2005 Indianapolis 500 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search 89th Indianapolis 500 Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway Date May 29, 2005 Winner Dan Wheldon Average speed 157.603 mph Pole position Tony Kanaan Pole speed 227.566 mph Fastest qualifier Kenny Bräck (227.598 mph) Rookie of the Year Danica Patrick Most laps led Sam Hornish, Jr. (77) Pre-race ceremonies National anthem Members of U.S. Armed Forces Back Home Again in Indiana Jim Nabors Starting command Mari Hulman George Pace car Chevrolet Corvette Pace car driver Colin Powell Honorary starter Reggie Miller Attendance 250,000 (estimated) TV in the United States Network ABC Announcers Todd Harris, Scott Goodyear Nielsen Ratings 6.5 Market share 18 Chronology Previous Next 2004 2006 The 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. It was the premier event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season, and the tenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Dan Wheldon won the race under a yellow flag.[1] Wheldon became the first British winner since Graham Hill in 1966.[2] Rookie Danica Patrick, who qualified fourth and finished fourth, became the first female driver in Indy history to lead laps during the race. Patrick led three times for a total of 19 laps, and won the Rookie of the Year award.[3] Considerable media hype and attention was focused on the race and on Patrick in particular during the month,[4][5] giving birth to the term "Danica Mania."[6][7][8] 227's Indianapolis Motor Speedway- http://www.hoops227.com/utube_indianapolis_motor_speedway_race_car_results.html 
http://www.hoops227.com/you_tube_indianapolis_motor_speedway_radio_network.html  The increased attention going into the race helped register a 6.5 Nielsen rating, the highest since 1996.[9] Contents [hide] 1 News 2 Practice (week 1) 2.1 Sunday May 8 2.2 Monday May 9 2.3 Tuesday May 10 2.4 Wednesday May 11 2.5 Thursday May 12 2.6 Friday May 13 3 Time trials (weekend 1) 3.1 Saturday May 14 3.2 Sunday May 15 (Pole day) 4 Practice (week 2) 4.1 Wednesday May 18 4.2 Thursday May 19 4.3 Friday May 20 5 Time trials (weekend 2) 5.1 Saturday May 21 5.2 Sunday May 22 (Bump day) 6 Carb day 7 Race summary 7.1 Start 7.2 First half 7.3 Second half 7.4 Finish 8 Box score 9 Race leaders 10 Starting Grid 11 Aftermath 11.1 ABC's television coverage controversy 12 References [edit] News Over the offseason, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was milled and repaved in asphalt. Selective diamond grinding was done in an effort to smooth out bumps in the turns. On April 5, 2005, a private test session saw four teams (AGR, Chip Ganassi Racing, Rahal Letterman Racing, and Panther Racing) test for Firestone. The session was cancelled, however, when the inconsistent pavement in the turns created an unsuitable dual level of grip in the corners. A week later, the entire track was diamond grinded to cure the problem. Among the numerous team/driver changes for 2005 included Rahal Letterman Racing. Defending Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice returned, and was joined by rookie Danica Patrick. Newman/Haas Racing returned to the Indy 500 for the first time since 1995, entering Sébastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira. [edit] Practice (week 1) [edit] Sunday May 8 Opening day of practice focused on rookie orientation. The coveted first driver on the track was Danica Patrick.[10] Among the top drivers of the day were Patrick (221.463 mph), Ryan Briscoe, and Patrick Carpentier. Seven out of the nine drivers participating completed their required rookie test. [edit] Monday May 9 The second day of rookie orientation saw Danica Patrick again set the pace. She set the fast lap of the month thus far at 222.741 mph. Sébastien Bourdais completed his rookie test, while Jeff Ward completed a refresher test.[10] [edit] Tuesday May 10 The first full day of veteran practice saw heavy activity. Dan Wheldon led the speed chart at 226.808 mph, and no incidents were reported.