Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis
• Race 5 of 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season. It is the second race on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course that was reconfigured and refurbished in 2013-14. ... Juan Pablo Montoya leads the championship standings by three points over Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves.
• Starting lineup and tire designation || Qualifying results
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• TV: ABC race telecast at 3:30 p.m. (ET). Allen Bestwick is chief announcer, with Scott Goodyear and Eddie Cheever Jr. the analysts. ESPN also distributes Verizon IndyCar Series race telecasts through a combination of ESPN networks and syndication to more than 197 countries, and the new ESPN Player brings fans across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (excluding the UK, France, Italy and South Africa) live and on-demand coverage as a new channel on the digital subscription service. Visit ESPNPlayer.com for information.
• Web: Real-time Timing & Scoring and the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts is available on RaceControl.IndyCar.com.
• Radio: Paul Page is the chief announcer alongside analyst Davey Hamilton. All Verizon IndyCar Series races are broadcast live on the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, Sirius 212, XM 209, RaceControl.IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR 15 app.
• 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.
Race laps: 82 (200 miles) ... rolling start
Push-to-pass parameters: 10 activations for 20 seconds each
Pit box dimensions: 47 x 14 feet
Race fuel: 70 U.S. gallons of Sunoco E85 for the race weekend
Tires: Eight sets of Firestone Firehawk primary tires and three sets of alternates for the race weekend
Qualifications: Will Power of Team Penske (1:09.4886) broke the year-old track qualifying lap record set by Simon Pagenaud (1:09.6716).
Final practice: Stefano Coletti, driving the No. 4 KV Racing Technology Chevrolet, was quickest in the 30-minute race day morning session.
Click it: Final practice results || Combined practice results
Points: Driver, entrant and engine manufacturer receive points corresponding to their finish in the race (manufacturer points are awarded to the top three Chevrolet and Honda finishers). Bonus points for driver/entrant also are awarded for Verizon P1 Award (1 point), leading the most laps (2 points) and leading a lap (1 point). Engine manufacturer bonus points are awarded for Verizon P1 Award (1 point) and leading the most laps (2 points).
2014 race: Pagenaud, who started fourth in the No. 77 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, held off Ryan Hunter-Reay by .8906 of a second.
Of note: Fans can walk the road course following the race. Pick up some tire "marbles." ... The top five in the championship standings, representing three teams, are separated by 24 points. ... Drivers return to practice on the 2.5-mile oval May 11 in preparation for the Indianapolis 500. ... Helio Castroneves marks his 300th Indy car start. His 40th birthday is May 10. ... Drivers return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 11 for practice on the 2.5-mile oval in preparation for the Indianapolis 500. ... The weather forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of afternoon rain, which Power said will "really mix things up."
He said it: Power about the new aerodynamic bodywork packages supplied by Chevrolet and Honda for the road/street courses: "The old car was pretty efficient around this track because you trim so much. It's a little better with the aero kit. The aero kit is more efficient when you run maximum downforce. In the way the car feels, it's not that different."