnelli Jones, the JW Marriot, Mari Hulman George, red Indy 500 Flyer wagon, ESPN's Marty Smith, 1998 Indianapolis 500 Pole Winner Billy Boat and NHRA driver Courtney Force.

To explore the image, just click the '+' and '-' buttons in the upper right corner. The diagonal arrows will expand full screen, while the circle arrow will pull the image back to it's home position. I highly recommend going full screen!

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Carb Day Wrap Up

The one hour final Verizon IndyCar Series practice Friday morning was nearly without incident.

There were no accidents during the 960 laps turned, but the engine of James Hinchcliffe went up in smoke with just a few minutes left in the session.

The attrition rate of Honda engines throughout the month has been nothing but startling. At least 5 Honda power plants have now prematurely expired, leaving the 18 car's equipped with the Japanese manufacturer waiting for disaster on Sunday.

Carb Day's Time Chart

1 - Castroneves - 227.377
2 - Sato - 226.802
3 - Kanana - 226.757
4 - Dixon - 226.685
5 - Alonso - 226.608
6 - Rahal - 226.386
7 - Rossi - 226.355
8 - Newgarden - 226.203
9 - Montoya - 226.187
10 - Hunter-Reay - 225.903
11 - Power - 225.848
12 - Aleshin - 225.691
13 - Daly - 225.557
14 - Hinchcliffe - 225.082
15 - Pagenaud - 225.049
16 - Davison - 225.018
17 - Servia - 224.969
18 - Karam - 224.852
19 - Andretti - 224.793
20 - Carpenter - 224.630
21 - Chilton - 224.625
22 - Howard - 224.541
23 - Jones - 224.526
24 - Kimball - 224.372
25 - Hildebrand - 224.347
26 - Munoz - 223.935
27 - Chaves - 223.688
28 - Harvey - 223.222
29 - Mann - 223.062
30 - Veach - 222.579
31 - Pigot - 221.732
32 - Lazier - 221.397
33 - Saavedra - 221.197

The Indy Lights Freedom 100 was won by Carlin Racing's Matheus Leist.

The 2017 Pit Stop Competition was won by Team Penske's Will Power. The win was Penske's 17th. Of the current teams only Rahal and Ganassi have multiple wins with two.

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2017 Indianapolis 500 Milk Selections

Below is the milk of choice for each 2017 Indianapolis 500 driver should they pull into victory lane on Sunday, courtesy of the American Dairy Association. 

The chart also lists each driver's choice back to 2013.

2017 Driver Selection Breakdown

Whole - 17

2% - 12

Fat-Free - 3

No Pref -  1

Changes From 2016

Aleshin - Whole to 2%

Rahal - 2% to Whole

Pigot - Fat Free to Whole

Whole

2017 - 51.5%

2016 - 51.5%

2015 - 45.5%

2014 - 27.3%

2013 - 24.2%

2%

2017 - 36.4%

2016 - 39.4%

2015 - 42.4%

2014 - 48.5%

2013 - 48.5%

Fat Free

2017 - 9.1%

2016 - 9.1%

2015 - 12.1%

2014 - 15.2%

2013 - 12.1%

No Pref

2017 - 3%

2016 - 0%

2015 - 0%

2014 - 9.1%

2013 - 15.2%

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Dixon Wins Pole At Indianapolis

The starting grid for the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 is set.

Scott Dixon captured the pole with a 4-lap average of 232.164mph, the  quickest qualifying speed seen at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 21-years. You would have to go back to 1996 when Arie Luyendyk set the all-time qualifying record of 236.986mph.

Dixon's pole win was his 3rd, tying Johnny Rutherford, Mario Andretti, Tom Sneva and Arie Luyendyk for 5th all time. Only Rick Mears (6), Rex Mays (4), A.J. Foyt (4) and Helio Castroneves (4) have more.