[10] [edit] Wednesday May 11 Defending Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice suffered a significant crash at 12:16 p.m. The car spun in turn 2 and made heavy contact to the rear of the car. Kosuke Matsuura spun to avoid the crash, but received minimal damage. Rice was tranported to Methodist Hospital with a concussion.[10] Rain ended the day about a half hour early, with Tony Kanaan fastest of the day, and fastest of the month thus far, at 227.453 mph.[10] [edit] Thursday May 12 Darren Manning and Paul Dana both suffered single-car crashed during the session, but neither were seriously injured. Tony Kanaan led the pace early over 227 mph, but late in the day, Danica Patrick upped the speed to 227.633 mph. It marked the fastest lap thus far during the month, and the first time a female driver had led the speed chart on a full day of practice (without a rain delay) since 1977.[10] [edit] Friday May 13 "Fast Friday" practice saw cloudy skies, and warm terperatures. Paul Dana wrecked his backup car, the second day in a row crashing. Exiting turn two, Dana spun and hit the outside wall, and slid down the backstrech. Sam Hornish, Jr. hit a piece of debris from the wreck on the backstrech, and did a full flip. The car came down upright, but continued to spin and came to a rest overturned. Hornish was uninjured, but Dana was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.[10] Tomas Scheckter turned the fastest lap thus far around 1 p.m., at 227.804 mph. Rain began to fall shortly after 2 p.m., and closed the track for the day.[10] [edit] Time trials (weekend 1) [edit] Saturday May 14 Rain fell overnight and into the morning, preventing any track activity. A new qualifying format was put into place for 2005, providing that only the top 11 cars would secure positions on pole day, and bumping would then occur. Track officials decided to cancel activities for the day at 12:15 p.m., and postpone pole qualifying until Sunday.[10] Shortly after the official postponement, the rain stopped and blue skies emerged.[11] Some complained that qualifying could have been held afterall, but head official Brian Barnhart still felt there would not be sufficient time to finish the qualifying order.[11] [edit] Sunday May 15 (Pole day) Cool temperatures in the mid-50s were observed for morning practice. Danica Patrick set the fastest lap of the entire month during the morning session at 229.675 mph. The lap made her a favorite for the front row. Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan were close behind on the speed chart.[10] Due to the rainout on Saturday, 22 positions were to be filled on Sunday. After the field filled to 22 cars, bumping would begin. At noon, Scott Sharp was the first car to make a qualifying attempt. He placed himself in the field with a speed of 227.126 mph. Moments later, Tony Kanaan put himself on the provisional pole position with a speed of 227.566 mph.[10] At 12:45 Danica Patrick took to the track. On her first lap, midway through turn 1, the back end of the car wiggled a bit, and slowed her exit from the turn. The first lap was a dissapointing 224.920 mph. The second lap, however, increased to 227.638 mph. her fourth and final lap was run at 227.860 mph, the fastest single lap of the day. The final four-lap average of 227.004 mph put her in the fourth starting position. Many feel that if not for the mistake on the first lap, her speed would have been sufficient to secure the pole position.[10] Later in the day, Sam Hornish, Jr. bumped his way onto the front row. Helio Castroneves withdrew his earlier speed, but ended up losing a position when he requalified. The field filled to 22 cars, and the day ended as Jaques Lazier was "bumped."[10] [edit] Practice (week 2) [edit] Wednesday May 18 Rahal Letterman Racing named Kenny Bräck as the replacement for injured Buddy Rice. Brack was the 1999 winner, but sat out the 2004 season recovering from a massive crash in October 2003 at Texas. Nearly 2,500 laps were run during the afternoon, with Dan Wheldon fastest at 227.320 mph. The fastest non-qualified car was Kenny Bräck, already up to 225.774 mph.