Indy News: Roberto Moreno was picked to fill the seat vacated by the retiring Al Unser Sr. This is the first 500 Moreno has competed in since his 19th place finish in 1986. He started 32nd in that race following a Carburetion Day accident which damaged his primary car. It was his only appearance.
Today's Trivia Question (answer at end of post): What year were rookies first required to have rookie stripes on their car?
Fastest Laps Summary: Unqualified Cars Car Driver Chassis/Engine Top Speed Top Speed # of Month of Day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1T Nigel Mansell 94 Lol/Ford 222.398 DNR 2T Paul Tracy 94 Pen/Merc 225.135 225.135 3 Paul Tracy 94 Pen/Merc 229.961 DNR 3T Emerson Fittipaldi 94 Pen/Il-D 228.717 228.717 4T Bobby Rahal 94 Lol/Hond 213.802 DNR 5T Tero Palmroth 92 Lol/Buic 199.933 DNR 6T Mario Andretti 94 Lol/Ford 222.794 222.794 7 Adrian Fernandez 94 Rey/Il-D 224.629 DNR 8T Michael Andretti 94 Rey/Ford 228.189 224.221 9 Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 227.739 225.564 10 Mike Groff 94 Lol/Hond 214.388 DNR 11T Teo Fabi 94 Rey/Il-D 221.032 221.032 12T Jacques Villeneuve 94 Rey/Ford 219.138 DNR 14T Bryan Herta 93 Lol/Ford 215.208 DNR 15 Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 222.327 219.947 15T Mark Smith 93 Lol/Ford 211.238 DNR 16T Gary Bettenhausen 93 Pen/Il-D 220.399 DNR 23 Buddy Lazier 93 Lol/Il-C 220.550 DNR 24 Robby Gordon 94 Lol/Ford 221.965 215.750 24T Willy T Ribbs 93 Lol/Ford 209.937 DNR 25 Marco Greco 94 Lol/Ford 217.865 DNR 28T Arie Luyendyk 94 Lol/Il-D 222.063 213.960 30 Pancho Carter 93 Lol/Il-C 190.573 DNR 30T Pancho Carter 93 Lol/Il-C 216.779 213.858 39 Ross Bentley 93 Lol/Ford 201.790 DNR 40 Scott Goodyear 94 Lol/Ford 223.037 216.507 40T Scott Goodyear 94 Lol/Ford 225.762 DNR 42 Johnny Parsons 93 Lol/Gree 207.579 DNR 44 Roberto Moreno 94 Lol/Ford 199.375 199.375 44T Roberto Moreno 93 Lol/Ford DNR DNR 45 John Paul Jr 93 Lol/Il-C 223.109 DNR 51 Eddie Cheever 92 Lol/Mena 211.820 DNR 52T Bobby Rahal 93 Pen/Il-D 222.833 222.833 59 Scott Brayton 93 Lol/Mena 227.658 216.659 59T Eddie Cheever 93 Lol/Mena 225.926 210.832 61 Gary Bettenhausen 93 Pen/Il-C 223.447 DNR 71T Scott Sharp 94 Lol/Ford 219.272 219.272 74 Jim Crawford 91 Lol/Buic 217.003 217.003 94 Stan Fox 92 Lol/Buic 220.124 DNR 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 227.618 223.242
6 Mario Andretti 94 Lol/Ford 223.503 DNR
7T Adrian Fernandez 94 Rey/Il-D 222.657 218.537
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 226.259 221.266
14 Bryan Herta 94 Lol/Ford 220.992 DNR
16 Stefan Johansson 93 Pen/Il-D 221.518 DNR
17 Dominic Dobson 94 Lol/Ford 222.970 217.496
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 221.382 216.206
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 DNR
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 224.158 215.445
91 Stan Fox 94 Rey/Ford 222.867 217.628
99 Hideshi Matsuda 93 Lol/Ford 222.545 217.912
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Answer to Trivia: In 1950, rookies were required to have three tape stirpes on their car until they completed their rookie tests. In 1990, rookies were required to start using a "rain" light on their car until they qualified for the race.
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