The field is made up of

4 - Rookies (Alonso, Jones, Harvey & Veach)
12 - Teams
12 - Countries (New Zealand, USA, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Dubai, Russia, England, Canada, Colombia, France)
7 - States (Indiana, California, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Colorado)
7 - Former Winners (Rossi, Montoya, Hunter-Reay, Kanaan, Castroneves, Dixon & Lazier)

The Starting Field

1 - Scott Dixon - 232.164 mph
2 - Ed Carpenter - 231.664  mph  
3 - Alexander Rossi - 231.487 mph  
4 - Takuma Sato - 231.365 mph    
5 - Fernando Alonso - 231.300 mph  
6 - JR Hildebrand - 230.889 mph
7 - Tony Kanaan - 230.828 mph  
8 - Marco Andretti - 230.474 mph  
9 - Will Power - 230.200 mph
10 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - 231.442 mph  
11 - Ed Jones, Honda - 230.578 mph
12 - Oriol Servia, Honda - 230.309 mph  
13 - Mikhail Aleshin 230.271 mph
14 - Graham Rahal - 230.253 mph
15 - Max Chilton - 230.068 mph
16 - Charlie Kimball - 229.956 mph  
17 - James Hinchcliffe - 229.860 mph  
18 - Juan Pablo Montoya - 229.565 mph
19 - Helio Castroneves - 229.515 mph
20 - Jay Howard - 229.414 mph
21 - Sage Karam, Chevrolet - 229.380 mph  
22 - Josef Newgarden - 228.501 mph
23 - Simon Pagenaud - 228.093 mph
24 - Carlos Munoz - 227.921 mph
25 - Gabby Chaves - 226.921 mph  
26 - Conor Daly - 226.439 mph  
27 - Jack Harvey - 225.742 mph  
28 - Pippa Mann - 225.008 mph  
29 - Spencer Pigot - 224.052 mph
30 - Buddy Lazier - 223.417 mph  
31 - Sebastian Saavedra - 221.142 mph
32 - Zach Veach - 221.081 mph    
33 - James Davison - no speed

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James Davison To Replace Bourdais

Dale Coyne Racing has tapped James Davison to pilot the No. 18 car left vacant by the injured Sebastien Bourdais.

Davison has previously started the "500" two times. In 2014 he ran with KVRT and in 2015 with Dale Coyne. He's started 28th & 33rd and finished 16th & 27th.

Stefan Wilson, who gave up his ride with Andretti to make way for Fernando Alonso, was seen entering and leaving the Coyne garage Sunday morning.

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Indianapolis 500 Qualifications Day 1

The first day of qualifications for the 101st Indianapolis 500 was filled with ups and downs. But mainly downs.

The biggest news of the day came about halfway through qualifications when Sebastien Bourdais lost control of his No. 18 Honda on his 3rd of 4 qualifying laps.

After running the two quickest laps of the day, Bourdais' back end got out from under him near the apex of Turn 2. The car overcorrected, sending the French driver directly into the SAFER barrier. While sliding down the back straight, the Dallara turned, flipped, flipped back, spun, and eventually came to a stop. After a few minutes Sebastien was extricated from his car, placed on a backboard and transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

According to the INDYCAR PR Staff, Bourdais was awake, alert and never lost consciousness.

UPDATE 5/20 8:09 - Bourdais suffered multiple fractures to his pelvis and a fracture to his right hip. He will undergo surgery tonight.

UPDATE 5/21 11:25am - According to INDYCAR Medical Director Dr. Geoffrey Billows “Surgery went well. I’ve met with Sebastien this morning and he was doing even better than I expected”

31 of the 33 entered cars made qualifying attempts today. Zach Veach, who crashed late in the day on Friday did not make an attempt and the No. 18 car of Bourdais did not have a time.

The quickest 9 cars are locked into the front 3 rows and will re-qualify tomorrow for their starting positions.

Those currently in positions 10-33 will also re-qualify tomorrow for the back 8 rows.

Fast 9

1 - Carpenter
2 - Sato
3 - Dixon
4 - Hildebrand
5 - Rossi
6 - Power
7 - Alonso
8 - Kanaan
9 - Andretti

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Indianapolis 500 Practice Day 5

The first problem of the day happened early, when the No. 50 entry of Jack Harvey appeared to have an engine issue. Harvey had a crash in Turn 3 earlier in the week.

