Today's Trivia Question (answer at end of post): In what year did USAC take over as the sanctioning body of the 500?
Fastest Laps Summary: Unqualified Cars Car Driver Chassis/Engine Top Speed Top Speed # of Month of Day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1T Nigel Mansell 94 Lol/Ford 223.508 223.508 2T Al Unser Jr 94 Pen/Merc 225.694 225.694 3 Paul Tracy 94 Pen/Merc 229.961 DNR 3T Emerson Fittipaldi 94 Pen/Il-D 229.510 228.305 4T Bobby Rahal 94 Lol/Hond 213.802 DNR 5T Tero Palmroth 92 Lol/Buic 199.933 DNR 6T Mario Andretti 94 Lol/Ford 224.557 224.266 7 Adrian Fernandez 94 Rey/Il-D 224.629 DNR 8T Michael Andretti 94 Rey/Ford 228.189 DNR 9 Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 227.739 DNR 10 Mike Groff 94 Lol/Hond 214.388 DNR 11T Teo Fabi 94 Rey/Il-D 221.478 221.478 12T Jacques Villeneuve 94 Rey/Ford 219.138 DNR 14T Bryan Herta 93 Lol/Ford 215.208 DNR 15 Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 222.327 DNR 15T Mark Smith 93 Lol/Ford 219.101 219.101 16T Gary Bettenhausen 93 Pen/Il-D 220.399 DNR 18T Jimmy Vasser 94 Rey/Ford 224.562 221.976 21T Roberto Guerrero 92 Lol/Buic 222.988 222.988 23 Buddy Lazier 93 Lol/Il-C 220.550 220.070 24 Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 221.965 DNR 24T Willy T Ribbs 93 Lol/Ford 209.937 DNR 25 Marco Greco 94 Lol/Ford 220.108 220.108 28T Arie Luyendyk 94 Lol/Il-D 222.140 222.140 30 Pancho Carter 93 Lol/Il-C 209.142 209.142 30T Pancho Carter 93 Lol/Il-C 217.839 217.839 39 Ross Bentley 93 Lol/Ford 201.780 DNR 40 Scott Goodyear 94 Lol/Ford 223.037 215.079 40T Davy Jones 94 Lol/Ford 225.762 DNR 41T Bryan Herta 94 Lol/Ford 150 150 42 Johnny Parsons 93 Lol/Gree 207.579 DNR 44 Tero Palmroth 94 Lol/Ford 216.836 216.836 44T Tero Palmroth 93 Lol/Ford DNR DNR 45 John Paul Jr 93 Lol/Il-C 223.109 218.452 46 John Paul Jr 93 Lol/Il-C 222.058 222.058 50 Bobby Rahal 93 Pen/Il-D 224.143 224.143 51 Eddie Cheever 92 Lol/Mena 211.820 DNR 52T Mike Groff 93 Pen/Il-D 222.888 222.888 59 Geoff Brabham 93 Lol/Mena 227.658 221.391 59T Eddie Cheever 93 Lol/Mena 225.926 223.775 61 Gary Bettenhausen 93 Pen/Il-C 223.447 DNR 71T Scott Sharp 94 Lol/Ford 221.795 220.718 74 Jim Crawford 91 Lol/Buic 217.003 199.880 94 Jeff Andretti 92 Lol/Buic 220.124 214.123 95 Stan Fox 91 Lol/Buic 211.974 DNR -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qualified Cars
Car Driver Chassis/Engine Qualifying Top Speed
# Speed of Day
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1 Nigel Mansell 94 Lol/Ford 224.041 DNR
2 Emerson Fittipaldi 94 Pen/Merc 227.303 DNR
4 Bobby Rahal 94 Lol/Hond 220.178 DNR
5 Raul Boesel 94 Lol/Ford 227.618 DNR
6 Mario Andretti 94 Lol/Ford 223.503 DNR
7T Adrian Fernandez 94 Rey/Il-D 222.657 215.182
8 Michael Andretti 94 Rey/Ford 226.205 DNR
9T Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 221.293 DNR
10T Mike Groff 94 Lol/Hond 218.808 DNR
11 Teo Fabi 94 Rey/Il-D 223.394 DNR
12 Jacques Villeneuve 94 Rey/Ford 226.259 DNR
14 Bryan Herta 94 Lol/Ford 220.992 216.904
16 Stefan Johansson 93 Pen/Il-D 221.518 DNR
17 Dominic Dobson 94 Lol/Ford 222.970 219.272
18 Jimmy Vasser 94 Rey/Ford 222.262 DNR
19 Brian Till 93 Lol/Ford 221.107 DNR
21 Roberto Guerrero 92 Lol/Buic 221.278 DNR
22 Hiro Matsushida 94 Lol/Ford 221.382 217.381
27 Eddie Cheever 93 Lol/Mena 223.163 DNR
27T Scott Brayton 93 Lol/Mena 223.652 DNR
28 Arie Luyendyk 94 Lol/Il-D 223.673 DNR
31 Al Unser Jr 94 Pen/Merc 228.011 DNR
31T Paul Tracy 94 Pen/Merc 222.710 DNR
33 John Andretti 94 Lol/Ford 222.263 218.771
71 Scott Sharp 94 Lol/Ford 222.091 DNR
79 Dennis Vitolo 93 Lol/Ford 222.439 DNR
88 Mauricio Gugelmin 94 Rey/Ford 220.460 DNR
90 Lyn St. James 94 Lol/Ford 224.158 218.691
91 Stan Fox 94 Rey/Ford 222.867 216.534
99 Hideshi Matsuda 93 Lol/Ford 222.545 DNR
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Answer to Trivia: In 1956, USAC took over the sanctioning from the AAA.
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