Saturday May 17 - Third Day •
Weather: tba •
Practice summary :The morning practice session was marred by two crashes late in the session.
Mario Domínguez wrecked in the first turn, his second crash of the month. Minutes later,
Max Papis crashed hard in turn three.
John Andretti led the speed chart at 224.027 mph. •
Qualifications summary :The third day of qualifications saw the field filled to 33 cars with
Townsend Bell fastest of the day at 222.529 mph. Two additional crashes, along with mechanical problems, however, altered the field of non-qualified cars. :Seventeen minutes into the qualifying session, after four cars had completed runs, a light rain shower halted track activity for 15 minutes.
Oriol Servia, who was on the track when the rain fell, was allowed to re-attempt without penalty. Several former
Champ Car drivers including
Graham Rahal,
Justin Wilson, and
Will Power all qualified safely. :For the second time in Indy history, three female drivers made the field, after
Milka Duno and
Sarah Fisher completed runs. A break in the qualifying line occurred around 2 p.m., with former champion
Buddy Lazier the slowest in the field, and only one spot remaining. :Just before 4 p.m.,
Hideki Mutoh crashed his already-qualified car. On the exit of turn two, his car went high in the groove, and brushed along the wall part way down the backstretch. About 25 minutes later,
Phil Giebler, in his first significant on-track laps, crashed hard in turn one. He was taken to
Methodist Hospital. :With less than 15 minutes left in the day,
A. J. Foyt IV and
Marty Roth looked to make their way into the field. Foyt suffered a gearbox failure during his warm-up lap, and returned to the pits. Roth immediately went out and filled the final qualifying spot, albeit as the slowest overall in the field. Foyt's
Vision crew scrambled to put the gearbox back together, in hopes of bumping into the field before the 6 o'clock gun. The team ran out of time, however, and was forced to wait until Sunday to make a qualifying attempt.
Sunday May 18 - Bump Day •
Weather: tba •
Practice summary :
A. J. Foyt IV, still unqualified for the field, led morning practice at . Also spending time on the track were
Marty Roth,
Buddy Lazier,
Mario Domínguez, and
Davey Hamilton who blew a motor late in the session. •
Qualifications summary :Shortly after the track opened for time trials,
A. J. Foyt IV easily bumped his way into the field, bumping
Marty Roth in the process. Later in the afternoon, Roth was able to secure a spot by bumping
Buddy Lazier. :After qualifying,
A. J. Foyt IV took his car out for practice. The fuel buckeye cover broke off after he exited the pits, and in turn three, a fire started on the side of the car, causing him to spin and crash into the wall. The car was heavily damaged. With
Roger Yasukawa on the bubble,
Mario Domínguez made his first attempt to qualify, but was too slow. :In the final half hour, the unqualified cars made their final attempts.
Buddy Lazier's first attempt was too slow, and his team waved off after three laps.
Mario Domínguez made his second attempt, and was able to bump
Roger Yasukawa from the field. Yasukawa was the next to go out, and missed bumping his way back into the field by 0.046 seconds.
Max Papis lined up to make an attempt, but lingering clutch problems prevented him from pulling out of the pits. With about 13 minutes remaining, Lazier returned to the track after some adjustments, and found enough speed to bump Dominguez. Dominguez made one final attempt to make the field, taking the green flag just before the 6 o'clock gun. After one lap that was fast enough to bump
Marty Roth, he lost control and crashed in turn one. Roth and Lazier held on to make the field, while Papis was left waiting in line. ==Carb Day==