The second incident came at the expense of Spencer Pigot. The Juncos driver lost control in Turn 2 and continued down the back stretch. Pigot got out under his own power and has been cleared to drive.

The third and final incident came late in the day at the hands of rookie driver Zach Veach. Without spinning, Veach hit the wall at the exit of Turn 1.  His Chevrolet powered car slid through the chute and into the Turn 2 wall. After a few seconds, the Ohio native exited under his own power and has been cleared to drive

Fast Friday's Chart

1 - Bourdais - 233.116
2 - Hunter-Reay - 232.132
3 - Sato - 231.969
4 - Alonso - 231.827
5 - Montoya - 231.682
6 - Hinchcliffe - 231.517
7 - Aleshin - 231.447
8 - Howard - 231.255
9 - Jones - 231.252
10 - Rossi - 231.191
11 - Kanaan - 231.054
12 - Dixon - 231.016
13 - Castroneves - 230.982
14 - Servia - 230.887
15 - Andretti - 230.769
16 - Power - 230.717
17 - Carpenter - 230.712
18 - Chilton - 230.636
19 - Hildebrand - 230.627
20 - Kimball - 230.335
21 - Mann - 230.103
22 - Rahal - 230.007
23 - Pagenaud - 229.973
24 - Newgarden -228. 624
25 - Harvey - 228.426
26 - Karam - 228.159
27 - Munoz - 227.956
28 - Daly - 227.225
29 - Chaves - 227.168
30 - Veach - 227.082
31 - Saavedra - 226.224
32 - Pigot - 226.170
33 - Lazier - 219.640

Qualification Order

Qual Order

1 - Pippa Mann
2 - Juan Pablo Montoya
3 - Tony Kanaan
4 - Will Power
5 - Jay Howard
6 - Ed Jones
7 - Helio Castroneves
8 - Sage Karam
9 - Ryan Hunter-Reay
10 - Scott Dixon
11 - Simon Pagenaud
12 - Zach Veach
13 - James Hinchcliffe
14 - Conor Daly
15 - Graham Rahal
16 - Fernando Alonso
17 - Spencer Pigot
18 - Max Chilton
19 - Charlie Kimball
20 - Sebastien Bourdais
21 - Alexander Rossi
22 - Marco Andretti
23 - Takuma Sato
24 - Josef Newgarden
25 - Sebastian Saavedra
26 - Jack Harvey
27 - Oriol Servia
28 - Buddy Lazier
29 - Ed Carpenter
30 - Carlos Munoz
31 - Mikhail Aleshin
32 - JR Hildebrand
33 - Gabby Chaves

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Indianapolis 500 Practice Day 4

With about 40 minutes left in the 6-hour practice, Buddy Lazier strapped into his entry for the first time this week. The No. 44 machine turned 1 lap.

The first  incident of the day came at the expense of Josef Newgarden.

The newest Team Penske driver lost control of his No. 2 Dallara at the exit of Turn 1. The car snapped around, smacking the outside wall with the left side of his chassis. The car continued down the short chute, making light left side contact with the Turn 2 wall.

Newgarden exited the car under his own power and has been checked, released and cleared to drive.

Later in the day the track went yellow due to a large amount of smoke emitting from the No. 18 car of Sebastien Bourdais. It appeared to be an engine issue.

2,362 Laps were turned by 33 drivers.

1 - Howard - 226.744
2 - Hunter-Reay - 225.826
3 - Andretti - 225. 709
4 - Alonso - 225. 619
5 - Newgarden - 225.455
6 - Karam - 225. 185
7 - Kimball - 225. 141
8 - Servia - 224.837
9 - Sato - 224.771
10 - Bourdais - 224.725
11 - Aleshin - 224.611
12 - Power - 224.563
13 - Rossi - 224.503
14 - Montoya - 224.471
15 - Castroneves - 240724.
16 - Dixon - 224.388
17 - Rahal - 224.351
18 - Jones - 224.331
19 - Munoz - 224.291
20 - Carpenter - 224.051
21 - Chilton - 223.783
22 - Hildebrand - 223.610
23 - Pagenaud - 223.440
24 - Kanaan - 223.123
25 - Mann - 223.048
26 - Hinchcliffe - 222.670
27 - Daly - 222.620
28 - Veach - 222.463
29 - Harvey - 221.279
30 - Chaves - 220.366
31 - Pigot - 220.204
32 - Saavedra - 219.560
33 - Lazier - 8.494

Of Note:

- Tony Stewart, who's foundation is working with Jay Howard's program for the '500' was at the track today.

