Indy 500 - Wednesday - Practice
source:
irl.racing-live.com
Series points leader Dan Wheldon recorded the fastest
lap during practice May 18 as teams' preparation for the 89th Indianapolis 500
turned to race setups. Most of the 22 qualified drivers in the field turned laps
on a busy day on the 2.5-mile oval. Wheldon's best lap in the No. 26 Klein
Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone was clocked at 39.5918 seconds, 227.320
mph, during the afternoon as several cars ran in tight packs.
MBNA Pole Award winner Tony Kanaan was second fastest at 39.7372 seconds,
226.488 mph, in the No. 11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone. Adrian
Fernandez was third-fastest at 39.7156 seconds, 226.042 mph in the No. 5
Investment Properties of America Panoz/Honda/Firestone.
Kenny Brack and Jimmy Kite turned their first laps of the month. Brack was
seventh fastest in the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer Panoz/Honda
Firestone with a lap of 39.8628 seconds, 225.774, fastest of the non-qualified
drivers.
Teams turned 2,499 incident-free laps on the busiest practice day of the month.
The previous high was 1,717 laps on May 12.
A total of 58 cars are now at the Speedway, 56 have passed technical inspection.
Thirty-four drivers have been on track to date. There were nine yellows for 1
hour and 11 minutes. There were 2,499 incident-free laps today and a total of
8,996 laps this month. This was the busiest practice day of the month. The
previous high was 1,717 laps on May 12.