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2005
QUALIFYING
MAY
26, CARB DAY - FINAL PRACTICE: 1 Danica Patrick , 225.597 mph
- PATRICK:
"We weren't trying to come out and be fastest, but it's always
good to end up at the top of the chart. It's good for our confidence,
and good to see that your car can do it in race conditions. I think
we're ready for Sunday now ... As I told many reporters, I would try
just as hard if you guys weren't even here ... I was told that if I
did well this kind of thing would happen. I worked so hard for the ability
to drive for good teams and good sponsors that are always with you and
to elevate this series."
- 2
Tony Kanaan
"There were a lot of people trying to look good by posting big
speeds with tows, but we just did our thing. The Team 7-Eleven car was
second fastest and I had a tow. But I also got a good feel for the car.
But who cares who was first or second on Carb Day? We'll not remember
that on Sunday. All that matters is that we feel good about the car,
and I feel very good about the Team 7-Eleven car.
- 3
Dan Wheldon
- 4
Sam Hornish Jr.
- 5
Tomas Scheckter
- 6
Scott Sharp 7 Tomas Enge
- 8
Adrian Fernandez 9 Vitor Meira
- 10
Sebastien Bourdais
"We were quite hopeful that the CENTRIX car would be as good as
it was when we left two weeks ago but it was not. The track has changed
and we were following more traffic that we did when we practiced here
so that could contribute to the difference. I can't say we are really
happy with the balance. It's not perfect but it will be different again
on Sunday. We will do our best to bring a good result for Team CENTRIX
on Sunday."
MAY
22, COMPLETE GRID AFTER BUMP DAY:
POLE WINNER:
Tony Kanaan, 2m 38.1961, 227.566mph *** $100,000 prize ***
"
It was exciting for everyone and I was really excited the last 45 minutes;
I think I have to check my heart ...The entire team helped a lot. We weren't
really quick enough on Friday but we didn't panic. This morning the car
felt good after a lot of little adjustments; this is a big relief for
me ... I pushed too hard too soon but I'm pleased with the run ... We've
had good momentum since last year. I was third here my first year, second
last year and I feel very good about my chances in two weeks."
- 1. Tony
Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 2:38.196 227.566 mph
2. Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Toyota Dallara 2:38.399 227.273
3. Scott Sharp Delphi Fernandez Racing Honda Panoz 2:38.502 227.126
4. Danica Patrick-R Rahal Letterman Racing Honda Panoz 2:38.587 227.004
5. Helio Castroneves-W Team Penske Toyota Dallara 2:38.641 226.927
6. Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 2:38.873 226.873
7. Vitor Meira Rahal Letterman Racing Honda Panoz 2:38.696 226.848
8. Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Fernandez Honda Panoz 2:39.013 226.397
9. Buddy Lazier-W Byrd-Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara 2:39.043 226.353
10. Tomas Enge-R Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara 2:39.217 226.107
11. Tomas Scheckter Panther Racing Chevrolet Dallara 2:39.270 226.031
12. Bruno Junquiera Newman/Haas Racing Honda Panoz 2:39.500 225.704
13. Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Toyota Panoz 2:39.847 225.215
14. Adrian Fernandez Nunn Fernandez Racing Honda Panoz 2:39.915 225.120
15. Sebastien Bourdais-R Newman/Haas Racing Honda Panoz 2:40.032 224.955
16. Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 2:40.493 224.308
17. Roger Yasukawa Dreyer & Reinbold Honda Dallara 2:40.620 224.131
18. Bryan Herta Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 2:40.734 223.972
19. Darren Manning Target Chip Ganassi Toyota Panoz 2:40.755 223.943
20. Richie Hearn Sam Schmidt Motorsports Chevrolet Panoz 2:41.647 222.707
21. Jeff Bucknum-R Dreyer & Reinbold Honda Dallara 2:42.521 221.521
22. Alex Barron Cheever Indy Racing Toyota Dallara 2:42.856 221.053
23. Kenny Brack-W Rahal Letterman Racing Honda Panoz 2:38.173 227.598
24. Ryan Briscoe-R Target Chip Ganassi Toyota Panoz 2:40.657 224.080
25. Patrick Carpentier-R Cheever Indy Racing Toyota Dallara 2:41.577
222.803
26. Ed Carpenter Vision Racing Toyota Dallara 2:42.573 221.439
27. Jaques Lazier Playa del Racing Toyota Dallara 2:42.728 221.228
28. A. J. Foyt IV A.J. Foyt Racing Toyota Dallara 2:43.308 220.442
29. Marty Roth PDM/Roth Racing Chevrolet Dallara 2:44.011 219.497
30. Larry Foyt A.J. Foyt Racing Toyota Dallara 2:44.086 219.396
31. Jeff Ward Vision Racing Toyota Dallara 2:44.598 218.714
32. Jimmy Kite Hemelgarn Racing Toyota Dallara 2:44.710 218.565
33. Felipe Giaffone A.J. Foyt Racing Toyota Panoz 2:45.485 217.645
MAY
21, QUALIFYING DAY 3: 1 Kenny Brack 227.598 mph *** FASTEST QUAL SPEED
***
- BRACK:
"It's
a great feeling to be back, especially to be back with Rahal Letterman
Racing. They are a great team and great friends. I never did think about
[qualifying fastest], but to be the fastest qualifier you have to put
the right engine in there, and Honda did a great job, obviously, with
that. It's all about momentum now. Before [engines were reduced from
3.5-liters to 3.0-liter displacement], if you got out of the throttle,
you could get back in it and pick it up again. Now, if you get out of
the throttle, it takes you two laps to get back up to speed again. So,
it will be critical to have a good car for the race next week."
