47 cars were on the track today, turning 2,279 laps. Cars on track today: #1/1T Unser Jr.; #2 E.Fittipaldi; #3 Tracy; #4 Herta; #5 Gordon; #6 Andretti; #7 Salazar; #8/8T deFerran; #9/9T Rahal; #10 Fernandez; #11/11T Boesel; #12 Vasser; #14T Cheever; #15/15T C. Fittipaldi; #16 Johansson; #17 Sullivan; #18 Gugelmin; #19 Eric Bachelart, The AGFA Car; #20/20T Pruett; #21 R. Guerrero; #22 C. Guerrero; #24 Goodyear; #25 Hiro Matsushita, Panasonic Duskin YKK Reynard 95I; #27 Villeneuve; #31/31T Ribeiro; #33 Fabi; #34 Zampedri; #40/40T Luyendyk; #41T Scott Sharp, AJ Foyt Enterprises; #42 Greenfield; #44 Ward; #54 Hideshi Matsuda, The Zunne Group; #55 Greco; #60 Brayton; #64 Parsons; #77/77T Jones; #91 Fox; #92 Freon.
A total of 71 cars are now at the Speedway, 70 have passed technical inspection and 1 is in the process. 42 drivers have been on the track to date. There were 17 yellows for 2 hours, 20 minutes. At 10 a.m., the temperature was 55 degrees with winds NW at 10 mph. At 5 p.m., the temperature was 61 degrees with winds west at 12 mph. Track temperatures from Goodyear tire engineers were 77 degrees at 11 a.m. and 98 at 4 p.m. Forecast for qualifying Saturday from the National Weather Service is mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and highs in the mid- to upper 70's.
TOP 10 DRIVERS OF THE DAY 1 60 Scott Brayton Quaker State Sp. 234.656 2 40 Arie Luyendyk Glidden Special 234.332 3 24 Scott Goodyear Reynard Honda 232.246 4 5 Robby Gordon Valvoline/Cummins 231.839 5 31T Andre Ribeiro LCI Reynard Honda 231.523 6 18 Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood/PacWest/R 230.977 7 3 Paul Tracy Kmart/Budweiser/Lola 230.775 8 33 Teo Fabi Combustion Eng. 230.055 9 6 Michael Andretti Kmart/Texaco HavoR 229.838 10 9 Bobby Rahal Miller 229.574
PERFORMANCE HISTORY (BY TODAY'S SPEED)
TODAY MONTH Car Driver YR/Chassis/Engine Laps Speed Laps Speed 1 60 Scott Brayton 95/Lola/Menard V6 17 234.656 197 234.656 2 40 Arie Luyendyk 95/Lola/Menard 22 234.332 105 234.332 3 24 Scott Goodyear 95/Reynard/Honda 47 232.246 234 232.246 4 5 Robby Gordon 95/Reynard/Ford 66 231.839 217 231.839 5 31T Andre Ribeiro 95/Reynard/Honda 23 231.523 62 231.523 6 18 Mauricio Gugelmin 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 81 230.977 234 230.977 7 3 Paul Tracy 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 31 230.775 174 231.315 8 31 Andre Ribeiro 95/Reynard/Honda 24 230.144 194 230.144 9 33 Teo Fabi 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 54 230.055 264 230.716 10 6 Michael Andretti 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 18 229.838 168 229.838 11 9 Bobby Rahal 95/Lola/MB 83 229.574 239 229.574 12 12 Jimmy Vasser 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 60 229.101 171 229.101 13 34 Alessandro Zampedr94/Lola/Ford-Cos. 28 228.938 229 228.938 14 27 Jacques Villeneuve95/Reynard/Ford-Cos.103 228.827 371 228.827 15 11 Raul Boesel 95/Lola/MB 54 228.287 298 228.287 16 20 Scott Pruett 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 78 228.235 333 228.235 17 21 Roberto Guerrero 94/Reynard/MB 26 227.940 33 227.940 18 10 Adrian Fernandez 95/Lola/MB 84 227.382 232 227.382 19 4 Bryan Herta 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 57 226.940 163 227.485 20 22 Carlos Guerrero 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 68 226.837 186 226.837 21 15T Christian Fittipal95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 42 226.575 84 226.575 22 7 Eliseo Salazar 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 47 226.358 202 226.358 23 