[10] [edit] Thursday May 19 Rain washed out all practice for the day.[10] [edit] Friday May 20 Another busy day of practice saw 2,228 laps completed incident-free. Dan Wheldon remained on top of the speech chart at 226.399 mph, until Tony Kanaan (226.490 mph) bumped him off in the final hour.[10] Arie Luyendyk, Jr., attemping to complete his rookie test, suffered gearbox trouble, then later blew an engine. [edit] Time trials (weekend 2) [edit] Saturday May 21 The third day of time trials saw the field fill to 32 cars. In the first hour, Ryan Briscoe, Marty Roth and Kenny Bräck completed runs. Bräck qualified at 227.598 mph, the fastest qualifier in the field.[10] Though he qualified faster than polesitter Tony Kanaan, as a third day qualifier, Bräck would be required to start 22nd. After blowing an engine earlier, A. J. Foyt IV put a car in the field, and the field finished the day with one grid position open.[10] [edit] Sunday May 22 (Bump day) With one position open, very few teams in the garage area were prepared to make a qualifying attempt. Most teams used the morning and afternoon sessions for practice. Arie Luyendyk, Jr. was the only entry going into the day confirming an intent to qualify. At 3:10 p.m., Luyendyk, Jr. completed a run at 215.039 mph, and filled the field to 33 cars.[10] Luyendyk, Jr. was the slowest car in the field, and on the bubble. However, it appeared that Luyendyk would be safe, with no other teams preparing to qualify. Shortly after the run, A. J. Foyt Racing announced that they had signed veteran Felipe Giaffone, and he would attempt to qualify. Giaffone had been shopping with his wife at Babies "Я" Us when he got a telephone call to run over to the Speedway.[10][12] Within two hours of being at the store, Giaffone was suited up and ready to drive. In less than 45 minutes, he was up to speed and ready to qualify. At 5:36 p.m., with less than 25 minutes left in the day, Giaffone took to the track and easily bumped Luyendyk, Jr. from the field.[10] Luyendyk's team quickly scrambled his car to go out one final time. With one minute remaining before the 6 o'clock gun, Luyendyk entered the track. His speed was pitifully slow, and he fell more than 7 mph shy of bumping his way into the field. [edit] Carb day For the first time modern scheduling, Carb Day was moved to the Friday before the race (May 27). Previously it was held on a Thursday. The final practice session was also trimmed back to one hour. All 33 qualified cars took to the track. Nine minutes into the session, Buddy Lazier wrecked coming out of turn four, sliding along the outside wall down the frontstrech. Lazier was not seriously injured, but the car would have to be repaired before Sunday. Danica Patrick led the speed chart at 225.597 mph, and no other serious issues were reported.[10] Later in the afternoon, Penske Racing with driver Sam Hornish, Jr. won the Checker's/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge. They defeated Andretti Green Racing (Bryan Herta) in the final round.[10] [edit] Race summary [edit] Start Race dawn emerged warm and sunny, with temperatures in the mid 70s (°F), and no chance of rain. Speedway chairperson Mari Hulman George gave the command to start engines at 11:58 a.m. (EST). The field assembled for two parade laps and one pace lap behind the Chevrolet Corvette C6 pace car, driven by Colin Powell. At the start, a very well-aligned field saw polesitter Tony Kanaan take the lead into turn 1. The field circulated safely through the first lap. In the third turn, Sam Hornish, Jr. passed Kanaan for the lead, and led the first lap. Kanaan re-took the lead on lap 3. The duo traded the lead once more before Larry Foyt crashed on lap 18, bringing out the first caution. Most of the leaders pit under the yellow, and Kanaan won the race off of pit road. [edit] First half Sam Hornish, Jr. took the lead on lap 38, and the race began to settle into a pace. On lap 55, a series of green flag pit stops shuffled the field momentary. Hornish ducked into the pits first, followed by Kanaan. The shuffle brought Danica Patrick to the lead on lap 56. It