For race car fans who is looking for info about Indianapolis 500 pole position, I have scoured the internet and provided it on article below after the break. According to the reprot, Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 as short, shall be broadcast by ABC TV on Sunday at 12 p.m. As I have mentioned on my previous post, this 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500 shall also marks the last Indy race which Danica Patrick join to compete since it is confirmed that Danica Patrick shall jump to full NASCAR race next year.
Read more about Indianapolis 500 Pole Pole position and other info about Indy 500 Race after the break.
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Indianapolis 500 Pole Position
ROW 1
1. (77) Alex Tagliani, 38, Sam Schmidt Motorsports
2. (9) w-Scott Dixon, 30, Target Chip Ganassi Racing
3. (2) Oriol Servia, 36, Newman/Haas Racing
ROW 2
4. (99) Townsend Bell, 36, Sam Schmidt Motorsports
5. (12) Will Power, 30, Team Penske
6. (98) w-Dan Wheldon, Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb/Agajanian
ROW 3
7. (44) w-Buddy Rice, 35, Panther Racing
8. (67) Ed Carpenter, 30, Sarah Fisher Racing.
9. (10) w-Dario Franchitti, 38, Target Chip Ganassi Racing
ROW 4
10. (5) Takuma Sato, 34, KV Racing Technology-Lotus
11. (14) Vitor Meira, 34, A.J. Foyt Enterprises
12. (4) r-JR Hildebrand, 23, Panther Racing
ROW 5
13. (06) r-James Hinchcliffe, 24, Newman/Haas Racing
14. (30) Bertrand Baguette, 25, Rahal Letterman Lanigan LLC
15. (11) Davey Hamilton, 48, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
ROW 6
16. (3) w-Helio Castroneves, 36, Team Penske
17. (43) John Andretti, 48, Andretti Autosport
18. (59) E.J. Viso, 26, KV Racing Technology-Lotus.
19. (22) Justin Wilson, 32, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
20. (88) r-Jay Howard, 30, Sam Schmidt-RLL Racing.
21. (07) Tomas Scheckter, 30, KV Racing Technology-SH Racing
22. (82) Tony Kanaan, 36, KV Racing Technology-Lotus
23. (78T) Simona De Silvestro, 22, HVM Racing
24. (23) Paul Tracy, 42, Dreyer & Reinbold
25. (7) Danica Patrick, 29, Andretti Autosport
26. (6) Ryan Briscoe, 29, Team Penske
27. (26) Marco Andretti, 24, Andretti Autosport
28. (83) r-Charlie Kimball, 26Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
29. (38) Graham Rahal, 23Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing
30. (19) Alex Lloyd, 26, Dale Coyne Racing
31. (36) r-Pippa Mann, 27; Conquest Racing
32. (24) r-Ana Beatriz, 26, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
33. (41) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 30, A.J. Foyt Enterprises
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Indy 500 and Monaco G.P. Lead Marquee Weekend for Open-Wheel Racing
In the lead-up to the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500, race fans have been promised everything from a parade of vintage Indy racecars to commemorative postage stamps. A reality-television star was even tapped to drive the pace car. While not every promise can be fulfilled, there is always the race itself on Sunday to assuage any sore feelings.
Perhaps the biggest race-week surprise has involved Ryan Hunter-Reay, the Andretti Autosport driver, finding a seat on Sunday’s starting grid despite failing to qualify last Sunday for the race. Hunter-Reay, who has won races in all three major open-wheel series in the United States, replaced Bruno Junqueira, the A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver, in a complex switch that knocked Junqueira from competition but preserved his car’s sponsors, as well as those of Hunter-Reay.
With Danica Patrick expected to race full-time in Nascar in 2012, many will be watching IndyCar’s most popular driver to see whether she can burnish her legacy in the series. Patrick remains the only woman to have led an Indy 500, which she accomplished in 2005.
As Dave Caldwell notes in Friday’s Times, Marco Andretti, Hunter-Reay’s teammate, carries a legacy not entirely of his own making into Sunday’s competition:
Driving a car owned by his father, Michael, Marco Andretti has not exactly done poorly. He has won one race on the Izod IndyCar Series (as many as Danica Patrick) and has finished third in two of the last three Indy 500s. But he is an Andretti.
“He knows he should have more to show for it at this stage of his career,” Mario Andretti, 71, who won the Indy 500 in 1969, said in an interview Thursday morning.
Coverage of the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500 begins on May 29 at 12 p.m. on ABC.
Meanwhile, the world’s most popular open-wheel race series, Formula One, will hold its marquee attraction on Sunday in Monaco. Since 1929, the series has repurposed the principality’s streets to create the world’s most evocative racecourse. As Brad Spurgeon notes in Friday’s Times:
Indeed, there is no other race on the Formula One calendar as glamorous, iconic and exciting as the Monaco Grand Prix; in fact, there is no other auto race in the world as rich in those qualities. For that reason, despite the absurdity of running 800-horsepower cars through the narrow, winding streets of this stylish city, the series has never been able to face the idea of doing away with the jewel in its crown.
Sebastian Vettel, who has won four of five Formula One races this year, posted the fastest practice time on Thursday morning, but Fernando Alonso, the Ferrari driver, won the afternoon session. As the BBC reports, Ferrari has high hopes for Alonso and his teammate, Felipe Massa, in Monaco, as the duo seeks to improve the team’s underwhelming 2011 ranking.
Off-track intrigues between two Formula One teams are outshining their on-track performance this year. On Friday, a high court judge in London ruled that Team Lotus, who was sued by Group Lotus — which also controls the sports-car manufacturer Lotus Cars — could continue to use the Lotus name in competition. Both camps, however, are claiming victory, as the judge also found Team Lotus in breach of licensing agreements.
In April, Team Lotus announced the purchase of Caterham, the niche British sports-car maker, which some analysts viewed as a hedge against a loss in the high court.
The Monaco Grand Prix is broadcast live on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on the Speed Network.
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Web Host Go Daddy Sponsors Fifth Straight Indianapolis 500 Broadcast
Web host and domain registrar Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) announced on Tuesday that it is sponsoring the Indianapolis 500 broadcast on Sunday for the fifth consecutive year.
According to many reports this week, the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 could be Danica Patrick last race before jumping full-time to NASCAR.
In 2008, the company’s Go Daddy Girl became the first woman to win an IndyCar Series race. Patrick has been a spokesperson for Go Daddy since 2006.
Along with this announcement, Go Daddy is set to debut its new commercial starring Danica Patrick on the ABC broadcast on Sunday.
Following the live broadcast, viewers can see a continuation of the commercial on Go Daddy’s website.
“This commercial is fun, edgy and slightly inappropriate — it’s about as GoDaddy-esque as it gets,” Go Daddy CEO and founder Bob Parsons said in a statement. “This ad starts in a garage and ends up … well, it’s safe to say it puts Danica in an environment few people have ever seen her in.”
Last year, Patrick placed 6th in the race.
“Bob was my good luck charm at last year’s Indy,” Patrick said in a statement. “As far as my new Go Daddy commercial goes, viewers are going to be guaranteed a ‘sweet ride’ and that’s all I’m going to reveal. You’ll just have to tune in to ABC TV and then check out GoDaddy.com Sunday.”
Last week Go Daddy announced that it has donated more than $4.2 million dollars to charity so far this year. Recently, Parsons visited Haiti to deliver medical supplies and oversee the use of Go Daddy’s donations in the country.
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Source
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/
http://www.thewhir.com/
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