Veterans continue to set the pace in practice for the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500. Today was 2013 race winner Tony Kanaan’s turn. Conor Daly led throughout much of the afternoon before Kanaan ran the fast lap of the day. Santino Ferrucci had the third quickest speed before crash in in turn 2 with a little less than two hours left in the six hour session.

Kanaan is running an ovals only program for Chip Ganassi Racing. Jimmie Johnson drives the number 48 car on the road and street courses. The 500 is Kanaan’s third race of the year. He will have one more race, at gateway, in August.

In addition to Ferrucci’s crash, there was a minor incident between Scott McLaughlin and Colton Herta, Herta came out of turn four as cars ahead of him slowed. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan team cars had slowed near the finish line for a team photo op. My understanding is that Rahal did not inform Indycar of their plans, and the other teams were caught by surprise. Herta mad slight contact with the wall and McLaughlin’s car. both cars spent some time in the garage for repairs.

From earlier

https://thepitwindow.blog/2021/05/20/the-never-ending-quest-for-the-fastest-33/

Rahal’s team received a penalty for their actions and the three cars will have to sit out the first 30 minutes of tomorrow’s practice.

Ferrucci was sent IU Methodist for additional imaging on his left leg. Dr. Billows, the chief medical officer of IMS, said Ferrucci was able to put weight on foot. I have just learned that Ferrucci has been released from the hospital but has not been cleared to drive as of yet.

Today’s results:

RA	CAR NO.	DRIVER	TEAM	ENGINE	FASTEST LAP (mph)	TOTAL LAPS
1	48	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	225.341	80
2	47	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevy	225.245	90
3	45	Santino Ferrucci	Rahal Letterman Lnigan Racing	Honda	224.922	50
4	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevy	224.885	121
5	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	224.666	65
6	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevy	224.409	96
7	6	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	224.393	114
8	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	224.273	89
9	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	224.232	93
10	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda	223.944	104
11	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	223.679	125
12	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	223.548	81
13	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevy	223.491	60
14	5	Pato O’Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevy	223.333	64
15	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevy	223.230	82
16	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevy	223.199	85
17	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	223.116	91
18	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	222.623	123
19	18	Ed Jones	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan	Honda	222.604	63
20	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevy	222.441	96
21	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	222.412	94
22	86	Juan Pablo Montoya	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevy	222.384	73
23	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevy	222.364	42
24	4	Dalton Kellett	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevy	221.926	71
25	25	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	H	221.804	102
26	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	221.748	70
27	51	Pietro Fittipaldi	Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing	Honda	221.602	71
28	24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevy	221.411	86
29	11	Charlie Kimball	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevy	221.251	57
30	1	JR Hildebrand	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevy	221.173	62
31	16	Simona De Silvestro	Paretta Autosport	Chevy	220.911	81
32	29	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	220.822	97
33	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevy	220.489	61
34	14	Sebastien Bourdais	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevy	219.876	81
35	75	RC Enerson	Top Gun Racing	Chevy	217.444	50

Sloide bar to right for speeds

Tomorrow the cars receive a an 85-90 horsepower addition for qualifying, which should push the top speeds to 230 mph.

Cashless Concessions

All merchandise shops and food concessions at IMS are cashless in 2021. For someone who does not have credit cards, items can still be purchased.

This machine will convert your cash to a debit card to be used at the track. I’m not sure I the card is honored outside of IMS.

After you’ve maxed out your credit cards at the gift shop, this should be your next stop.