Thursday, May 13 2.30-3.00pm – USF2000 first practice 3.15-3.45pm – Indy Pro 2000 first practice 4.00-4.45pm – Indy Lights first practice 5.00-5.20pm – USF2000 qualifying Friday, May 14 8.00-8.20am – Indy Pro 2000 qualifying 8.35-9.05am – Indy Lights qualifying for Race 1 9.30-10.15am – NTT IndyCar Series first practice 10.40-11.20am - USF2000 RACE 1 11.45am-12.35pm – Indy Pro 2000 RACE 1 1.00-1.45pm – NTT IndyCar Series second practice 2.10-3.10pm – Indy Lights RACE 1 3.25-4.05pm – USF2000 RACE 2 4.30-5.45pm – NTT IndyCar Series qualifying Saturday, May 15 7.50-8.40am – Indy Pro 2000 RACE 2 8.55-9.25am – Indy Lights qualifying for Race 2 9.40-10.20am – USF2000 RACE 3 10.45-11.15am – NTT IndyCar Series warm-up 11.40am-12.30pm – Indy Pro 2000 RACE 3 12.45-1.45pm – Indy Lights RACE 2 2.30pm – NBC broadcast 2.39pm – NTT IndyCar Series “Drivers, start your engines” 2.45pm – Green flag: GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis (85 laps)
Good job Grosjean and Dale Coyne Racing . . . the little team that could. Pole for the Grand Prix of Indy.
Today's starting grid with starting tyre choice: 1 51 Romain Grosjean (R) Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda Alternate 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske-Chevrolet Alternate 3 60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing-Honda Primary 4 10 Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Alternate 5 3 Scott McLaughlin (R) Team Penske-Chevrolet Alternate 6 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Alternate 7 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Primary 8 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport-Honda Primary 9 18 Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan-Honda Alternate 10 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske-Chevrolet Primary 11 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda Primary 12 12 Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet Primary 13 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet Primary 14 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport-Honda Primary 15 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Primary 16 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Primary 17 30 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda Primary 18 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet Primary 19 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Honda Alternate 20 14 Sebastien Bourdais A.J. Foyt Enterprises-Chevrolet Primary 21 11 Charlie Kimball A.J. Foyt Enterprises-Chevrolet Primary 22 29 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport-Honda Primary 23 48 Jimmie Johnson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Primary 24 4 Dalton Kellett A.J. Foyt Enterprises-Chevrolet Primary 25 86 Juan Pablo Montoya Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet Primary
Another new winner in Veekay. Congratulations. A stellar run for Grosjean even though 2nd might seem disappointing.
GRO should have stopped a lap or two earlier. I think his last stop was a bit slow too great win by Veekay and ECR. 5 races, 5 different winners. on to the 500
And, he couldn't seem to get past Bourdais until it was too late. The black tires weren't agreeing with his car toward the end. BHW
He struggled on blacks and his battle to lap Sato likely cost him a chunk of time as well. It was a good race. I doubt this is the last time thud season we see him near the front.
Yes he should have stopped sooner. GRO was running 2 seconds off the pace by the time he pitted. That cost him the lead to Veekay. Interesting to see Veekay's parents there at the race. They moved from the Netherlands to FL so they could further their son's career as a driver. No way without big money backing could he have made it through the ranks in Europe with Formula cars. He signed on to run the USF2000 series a step on the ladder to Indycars. When he moved to the US he changed his name from Van Kalmthout to Veekay.....a lot easier to remember and pronounce...lol. Out of 5 races 4 have been won by the "yung-uns". Pallou is 24, Herta 26, OWard is 21 and now Veekay at 20 years old. Veteran Scott Dixon was the other race winner. Dixon is consistent and the current points leader. Pallou is 2nd. Newgarten with no poles nor wins is 3rd in points. The Vets and their teams know how to finish as high as they can even though they know they won't win the race. I used to be an F1 snob. Now I am an Indycar junkie!
Your correct. I guess my mind mistakenly put his car number instead of his age. I watched him from our condo overlooking the track when he won the St Pete Gran Prix a few weeks ago. Nobody could touch him. View from my balcony of Herta. Image Unavailable, Please Login
