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Practice and Qualifying on Friday, March 28, 2008.
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Will Power, now driving for KV Racing Technology with Team Australia sponsorship. |
11:43 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/4000 F4.0 |
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Enrique Bernoldi joins Conquest Racing. |
11:46 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/6400 F4.0 |
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Justin Wilson waiting for setup changes to the McDonalds car. |
11:47 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/800 F6.3 |
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Milka Duno takes her Venezuelan Citgo sponsorship to Dreyer & Reinbold. |
11:49 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/400 F5.6 |
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Milka Duno strapped in tight. |
11:50 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/500 F3.5 |
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Ernesto Viso in the HVM Racing #33 with PDVSA sponsorship. |
11:50 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/320 F5.6 |
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Darren Manning is still teaching A.J. Foyt a few tricks. |
11:52 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/500 F5.6 |
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Darren consults the Foyt Racing hi-tech scoring system. |
11:53 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F5.0 |
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Mario Moraes leaves the pits in the Dale Coyne Racing Sonny's Bar-B-Q car. |
11:53 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Bruno Junqueira is also with Dale Coyne in the #18 car. |
11:54 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/500 F5.6 |
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Mario Moraes returns the pit box. |
11:54 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1250 F5.0 |
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Will Power heads out onto the track. |
11:57 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Oriol Servia in the second KV Racing Technology car with sponsorship from Plantronics and Kevin Kalkhoven's iRise venture. |
11:57 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F7.1 |
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Mario Moraes in the cockpit. |
11:58 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F3.5 |
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Mario Moraes heads out for more practice laps. |
12:00 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/250 F7.1 |
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Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing is still making adjustments to Justin Wilson's car. |
12:02 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/200 F7.1 |
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French driver Franck Perera sits in the #34 Conquest Racing machine. |
12:03 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/60 F7.1 |
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Franck Perera's car carries Ares sponsorship. |
12:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F7.1 |
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Mario Moraes heads out on track. |
12:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/250 F7.1 |
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Ryan Hunter-Reay sits patiently in Bobby Rahal's Ethanol car. |
12:06 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F7.1 |
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Bobby Rahal chews a toothpick, as usual. |
12:06 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/50 F7.1 |
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Vitor Meira in the Panther car now has support from Delphi and the National Guard. |
12:07 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F7.1 |
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Few markings yet for English driver Jay Howard's Roth Racing Dallara. |
12:08 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F8.0 |
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Jay Howard has been signed to run the entire season for Roth Racing. |
12:09 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F8.0 |
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49-year-old owner/driver Marty Roth. |
12:10 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/100 F5.6 |
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Marty Roth. |
12:10 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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Tony George's stepson Ed Carpenter returns to Vision Racing. |
12:11 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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A.J. Foyt IV is Ed's teammate at Vision Racing. |
12:11 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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Australian driver Ryan Briscoe takes NASCAR-bound Sam Hornish Jr.'s spot at Team Penske. |
12:13 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/200 F5.6 |
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Japanese driver Hideki Mutoh replaces Darion Franchitti (also trying his hand at NASCAR racing) at Andretti Green Racing. |
12:14 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/200 F5.6 |
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Danica Patrick. |
12:16 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/100 F8.0 |
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Scott Dixon looks for his teammate. |
12:17 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F8.0 |
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Tony Kanaan returns to Andretti Green Racing's 7-Eleven car. |
12:18 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F8.0 |
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Scott Dixon pulls on his helmet and HANS device. |
12:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F5.0 |
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Scott Dixon steps into the #9 Target car. |
12:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F3.5 |
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It's a squeeze! |
12:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F5.6 |
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Scott getting buckled in. |
12:20 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F5.6 |
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Now Dan Wheldon climbs into his Target Chip Ganassi Racing machine. |
12:20 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/250 F5.6 |
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Dan Wheldon is strapped in. |
12:21 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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The entire field waits for the yellow flag period to end before going out for another run. |
12:22 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/100 F10.0 |
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Tony Kanaan stays cool with a portable fan. |
12:24 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/200 F8.0 |
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Michael's son and Mario's grandson, Marco Andretti. |
12:25 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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Marco's office. |
12:25 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F3.5 |
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Hideki Mutoh. |
12:26 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F3.5 |
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Ryan Briscoe. |
12:27 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F7.1 |
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Ryan Hunter-Reay. |
12:28 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/250 F8.0 |
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Jay Howard. |
12:31 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F7.1 |
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Justin Wilson. |