marked the first time in Indy 500 history that a female driver led a lap in competition. She pitted the next time around, and Hornish emerged once again as the leader. On lap 78, Bruno Junqueira went to pass the lap car of A. J. Foyt IV in turn 2. The two cars touched, and Junqueira crashed hard into the outside wall. He suffered a concussion and fractured vertebras. Kenny Bräck headed for the pits on lap 82 with mechanical trouble. The car eventually dropped out due to a broken wishbone suspension. As they approached the halfway point, Hornish and Kanaan again battled back and forth for the lead. [edit] Second half On lap 114, Richie Hearn and Scott Dixon tangled and crashed in turn one. On the restart, Kanaan and Dario Franchitti passed Hornish on the frontstrech, and pulled away from the field. On lap 147, Sam Hornish, Jr. went to pass Sébastien Bourdais on the outside of turn one. He slid high, and smacked the outside wall. The leaders pit on lap 149, which meant that only one more fuel stop would be required for each car. Exiting the pits, Bryan Herta was penalized for speeding on pit road, and was moved to the rear of the field for the upcomming restart. On 155, the field prepared to go back to green. Accelerating in the north short chute, Danica Patrick, running 8th, did a half-spin, and tagged Tomáš Enge. Tomas Scheckter spun to avoid the crash, and wrecked into the inside wall. Jeff Bucknum, Patrick Carpentier, and Jaques Lazier also got caught up in the melee. Patrick damamged her nosecone, and ducked immediately into the pits. The team replaced the nose of the car, then a second pit stop (lap 159) saw her change tires and top off the fuel. Patrick dropped to 11th, the last car on the lead lap. Just before the restart on lap 161, Bryan Herta ducked into the pits, and topped off the fuel. The team intended to go the distance without another pit stop. [edit] Finish With 30 laps to go, Dan Wheldon led Vitor Meira. Roger Yasukawa brought out the yellow when his car blew an engine down the fronstrech. All of the leaders except Patrick and Herta went to the pits. Staying out, Patrick and Herta shuffled up to the front of the field. Patrick took the lead for the second time of the day on lap 172, and led Herta on the lap 173 restart. To the delight of the crowd, Patrick pulled out to a 1 second lead. Her crew instructed her to dial down the fuel mixture (in an effort to make it to the finish), and her lead began to dwindle. Dan Wheldon caught her on lap 186, and took the lead. At the same time, Kosuke Matsuura hit the wall in the exit of turn four. With ten laps to go, the green flag came back out. Patrick darted around Wheldon, and took the lead into turn 1. She held the lead for three laps. With seven laps to go, Wheldon passed her once again, and pulled out to a lead. With less than three laps to go, Vitor Meira and Bryan Herta managed to get by Patrick, while Wheldon continued to pull away. Down the backstrech with less than 1½ laps to go, Buddy Lazier passed Sébastien Bourdais on the outside for 5th place. Bourdais got loose in turn 3, and crashed into the outside wall. The yellow and white flag were displayed, and one lap later, Dan Wheldon won the race under caution. Bryan Herta's fuel strategy worked out, and he came home third. Danica Patrick held on to 4th place, beating Janet Guthrie's Indy 500 record (9th place in 1978) for best finish by a female driver. Buddy Lazier finished a strong 5th, despite nursing a broken front wing after contact by Scott Sharp. [edit] Box score Finish Start Car No. Driver C* E* Qual Rank Laps Status Team 1 16 26 Dan Wheldon D H 224.308 17 200 Running Andretti Green Racing 2 7 17 Vitor Meira P H 226.848 8 200 Running Rahal Letterman Racing 3 18 7 Bryan Herta D H 223.972 20 200 Running Andretti Green Racing 4 4 16 Danica Patrick (R) P H 227.004 5 200 Running Rahal Letterman Racing 5 9 95 Buddy Lazier (W) D C 226.353 10 200 Running Panther Racing 6 6 27 Dario Franchitti D H 226.873 7 200 Running Andretti Green Racing 7 3 8 Scott Sharp P H 227.126 4 200 Running Fernandez Racing 8 1 11 Tony Kanaan D