Monday, May 20, 2013

Qualifying Overview

 
Bump Day Sunday
 
 
* Michel Jourdain Jr got bumped from the field and will not start the 500.

* Josef Newgarden was the fastest Bump Day qualifier and will start in the 25th position.
 
* Katherine Legge, who first sat in her car on Saturday, made the race in the 33 starting spot.
 
* Four Indy 500 winners, with a combined total of 8 Indy 500 wins, will start the race. 
Helio Castroneves (3), Dario Franchitti (3), Buddy Lazier (1), Scott Dixon (1).
 
* Four women will start the 97th running of the 500.  Simona deSilvestro (24th), Ana Beatriz (29th), Pippa Mann (30th), and Katherine (33rd).
 
*  Four rookies will start the race.  Carlos Munoz (2nd), AJ Allmendinger (5th), Tristan Vautier (28th), Conor Daly (31st).

* Drivers from 13 different countries will compete in the race.  United States (11), England (4), Brazil (3), France (3), Australia (2), Canada (2), Colombia (2) and 1 each from Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela.

* Youngest driver in the field is 21 (Munoz), the oldest is 45 (Lazier).

* Marco Andretti became the first Andretti to qualify for the 500 on the front row in 20 years.


 
 
 
 
 
 

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