12:31 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Buddy Rice, driving for Dreyer & Reinbold, returns to the pit box. |
12:32 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F7.1 |
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Buddy Rice. |
12:32 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F7.1 |
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Buddy Rice. |
12:33 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/160 F7.1 |
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Ryan Hunter-Reay. |
12:35 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F3.5 |
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Will Power. |
12:37 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/100 F5.6 |
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Will climbs out. |
12:38 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1250 F3.5 |
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Will climbs out. |
12:38 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/250 F5.6 |
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Oriol Servia. |
12:39 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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Former F1 driver Enrique Bernoldi at Conquest Racing. |
12:40 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F5.6 |
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Enrique Bernoldi. |
12:40 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1250 F3.5 |
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Franck Perera. |
12:41 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/100 F6.3 |
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Justin Wilson. |
12:42 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/125 F6.3 |
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Not yet, Justin. |
12:45 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F5.0 |
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Mario Moraes. |
12:47 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Ernesto Viso. |
12:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F5.6 |
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Ernesto Viso. |
12:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F5.0 |
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Ernesto Viso. |
12:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F5.0 |
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Ryan Briscoe. |
12:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F8.0 |
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Enrique Bernoldi. |
12:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Dan Clarke was looking for a drive at the HVM Racing pit. |
12:49 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F5.6 |
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12:50 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Darren Manning. |
12:52 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F5.6 |
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A.J. Foyt sits on the wall with his stopwatch. |
12:54 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Ernesto Viso. |
12:56 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/500 F5.6 |
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Milka Duno. |
12:57 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/640 F4.5 |
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Justin Wilson. |
13:00 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F6.3 |
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Franck Perera in. |
13:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F6.3 |
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Franck Perera out. |
13:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Justin Wilson. |
13:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F6.3 |
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Ernesto Viso. |
13:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Danica. |
13:05 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F5.6 |
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Hideki Mutoh. |
13:06 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F7.1 |
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Danica. |
13:09 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/125 F5.6 |
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Dan Wheldon. |
13:10 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F5.0 |
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A.J. Foyt IV. |
13:12 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F5.6 |
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Ryan Briscoe. |
13:12 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F5.6 |
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Franck Perera. |
13:12 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F5.6 |
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Dan Wheldon. |
13:15 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F5.0 |
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As the session ends, Dan Wheldon returns to his pit box. |
13:16 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F4.5 |
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The Target team practices a pit stop. |
13:16 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F4.5 |
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Dan Wheldon steps out. |
13:16 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1600 F4.0 |
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Tony Kanaan. |
13:17 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F4.0 |
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Ryan Briscoe. |
13:18 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/800 F4.0 |
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Ryan Briscoe with dancing partner... er... teammate Helio Castroneves. |
13:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Marty Roth. |
13:21 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F4.0 |
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Will Power. |
13:23 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/200 F4.0 |
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Enrique Bernoldi. |
13:24 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F4.0 |
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Franck Perera. |
13:24 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F4.0 |
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Justin Wilson. |
13:30 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F4.0 |
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Graham Rahal crashed his car during practice earlier in the week and will have to sit this one out. |
13:30 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/320 F4.0 |
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Graham chats with Dan Clarke. |
13:33 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/800 F4.0 |
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Al Unser Jr. watches his son, Al Unser III, in a Firestone Indy Lights car. |
13:42 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/400 F4.0 |
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Al Unser III. |
13:42 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/640 F4.0 |
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New Indy Lights driver Cyndie is all woman! |
13:45 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/2000 F4.0 |
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Justin Wilson. |
16:14 Canon EOS 40D ISO-320 1/1000 F7.1 |
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Helio Castroneves. |
16:14 Canon EOS 40D ISO-320 1/1000 F8.0 |
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Darren Manning. |
16:14 Canon EOS 40D ISO-320 1/1000 F8.0 |
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Dan Wheldon side-by-side with Scott Dixon. |
16:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-320 1/1600 F5.6 |
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Scott Dixon leads Dan Wheldon. |
16:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Dan Wheldon goes around the outside of Helio Castroneves. |
16:20 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Dan Wheldon leads Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon. |