H 227.566 2 200 Running Andretti Green Racing 9 5 3 Hélio Castroneves (W) D T 226.927 6 200 Running Team Penske 10 24 33 Ryan Briscoe (R) P T 224.080 19 199 Running Chip Ganassi Racing 11 26 20 Ed Carpenter D T 221.439 25 199 Running Vision Racing 12 15 37 Sébastien Bourdais (R) P H 224.955 16 198 Crash T3 Newman/Haas Racing 13 22 51 Alex Barron D T 221.053 27 197 Running Team Cheever 14 14 5 Adrian Fernández P H 225.120 15 197 Running Fernandez Racing 15 33 48 Felipe Giaffone P T 217.645 36 194 Running A.J. Foyt Enterprises 16 27 21 Jaques Lazier P T 221.228 26 189 Running Playa Del Racing 17 8 55 Kosuke Matsuura P H 226.397 9 186 Crash T4 Super Aguri Fernandez Racing 18 17 24 Roger Yasukawa D H 224.131 18 167 Mechanical Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 19 10 2 Tomáš Enge (R) D C 226.107 11 155 Crash T4 Panther Racing 20 11 4 Tomas Scheckter D C 226.031 12 154 Crash T4 Panther Racing 21 25 83 Patrick Carpentier (R) D T 222.803 22 153 Mechanical Team Cheever 22 21 44 Jeff Bucknum (R) D H 221.521 24 150 Crash T4 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23 2 6 Sam Hornish, Jr. D T 227.273 3 146 Crash T1 Team Penske 24 13 9 Scott Dixon P T 225.215 14 113 Crash T1 Chip Ganassi Racing 25 20 70 Richie Hearn P C 222.707 23 112 Crash T1 Sam Schmidt Motorsports 26 23 15 Kenny Bräck (W) P H 227.598 1 92 Mechanical Rahal Letterman Racing 27 31 22 Jeff Ward D T 218.714 34 92 Handling Vision Racing 28 28 14 A.J. Foyt IV D T 220.442 28 84 Handling A.J. Foyt Enterprises 29 19 10 Darren Manning P T 223.943 21 82 Mechanical Chip Ganassi Racing 30 12 36 Bruno Junqueira P H 225.704 13 76 Crash T2 Newman/Haas Racing 31 29 25 Marty Roth D C 219.497 32 47 Handling Roth Racing 32 32 91 Jimmy Kite D T 218.565 35 47 Handling Hemelgarn Racing 33 30 41 Larry Foyt D T 219.396 33 14 Crash T2 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (W) = former Indianapolis 500 winner; (R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie *C Chassis: D=Dallara; P=Panoz. *E Engine: C=Chevrolet; H=Honda; T=Toyota. All cars in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 used Firestone tires. [edit] Race leaders Seven drivers led the race, with a total of twenty-seven lead changes. [13] Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1-2 Sam Hornish, Jr. 3 Tony Kanaan 4-7 Sam Hornish, Jr. 8-25 Tony Kanaan 26 Dario Franchitti 27-37 Tony Kanaan 38-54 Sam Hornish, Jr. 55 Dario Franchitti 56 Danica Patrick 57-58 Bruno Junqueira 59-97 Sam Hornish, Jr. 98-100 Tony Kanaan 101-111 Sam Hornish, Jr. 112-115 Tony Kanaan 116-119 Sam Hornish, Jr. 120-122 Tony Kanaan 123 Dario Franchitti 124-135 Tony Kanaan 136-143 Dario Franchitti 144-145 Tony Kanaan 146-149 Dario Franchitti 150-161 Dan Wheldon 162-164 Vitor Meira 165-171 Dan Wheldon 172-185 Danica Patrick 186-189 Dan Wheldon 190-193 Danica Patrick 194-200 Dan Wheldon Total laps led Laps Leader Sam Hornish, Jr. 77 Tony Kanaan 54 Dan Wheldon 30 Danica Patrick 19 Dario Franchitti 15 Vitor Meira 3 Bruno Junqueira 2 Cautions: 8 for 46 laps Laps Reason 18-24 Larry Foyt crash 77-86 Junqueira, Foyt IV contact 114-119 Dixon/Hearn crash 147-154 Hornish crash 155-161 Enge, Scheckter, Patrick, Bucknum crash 171-173 Yasukawa car smoking 187-189 Matsuura crash 199-200 Bourdais crash [edit] Starting Grid Row Inside Middle Outside 1 11 - Tony Kanaan 6 - Sam Hornish, Jr. 8 - Scott Sharp 2 16 - Danica Patrick 3 - Hélio Castroneves 27 - Dario Franchitti 3 17 - Vitor Meira 55 - Kosuke Matsuura 95 - Buddy Lazier 4 2 - Tomáš Enge 4 - Tomas Scheckter 36 - Bruno Junqueira 5 9 - Scott Dixon 5 - Adrian Fernández 37 - Sébastien Bourdais 6 26 - Dan Wheldon 24 - Roger Yasukawa 7 - Bryan Herta 7 10 - Darren Manning 70 - Richie Hearn 44 - Jeff Bucknum 8 51 - Alex Barron 15 - Kenny Bräck 33 - Ryan Briscoe 9 83 - Patrick Carpentier 20 - Ed Carpenter 21 - Jaques Lazier 10 14 - A. J. Foyt IV 25 - Marty Roth 41 - Larry Foyt 11 22 - Jeff Ward 91 - Jimmy Kite 48 - Felipe Giaffone Official report[14] Failed to qualify: 98 Arie Luyendyk, Jr. (bumped) 91 Paul Dana (injured during a practice crash; withdrew) 15 Buddy Rice (injured during a practice crash; withdrew) 41 Scott Mayer (failed to complete rookie orientation) [edit] Aftermath The massive media attention going into the race delivered a high television rating,[9] and brought the IndyCar Series back into the limelight after several slumping years. Dan Wheldon rode the wave of success to six total victories in 2005, and clinched the 2005 IndyCar Series championship. Danica Patrick, however, emerged from the race as the biggest star.