14T Eddie Cheever 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 73 226.193 137 226.193 24 91 Stan Fox 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 46 226.176 103 226.176 25 17 Danny Sullivan 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 80 225.875 332 225.875 26 15 Christian Fittipal95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 38 225.654 280 225.654 27 16 Stefan Johansson 94/Penske/MB 105 225.214 262 225.214 28 55 Marco Greco 95/Lola/MB 71 225.124 274 225.124 29 20T Scott Pruett 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 13 224.646 66 226.729 30 8T Gil de Ferran 94/Reynard/MB 71 224.534 112 224.534 31 1 Al Unser Jr 95/Penske/MB 67 224.489 313 224.489 32 2 Emerson Fittipaldi95/Penske/MB 60 224.467 393 224.467 33 11T Raul Boesel 95/Lola/MB 16 224.260 62 224.528 34 25 Hiro Matsushita 95/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 55 223.209 55 223.209 35 44 Jeff Ward 94/Lola/Ford-CoS. 46 222.965 186 222.965 36 8 Gil de Ferran 95/Reynard/MB 17 221.675 215 224.467 37 19 Eric Bachelart 94/Lola/Ford-Cos. 111 221.598 111 221.598 38 64 Johnny Parsons 94/Reynard/Ford-Cos. 43 221.337 98 221.337 39 77T Davy Jones 94/Lola/Ford-Cos. 22 220.919 22 220.919 40 77 Davy Jones 95/Lola/Ford-Cos. 43 219.550 173 219.550 41 92 Franck Freon 92/Lola/Menard V6 49 216.492 207 216.492 42 54 Hideshi Matsuda 94/Lola/Ford-Cos. 32 216.289 32 216.289 43 1T Al Unser Jr 95/Penske/MB 19 215.559 62 222.162 44 40T Arie Luyendyk 95/Lola/Menard V6 6 215.064 28 232.468 45 41T Scott Sharp 95/Lola/Ford-CoS. 48 213.275 48 213.275 46 42 Michael Greenfield93/Lola/Greenfield 30 210.143 103 210.143 47 9T Bobby Rahal 95/Lola/MB 7 196.885 49 224.070
48 3T Paul Tracy 95/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 19 229.926 49 6T Michael Andretti 95/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 21 227.906 50 27T Jacques Villeneuve95/Reynard/Ford-Cosworth 63 227.560 51 4T Jimmy Vasser 95/Reynard/Ford-Cosworth 77 227.181 52 5T Robby Gordon 95/Reynard/Ford-Cosworth 79 226.757 53 33T Teo Fabi 95/Reynard/Ford-Cosworth 31 225.722 54 60T Scott Brayton 95/Lola/Menard V6/G 23 225.203 55 21T Roberto Guerrero 94/Reynard/Mercedes-Benz/ 76 225.107 56 95 Davey Hamilton 94/Reynard/Ford-Cosworth 112 224.770 57 25T Hiro Matsushita 94/Reynard/Ford-Cosworth 156 222.255 58 51 Buddy Lazier 93/Lola/Menard V6/G 30 221.506 59 10T Adrian Fernandez 95/Lola/Mercedes-Benz/G 33 221.429 60 99T Lyn St. James 94/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 45 221.179 61 14 Eddie Cheever 95/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 59 219.834 62 77T Eliseo Salazar 94/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 29 215.882 63 7T Eliseo Salazar 94/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 22 217.181 64 16T Stefan Johansson 94/Penske/Mercedes-Benz/G 54 217.024 65 2T Emerson Fittipaldi95/Penske/Mercedes-Benz/G 21 216.403 66 80 Buddy Lazier 93/Lola/Menard V6/G 22 216.357 67 44T Jeff Ward 93/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 27 215.260 68 90T Dean Hall 92/Lola/Buick/G 40 211.064 69 22T Carlos Guerrero 94/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 23 210.659 70 90T Tero Palmroth 92/Lola/Buick/G 47 206.730 71 77T Dick Simon 94/Lola/Ford-Cosworth XB/ 6 0.000
LAPS TODAY: 2,281 TOTAL LAPS: 9,228 TOTAL MILES: 23,070.00 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* * Jim DeFord * * jdeford@pacifier.com * *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* * Rootin' For Pruett in '95 * *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