16:21 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Dan Wheldon leads Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon. |
16:22 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Danica Patrick. |
16:22 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F5.6 |
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Ryan Briscoe leads Helio Castroneves and the Target teammates. |
16:23 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Will Power. |
16:23 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Justin Wilson. |
16:24 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Vitor Meira ahead of Ryan Briscoe. |
16:24 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon still flying in formation. |
16:25 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Jay Howard. |
16:25 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon still flying in formation. |
16:25 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Dan Wheldon back in front of Scott Dixon. |
16:26 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Ryan Briscoe. |
16:27 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Bruno Junqueira. |
16:28 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Ryan Hunter-Reay. |
16:28 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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The two Dans. |
16:30 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Dan Wheldon. |
16:31 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Helio Castroneves. |
16:31 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Vitor Meira. |
16:32 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Darren Manning. |
16:32 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Marty Roth. |
16:34 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Ed Carpenter. |
16:35 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Tony Kanaan. |
16:36 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Milka Duno. |
16:36 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Franck Perera. |
16:37 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Buddy Rice leads Hideki Mutoh. |
16:37 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Ed Carpenter. |
16:37 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Hideki Mutoh. |
16:38 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Franck Perera. |
16:38 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Marco Andretti. |
16:38 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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A.J. Foyt IV. |
16:39 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Oriol Servia and Enrique Bernoldi. |
16:39 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Mario Moraes. |
16:41 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Ed Carpenter, Milka Duno, Franck Perera, and Mario Moraes leave the pits. |
16:47 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Ed Carpenter. |
16:47 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Tony Kanaan. |
16:47 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Enrique Bernoldi. |
16:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Mario Moraes. |
16:49 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Oriol Servia. |
16:50 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F6.3 |
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Enrique Bernoldi and Buddy Rice leaving pit lane. |
16:53 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F8.0 |
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Marco Andretti and Tony Kanaan side-by-side in Turn 1. |
16:56 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Tony Kanaan leads Marco Andretti. |
16:58 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Buddy Rice. |
17:01 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Enrique Bernoldi. |
17:04 Canon EOS 40D ISO-500 1/2000 F7.1 |
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Ryan Briscoe waits to go out on his qualifying run. |
18:40 Canon EOS 40D ISO-100 1/500 F4.0 |
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Brian Barnhart explains the qualifying procedure to Will Power. |
18:41 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/500 F5.0 |
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Ryan Briscoe sets a time that sees him standing 6th at the end of the session, two places ahead of his teammate. |
18:42 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F4.5 |
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Will Power isn't very fast, but he gets the job done. |
18:44 Canon EOS 40D ISO-800 1/1600 F4.5 |
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Ryan Hunter-Reay prepares for his attempt. |
18:46 Canon EOS 40D ISO-640 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Ryan places 11th. |
18:48 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Danica briefly takes pole, but has dropped to fourth by the end of the session. |
18:51 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1000 1/1000 F5.6 |
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Scott Dixon sets the fastest average lap time of the session. |
18:54 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1000 1/1600 F4.0 |
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Jay Howard on his warm-up lap - at the next corner he crashed. |
18:55 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1000 1/1600 F4.0 |
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After a brief delay, Dan Wheldon takes to the track. |
19:09 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1600 F4.5 |
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But Wheldon also crashes - this time at Turn 3. |
19:10 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1600 F8.0 |
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Dan's car is returned to the paddock with the left side wheels hanging off. |
19:16 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1600 F4.0 |
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Tony Kanaan leaves the pit lane. |
19:17 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1600 F4.0 |
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Tony Kanaan. |
19:19 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1600 F4.0 |
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Milka Duno keeps it together and qualifies 18th. |
19:21 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Frank Perera sets the fastest time from among the Champ Car transition teams, qualifying 15th. |
19:24 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Oriol Servia is 16th quickest. |
19:27 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Hideki Mutoh starts his run. |
19:29 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Hideki Mutoh is the slowest of the Andretti Green Racing entries, but places a respectable ninth. |
19:31 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Enrique Bernoldi slots the Sangari car in at 19th. |
19:32 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Marco Andretti sets the sixth fastest lap average. |
19:37 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Mario Moraes sets the slowest times of the cars that completed their qualifying runs, but he didn't crash in his first attempt at qualifying on an oval. |
19:39 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Ed Carpenter surprises everyone by setting the fastest single lap in qualifying and placing second overall. |
19:43 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Ernesto Viso gets the job done. |
19:44 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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19:46 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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A.J. Foyt IV also has a good run, claiming third place. |
19:51 Canon EOS 40D ISO-1600 1/1000 F4.0 |
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Scott Dixon accepts the pole award. |
19:58 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/100 F4.0 |
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Scott Dixon with the pole award, the Target #9 car, and his team. |
19:59 Canon EOS 40D ISO-400 1/80 F4.0 |
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