Some scattered items as Practice Day 3 begins in about an hour.

I omitted the combined non tow chart from last night’s summary:

Merch

I checked the gift shop areas and came away generally unimpressed with the designs and high prices. The shirts are very thin. R=There were thre designs I liked, but the #45 ptice is excessive.

My Favorite Sign

It is great that the speedway sold out the grandstands a week earlier than they did last year. Sellouts used to be an annual, automatic event.I hope we are getting back to that situation.

Iffy Saturday?

Concerns about Saturday weather from @Indycar_Wxman:

/Weather delays are frustrating, and IMS is very persistent in drying the track and getting some running in. At worst qualifying would finish on Sunday, and the pole shootout may have to be altered. I would be fine if the first round of what is scheduled had to be scratched since the htree slowest cars don’t even get a laurel and hearty handshake.

Notes

Conor Daly on his fast run yesterday:

“Feeling great, but we weren’t even flat on that lap,” Daly said. “The car feels pretty good. It’s going really well. Honestly, it was very exciting out there, too. I saw more side-by-side racing out there on that run than I’ve seen in practice for a long time. It seemed good.”

Programs are still not available. I will try to find out why there is a delay. Some fans only attend for qualifying. It would be a shame if they couldn’t purchase a program during t5heir only track visit.

Photos

My friend Brad Proctor took some great photos yesterday. Here are a few.

Unless something earth shattering happens, I will be back at the end of the day with a wrap up.