- With Stewart was Camping World Truck and dirt driver, Rico Abreu.

- Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, Chad Smith, was at IMS today as the band toured through Indianapolis. He spent a lot of time in the pit box of Team Penske's Will Power. Power is also a drummer.

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Indianapolis 500 Practice Day 3

Wednesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway could be summed up with one word. Windy.

Team Penske announced around 2:30 that their 5 car stable would not turn laps at speed in the 6-hour session due to wind. Many other teams followed suit.

On the day 405 laps were turned by 21 drivers. Many of those laps weren't at speed, as teams are allowed to practice hot pit stops from 2-4 each day. For comparison, 1,306 and 2,404 laps were turned the first two days of practice.

1 - Carpenter - 222.894 - 52 Laps
2 - Dixon - 222.599 - 47 Laps
3 - Hildebrand - 220.553 - 54 Laps
4 - Alonso - 219.533 - 39 Laps
5 - Daly - 219.233 - 22 Laps
6 - Chilton - 218.872 - 23  Laps
7 - Munoz - 218.840 - 28 Laps
8 - Veach - 218.636 - 46 Laps
9 - Kimball - 218.122 - 12 Laps
10 - Howard - 217.299 - 9 Laps
11 - Kanaan - 217.057 - 8 Laps
12 - Rahal - 216.866 - 5 Laps
13 - Aleshin - 216.844 - 2  Laps
14 - Hinchcliffe - 216.333 - 8  Laps
15 - Newgarden - 159.591 - 11 Laps
16 - Harvey - 156.680 - 18 Laps
17 - Karam - 151.130 - 9 Laps
18 - Sato - 109.878 - 2 Laps
19 - Rossi - 107.319 - 3 Laps
20 - Andretti - 102.752 - 4 Laps
21 - Servia - 61.301 - 6 Laps

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Indianapolis 500 Practice Day 2

Prior to the noon green flag, INDYCAR announced a slight change in today's schedule.

Rather than an all-skate from 12 to 6, the first 15 minutes were allotted to Jack Harvey and Zach Veach, who have yet to complete ROP.

In that 15 minute stretch 9 laps were turned by the two drivers.

Harvey - 5 laps - 214.072mph
Veach - 4 laps - 214.016mph

At 12:15 all drivers were allowed onto the track. By the end of the day 32 drivers ran, with 33 different car/driver combinations. Everyone but Lazier hit the track, while Marco Andretti ran 6 laps in Jack Harvey's No. 50

Day 2 Chart

1 - Power - 224.656
2 - Castroneves - 224.287
3 - Chaves - 223.991
4 - Hunter-Reay - 223.960
5 - Karam - 223.641
6 - Sato - 223.556
7 - Aleshin - 223.471
8 - Pagenaud - 223.420
9 - Hildebrand - 223.352
10 - Newgarden - 223.156
11 - Carpenter - 222.842
12 - Munoz - 222.774
13 - Dixon - 222.550
14 - Rossi - 222.480
15 - Jones - 222.251
16 - Bourdais - 222.249
17 - Kanaan - 221.959
18 - Servia - 221.921
19 - Kimball - 221.789
20 - Rahal - 221.738
21 - Montoya - 221.696
22 - Veach - 221.629
23 - Chilton - 221.229
24 - Alonso - 221.029
25 - Andretti - 221.011
26 - Pigot - 220.630
27 - Saavedra - 220.289
28 - Daly - 220.283
29 - Hinchcliffe - 220.131
30 - Howard - 220.123
31 - Harvey - 218.943
32 - Mann - 218.589
33 - Andretti (No. 50) - 214.828

Notes:

- The Buddy Lazier entry has switched to No. 44. They were No. 49 on the original entry list.

- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Tuesday morning that Bebe Rexha will perform the national anthem for the the 101st Indianapolis 500.

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