MAY
18, DAY 9 PRACTICE: 1 Dan Wheldon 2
Tony Kanaan 3 Adrian Fernandez
MAY
15, POLE DAY, DAY 8:
- 1 Tony
Kanaan, 2m 38.1961, 227.566mph *** $100,000 prize ***
"
It was exciting for everyone and I was really excited the last 45 minutes;
I think I have to check my heart ...The entire team helped a lot. We
weren't really quick enough on Friday but we didn't panic. This morning
the car felt good after a lot of little adjustments; this is a big relief
for me ... I pushed too hard too soon but I'm pleased with the run ...
We've had good momentum since last year. I was third here my first year,
second last
year and I feel very good about my chances in two weeks."
- 2 Hornish,
227.273mph
- 3 Sharp,
227.126mph
- 4 Patrick
- 5 Castroneves
- 6 Franchitti
- 7 Meira
- 8 Matsuura
- 9 Lazier
- 10 Enge
- 11 Scheckter 12
Junqueira 13 Dixon 14 Fernandez 15 Bourdais
16 Wheldon 17 Yasukawa 18 Herta 19 Manning 20 Hearn 21 Bucknum 22 Barron
- SHARP, 3RD: "I'm
ecstatic ... We had run some speeds during practice in the low 226's
(mph). For us to come back out in qualifying trim this morning and post
our best time of the month with a solid mid to high 227 and back it
up with a four-lap average of 227, that is peaking at the right time"
- FRANCHITTI, 6TH:
"When I heard about the revised qualifying format for Indy, this
is what I envisioned, it being nearly six o'clock and me being on my
third run. But our gamble paid off. Not a lot, but we did move up one
spot on the grid. Really, that was all the ArcaEx car had. I went flat
out. The run before we made one change and made it a little bit worse,
but I'm glad we managed to make that last run. This was pretty stressful.
You hang it out on the edge during qualifying and to do that for two
and a half miles, I'm ready for bed tonight."
- WHELDON: "We
started off the week very, very quick and we've just gotten slower and
slower. We just can't put our finger on it. It's frustrating because
you want to compete for the pole here and we just weren't close. The
Klein Tools/Jim Beam car was comfortable; we just couldn't find the
speed we needed."
- MAY
14: *POLE
DAY MOVED TO SUNDAY BECAUSE OF RAIN*
- MAY
13, FAST FRIDAY: 1 Tomas Scheckter 2
Tony Kanaan 3 Danica Patrick
- MAY
12, DAY 5 PRACTICE: 1 Danica Patrick 2
Tony Kanaan 3 Kosuke Matsuura
- MAY
11, DAY 4 PRACTICE: 1 Tony Kanaan 2
Danica Patrick 3 Scott Dixon
- MAY
10, DAY 3 PRACTICE: 1 Dan Wheldon 2
Scott Sharp 3 Helio Castroneves
- MAY
9, DAY 2 ROP: 1 Danica Patrick
2 Tomas Enge 3 Sebastien Bourdais
- MAY
8, DAY 1 ROP: 1 Danica Patrick 2
Ryan Briscoe 3 Patrick Carpentier
DANICA
PATRICK, QUICKEST, DAY 5: "It
was a really good day today. We went in the right direction and I'm happy
with it. We have a pretty good balance and once we trimmed out we made
sure the balance stayed the same ... I
have really worked on my line and I'm just trying to get everything perfect.
While the car is very good to drive, there are still little things we
can do to improve." |
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INDY 500 WINNER:
Buddy
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