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Indy Racing League
The Indy Racing League, or IRL, is an American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the IndyCar Series and the Indy Lights (the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League). Questions range from history, event information, car and driver information to personal opinion questions.
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No 2008 regular Indy Racing League driver carried number 55.
No, she is alive and well.
No. She supposedly will release a biography in 2010.
Who was the latest race car driver to die at Indy?
Tony Renna during a tire test session for Firestone in 2003.
Does the Indy 500 or Kentucky Derby have the largest crowd?
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, by far. According to Wikipedia, crowds at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May can reach "up to 165,000" when the 52,000-capacity grandstand is combined with the luxury boxes and infield standing-room-only crowds. No one knows exactly how many seats are in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway grandstand, but they know it's well over 250,000 and today they'll all be full. That doesn't count the infield, which is larger at Indy (a 2-1/2 mile track) than at Churchill Downs (a 1-1/8 mile track). It's conceivable that 300,000 people will attend the Indianapolis 500. I also think a lot more people will watch it on television--Indy's a couple hours from flag to flag, while the Derby is two whole minutes long.
Who are the four time Indy 500 winners?
A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears have won the Indianapolis 500 four times.
It was held on Memorial Day every year but in the mid 70's started running the race on the Sunday, one day before Memorial Day.
Can a car with big tires at speed of 80 mph overtakes car with small tires at speed of 80 mph?
No because both cars are going the same speed.
Changing the size of a tire effectively changes the gear ratio the car drives in. A larger tire will gear the car up and so it will have a higher top speed.
Does danika Patrick have kids?
No she doesn't. Female athletes usually put off having children until they "retire" because you can't participate in any sport, especially racing when you are pregnant.
The most famous Indy 500 driver named Al are Al Unser Sr and Al Unser Jr. They are father and son and both have won the Indy 500, Al Sr 4 times.
Does George Foreman have a race team or racing cars?
George Foreman and two of his sons, George Jr. and George III, joined Panther Racing during May of 2007.
What are the Indy 500's qualification rules?
NDIANAPOLIS 500 QUALIFYING PROCEDURES: Qualifications are also known as Time Trials. This means the drivers compete to see who is the fastest and gets to start the race close to the front. The qualifying draw for positions is conducted in first-come, first-serve order the day before 1st Day of Qualifying, ie. the drivers draw to see who is going to get to qualify first, second, third, etc. Drivers generally will be trying to qualify both their primary car and a backup (T) car. The pole position is decided by the fastest qualifier on the first day, or the fastest qualifier after one trip through the original qualifying line, whichever comes LAST. Each car can make three qualification attempts. When a car completes a four-lap, 10-mile qualification attempt, its speed becomes official. The car may not re-qualify. The driver, if the car is bumped or withdrawn, may qualify in another car. Each car must take two warm-up laps. The decision to take the green to start the attempt or wave off must be made the second time past the flagstand. The team owner or designated representative must raise the green flag to signify the start of a qualification attempt or the yellow flag will be thrown, aborting the attempt.
Was Al Unser ever get married?
Yes he's been married twice. Al Jr's mothers name is Wanda Devin, then he married my sister Karen Barnes in Nov 1977. They divorces several years later. Don't think Al ever married again.
Who was the first driver to drink milk at Indy 500 race?
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter of habit after winning the 1936 race. An executive with what was then the Milk Foundation was so elated when he saw the moment captured in a photograph in the sports section of his newspaper the following morning that he vowed to make sure it would be repeated in coming years. There was a period between 1947-55 when milk was apparently no longer offered, but the practice was revived in 1956 and has been a tradition ever since.
Who is the Only Indy winner to be disqualified?
I think it was Bobby Unser for passing Mario Andretti Illegally coming out of the pits.
What does Indianapolis and Detroit have to do with cars?
In the early 1900's several auto manufactures were based in Indiana, Marmon, Stutz, Auburn, to name a few. The Indianapolis 500 track was origanaly buitl as a test facility for local manufacurers. Other companies set up shop further north in the Detroit area, Ford is one example.
