INDY 500: Champion Cheever looking for second 500 victory in four years
May 24, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 24, 2001 Indianapolis, IN (May 24, 2001) - Eddie Cheever Jr. turned his final practice laps for Sunday's Indianapolis 500 during Thursday's Coors Carburetion Day, posting a top speed of 217.847 mph. The 1998 Indianapolis 500 Champion will start 25th in h ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Coor Carb Day Practice Quotes
May 24, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 24, 2001 PRACTICE QUOTES -- THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2001 -- COORS CARB DAY NICOLAS MINASSIAN (#49 Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "I was just cruising around. I did a few laps. We just scuffed a few tires. It was very relaxed." (About ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Coor Carb Day Practice Times and Speeds
May 24, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 24, 2001 1 8 Sharp, Scott D/O/F 40.2365 223.678 2 66 de Ferran, Gil D/O/F 40.4027 222.757 3 91 Lazier, Buddy D/O/F 40.4691 222.392 4 2 Ray, Greg D/O/F 40.4728 222.372 5 35 Ward, Jeff G/O/F 40.5335 222.039 6 28 Dismore, Mark D/O/F 40.5974 221.689 7 68 Cas ... Continue reading
INDY 500: MBNA Pole Winner Sharp Fastest in Coors Carb Day
May 24, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 24, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, May 24, 2001 - Scott Sharp now is taking aim at the "triple crown" of the 85th Indianapolis 500 after leading Coors Carb Day practice May 24. Sharp won the MBNA Pole on May 12, led the final practice for the race today at ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Coors Carb Day is perfect mix or racing, rock and roll
May 23, 2001
May 23, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - Racing and rock-and-roll fans will enjoy a full day of entertainment at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Coors Carb Day on May 24. The event marks the final day of track activity leading up to the 85th running of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on May 27. Coors Carb Da ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Sarah Fisher to teach car care to Girl Scouts
May 23, 2001
May 23, 2001 Sarah Fisher INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - Indy Racing standout Sarah Fisher will give a jump start to Indianapolis-area Girl Scouts about the basics of car care at a special event May 23 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Nearly 500 Girl Scouts have registered to attend the event, which takes pla ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Winner to receive one-of-a-kind Maurice LaCroix watch
May 23, 2001
May 23, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - Maurice Lacroix Swiss Watches will present the winner of the 85th Indianapolis 500 with a truly unique and elegant gift for winning the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing." The winner of the 2001 Indianapolis 500 will receive a handmade, 18-karat rose-gold Maurice Lacroix I ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: 1995 Indy Champ Villeneuve ready to return to winning ways
May 23, 2001
May 23, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - After winning races and championships around the world, Jacques Villeneuve is accustomed to finishing first. It may come as a surprise, then, that the Canadian ace was ecstatic to finish third in the Spanish Grand Prix on April 29 earlier this year. But that all change ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: 2000 Indy 500 winner Montoya takes F1 by storm
May 22, 2001
May 22, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, May 21, 2001 - He may have only finished one Grand Prix in his first six Formula One starts, but last year's Indianapolis 500 winner, Juan Pablo Montoya, has already made a huge impression in his rookie Formula One season. After winning the 1998 FIA International FIA Formula 3000 cham ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Giaffone to replace Boesel at Indy
May 22, 2001
May 22, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, May 21, 2001 - Felipe Giaffone will replace Raul Boesel in the 85th Indianapolis 500 for Treadway-Hubbard Racing, team officials announced May 21. Boesel qualified the #5T Meijer G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone on Bump Day, May 20, for the 31st starting spot with a four-lap average of 22 ... Continue reading
RACING HISTORY: The Great Races: 1965 Indianapolis 500
May 22, 2001
May 22, 2001 Jim Clark, with help from the Wood Brothers, gives Ford its first victory at the famed Brickyard INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31, 1965 - Jim Clark led 190 of a possible 200 laps to lead a Ford sweep of the top four positions in the 1965 Indianapolis 500 giving Ford Motor Company its first victory in the famed 5 ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Stewart, Vasser, Junqueira and Minassian confident they can follow in Montoya's footsteps
May 22, 2001
May 22, 2001 Indianapolis -- Although former Team Target driver Juan Montoya is not returning for the 2001 Indy 500, Target Chip Ganassi Racing remains a favorite to defend its title on May 27. However, with talented drivers Tony Stewart, Jimmy Vasser, Bruno Junqueira and Nicolas Minassian representing the defending ch ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Indy 500 Starting Lineup Set With Three Infiniti Drivers in Field
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 Indianapolis, Ind. (May 20, 2001) -- With the final day of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 complete, the 33-car starting grid is set with three Infiniti drivers in the field, led by Robbie Buhl in ninth place. Buhl, who qualified the No. 24 Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Infiniti on the first day ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Indy 500 Starting Lineup
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 Row 1 1 8 6 Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems D/O/F 2:39.2658 226.037 2 2T 4 Greg Ray Johns Manville/Menards D/O/F 2:39.8619 225.194 3 41 6 Robby Gordon Team Conseco/Foyt Racing/RCR Childress Racing D/O/F 2:40.0043 224.994 Row 2 4 28 5 Mark Dismore Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling D/O ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Indy field set; Boat survives another bump day drama
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 Billy Boat INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, May 20, 2001 - Billy Boat survived a second consecutive year of Bump Day drama, clinging to the final spot in the 33-car field for 48 minutes as the field for the 85th Indianapolis 500 was set on Sunday. Boat was pushed on the "bubble" as the slowest qualifier in the field, ... Continue reading
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