Coors Light Carb Day
• May 22 schedule (all times Eastern):
8 a.m. -- Gates open
8-10:30 a.m. -- Syndicated Bob & Tom Live Show in INDYCAR Fan Village in infield
9-10 a.m. -- Troy Lee Designs program autograph session in plaza
10-11 a.m. -- Firestone pin distribution in plaza
11 a.m.-noon -- Verizon IndyCar Series final practice
11 a.m.-5 p.m. -- Ivy Tech garage tours (sign waiver in Gasoline Alley garage 5)
12:30 p.m. -- Freedom 100 Presented by Allied Building Products (60 laps)
2 p.m. -- TAG Heuer Pit Stop Competition on pit lane
• Pit Stop Competition crew/driver lineup:
No. 1 Team Penske (driver Will Power), No. 3 Team Penske (Helio Castroneves), No. 5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Ryan Briscoe), No. 7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (James Jakes), No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (Scott Dixon), No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Takuma Sato), No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Graham Rahal), No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold-Kingdom Racing (Townsend Bell), No. 27 Andretti Autosport (Marco Andretti), No. 41 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Jack Hawksworth), No. 48 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Alex Tagliani) and No. 83 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (Charlie Kimball).
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• Also for spectators: Popular rock groups Jane’s Addiction, O.A.R. and 38 Special will perform starting at 3:30 p.m. on the Turn 4 Coors Light stage in the infield.
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• TV: Live on NBCSN starting at 11 a.m. (ET). Kevin Lee is the chief announcer.
• Web: Real-time Timing & Scoring and the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts is available on RaceControl.IndyCar.com. Paul Page is the chief announcer.
• INDYCAR 15 app: Verizon Wireless puts fans in the driver's seat with its INDYCAR 15 app, which has been enhanced with features such as an interactive 3D live view with real-time leaderboard and car telemetry to see where a fan's favorite driver is positioned, in-car camera video streaming from cameras that move 360 degrees and driver to pit crew conversation. Download it today.
Ed Carpenter's Carb Day practice goals: "You just really want to go out and reaffirm how you feel about your car. There might be a couple of small things we'll try to improve on. Not make too many changes but just go out in traffic, make sure it still feels like it did (in practice May 18) and then put it away. The first part is totally a systems check and from there it's making sure the balance is the same (as May 18)."
Qualifications: Scott Dixon, who won the 2008 Indy 500 from the pole, earned his second pole start in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a four-lap average speed of 226.760 mph.
Of note: In practice May 16, Helio Castroneves turned the fastest lap (233.474 mph) since the 236.103 mph lap by Eddie Cheever Jr. in the 1996 race. … Team Penske has 15 wins in the Indy 500, the most of any team. … There have been five different winners in five races this season. … There are five former Indy 500 winners who qualified for the race. … Carlos Munoz and Juan Pablo Montoya have finished in the top five in their two previous Indy 500 starts. … Gabby Chaves, the 2014 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires champion, and Stefano Coletti will make their first Indy 500 starts. Chaves won the 2014 Freedom 100 on the oval. … Tony Kanaan, the 2013 Indy 500 winner, will make his 300th Indy car start. He will be the eighth driver to reach that milestone, most recently by Castroneves in the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 9. ... Race coverage on ABC begins at 11 a.m. (ET) May 24.