Indianapolis opening weekend is over and practice continues all week leading up to Pole Day this Saturday, May 18th....Yeah!!!
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| Tires waiting to be used at Indy |
*It used to be that the weekend two weeks before the 500 was pole qualifying weekend, but this year it was opening weekend and drivers got their first laps on the track.
*Carlos Munoz had the fastest speed at 223.023 (last year's pole speed was 226.484)
*Josef Newgarden was the first driver on the track after it opened Saturday. When told that no 'first driver out' has ever won the 500 he said, "That changes this year!"
*3 time winner Helio Castroneves celebrated his 38th birthday Friday.
*103 Year old woman was at the speedway for the car show and drove her 1930's Packard around the track.
*On Friday there was an Indy Family Foundation Festival on Main Street in Speedway, where Sarah Fisher, Josef Newgarden, and others got dunked in the dunk tank.
Check out Racer magazine's Indy 500 Notebook, days 1 and 2.
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