[15] She was interviewed on Good Morning America the morning after the race, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Patrick became a household name nearly overnight,[16] and became a "watercooler" topic.[17] Two weeks after the race, other drivers in the series started to embrace and make light of the attention. Race winner Dan Wheldon wore a t shirt stating "Actually won the Indy 500." Buddy Rice, the 2004 Indy 500 winner sported a shirt saying "Danica's teammate," while Vitor Meira, who finished second wore a shirt with "Danica's other teammate."[18] [edit] ABC's television coverage controversy For 2005, ABC Sports replaced veteran announcer Paul Page with Todd Harris.[19] Harris had previously covered the World's Strongest Man competitions, and worked as a sideline–pit reporter. However, he was inexperienced in anchoring live sports, and did not personally pursue the role.[19] Harris was joined by analyst Scott Goodyear in the booth. Going into the race broadcast, one of the most significant stories of the month was Danica Patrick qualifying 4th, and having a legitimate chance to win the race. ABC Sports planned to focus considerably on Patrick during the pre-race and race running.[19][20] Many felt that ABC was ignoring the other drivers, including polesitter Tony Kanaan and eventual winner Dan Wheldon.[21] In the days after the race, ABC, and Harris in particular, were largely criticised by columnists and bloggers for poor coverage, and for biased and subjective coverage of Patrick.[21][22][23][24][25][26] It was pointed out that despite the close attention, neither Harris nor Goodyear noticed that Patrick had taken the lead during a sequence of pit stops on lap 56.[23][24] Nine laps later, as ABC returned from commercial, Harris mentioned Patrick having taken the lead for the first time.[23][27] His comments were criticised as he said she "...turned the trick..."[21][23][27] (usually a sexual reference), and that "Fifty years from now you will remember where you were when Danica Patrick made not only motorsports history, but she joined the likes of Amelia Earhardt and Sally Ride in a barrier-breaking performance..."[27][28] Of which Jerry Greene of the Orlando Sentinel wrote "I seriously doubt it, Todd."[26] Greene also wrote that Harris "said many stupid things Sunday because of Ms. Patrick's efforts."[26] Richard Sandomir wrote that Harris and Goodyear faltered in three distinct instances late in the race.[25] With 13 laps to go, they closely examined Dan Wheldon taking the lead by the nose of the car at the line repeatedly when a caution came out. It was portrayed as if they were racing back to the caution. However, such was not allowed under Indy Racing League rules. It was later observed that the caution light did not turn on until the cars were in turn 1 (well after Wheldon had completed the pass), and the attention focused at the start–finish line was misguided, misleading, and irrelevant. Three laps later, Harris awkwardly waited ten seconds before noting that Patrick had re-taken the lead on the restart.[25] When Wheldon took the lead for good on lap 193, Harris again hesitated, and waited 20 seconds to report the move, and another 30 seconds to report that Patrick had dropped to 4th place.[25] Sandomir also criticized a perceived "softball" post-race interview of Patrick by Jerry Punch.[25] Houston Chronicle writer David Barron said during the pre-race show and the race's first 90 minutes, he "counted an average of one Patrick reference every five minutes, and each reference went on for some time." 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