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Indy Racing League
The Indy Racing League, or IRL, is an American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the IndyCar Series and the Indy Lights (the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League). Questions range from history, event information, car and driver information to personal opinion questions.
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Download this for a complete detailed list of everything (including times) leading up to (and including) this years Indy 500. http://www.indycar.com/schedule/pdf/2008_indy_schedule.pdf
Who first qualified at Indy 500 over 150 mph?
In 1983, Cale Yarborough was the first driver to run a qualifying lap over 200 mph at Daytona. However, on his second of two qualifying laps, Yarborough crashed and flipped his car in turn four. The car had to be withdrawn, and the lap did not count. Cale returned in 1984 to be the first driver to post a qualifying speed of over 200 at 201.848 at Daytona.
How fast will the average Indy 500 car go?
Top speed during Indy 500 Pole day was 230mph (5/9/09). Indy is the fastest track they currently race. The 4 lap average that won the pole was just shy of 225mph.
The record speed for an Indy (type) car was an average speed of 241mph set by a Honda powered Reynard in what was the CART series at California Speedway in late 2000.
What type of cars in the Indy 500 race?
An Indy Car is a open-wheel, single seat, open cockpit with ground effects underbody and wings front and rear. Weight is 1,565 pounds minimum for ovals and 1,630 pounds minimum for road courses while pumping out 700 hp.
How much does Scott Dixon get paid?
Scott's income is from 3 streams- team contract wage-50% share of prize money- and finally -sponsorship- all 3 are worth about US$10m per annum
Best car to race in need for speed carbon?
The fastest car in Need For Speed: Most Wanted (don't kill me for this) is the Fiat Punto at 247 mph. Now others may have gotten faster but I'm talking about the ps2 version with no trainers of course. I got the punto in the beginning and kept it through the whole game. I got every tuning part and in a speedtrap race on Ronnie #3 i blurted out my nos in the first trap and i got 247 mph.
How much does winner of Indy 500 make?
Dario Franchitti earned $2,474,280 for his 2012 victory in the 96th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. The overall purse was $13,285,815.
Dario Franchitti also won the 2010 race and received $2.75 million in prize money.
Feb. 20-22, St. Petersburg, FL will kick off the 2009 open-wheel season just 1 week after the Daytona 500.
Who was the first 3-time winner of the 'Indianapolis 500'?
Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon 'Wasp', won the 1911 Indianapolis 500 (1st Indy 500) in a time of 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 8 seconds. This averaged out to a speed of 74.6 miles per hour.
Both 1939 and 1940 500's were won by Wilbur Shaw in a Maserati.
How Many Laps Make Up The Indy 500?
The Indy 500 - or the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race consists of 200 laps. The circuit consists of an asphalt track with four turns.
What is the name of the Indy 500 Racetrack?
4790 W. 16th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46222
Who won the first Indy 500 race and what was the name of his car?
Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500, it was on May 30, 1911.
1911 Ray Harroun 1912 Joe Dawson 1913 Jules Goux 1914 René Thomas 1915 Ralph DePalma[1] 1916 Dario Resta[2] 1917-1918 No race held due to World War I 1919 Howdy Wilcox 1920 Gaston Chevrolet[4] 1921 Tommy Milton 1922 Jimmy Murphy 1923 Tommy Milton 1924 Corum started the race in the car. During the race, Boyer took over in relief, and drove the car to victory. As a result, the two drivers were declared co-winners. 1925 Peter DePaolo 1926 Frank Lockhart 1927 George Souders 1928 Louis Meyer 1929 Ray Keech 1930 Billy Arnold 1931 Louis Schneider 1932 Fred Frame 1933 Louis Meyer 1934 Bill Cummings 1935 Kelly Petillo 1936 Louis Meyer 1937 Wilbur Shaw 1938 Floyd Roberts 1939 Wilbur Shaw 1940 Wilbur Shaw 1941 Davis started the race in the car. During the race, Rose took over in relief, and drove the car to victory. As a result, the two drivers were declared co-winners. 1942-1945 No race held due to World War II 1946 George Robson[7] 1947 Mauri Rose 1948 Mauri Rose 1949 Bill Holland 1950 Johnnie Parsons 1951 Lee Wallard 1952 Troy Ruttman 1953 Bill Vukovich 1954 Bill Vukovich 1955 Bob Sweikert 1956 Pat Flaherty 1957 Sam Hanks 1958 Jimmy Bryan 1959 Rodger Ward 1960 Jim Rathmann 1961 A.J. Foyt 1962 Rodger Ward 1963 Parnelli Jones 1964 A.J. Foyt 1965 Jim Clark 1966 Graham Hill 1967 A.J. Foyt 1968 Bobby Unser 1969 Mario Andretti[8] 1970 Al Unser 1971 Al Unser 1972 Mark Donohue 1973 Gordon Johncock 1974 Johnny Rutherford 1975 Bobby Unser 1976 Johnny Rutherford 1977 A.J. Foyt 1978 Al Unser 1979 Rick Mears 1980 Johnny Rutherford 1981 Bobby Unser 1982 Gordon Johncock 1983 Tom Sneva 1984 Rick Mears 1985 Danny Sullivan 1986 Bobby Rahal 1987 Al Unser 1988 Rick Mears 1989 Emerson Fittipaldi 1990 Arie Luyendyk 1991 Rick Mears 1992 Al Unser, Jr. 1993 Emerson Fittipaldi 1994 Al Unser, Jr. 1995 Jacques Villeneuve 1996 Buddy Lazier 1997 Arie Luyendyk 1998 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 1999 Kenny Bräck 2000 Juan Pablo Montoya 2001 Helio Castroneves 2002 Helio Castroneves 2003 Gil de Ferran[10] 2004 Buddy Rice 2005 Dan Wheldon 2006 Sam Hornish, Jr. 2007 Dario Franchitti 2008 Scott Dixon
What is the meening of the name danika?
My name is Danika and my parents told me when i was younger it is polish for morning star x
