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      <title><![CDATA[A Week at the Indy 500 Lasts a Lifetime]]></title>
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What a week this has been. Nine days of preparation for the 97th Indianapolis 500 are now over and I feel it in my bones. Bump Day wrapped up qualifying today with zero drama after Saturday's rain delayed Pole Day shootout. Other than Ed Carpenter, Katherine Legge is probably the happiest driver in the 500 as she jumped in a car this morning, got it up to speed, qualified on the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/a-week-at-the-indy-500-lasts-a-lifetime-435198/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[No bumps on Bump Day but plenty of drama]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bump Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, well, wasn’t. There wasn’t any bumping and the big drama that occurred as qualifying ended for the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race centered around the possibility of a bump.

This was a beautifully sunny, hot and humid day in Indy, one in which 34 car/driver combos practiced throughout the afternoon. There was an hour-long practice between 9 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/no-bumps-on-bump-day-but-plenty-of-drama/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Time Trials at the Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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Even with all the changes to its format over the years and the possibility of more to come, the pathos of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 never gets old.  The Time Trials both test and reveal character every year.  The true cognoscenti of IndyCar racing understand and savor the power of these raw moments of human emotion.  John Mellencamp, a good Indiana boy, sang that we ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/the-time-trials-at-the-indianapolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carpenter surprises Penske, Andretti teams to win Indy 500 Pole]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2013) – David did beat the Goliaths Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when team owner/driver Ed Carpenter shocked the super squads of Penske and Andretti to win the coveted Indy 500 pole position.
 
Carpenter’s upstart, single-car operation proved that solid work and dedication can take out the strongest multi-car open-wheel organizations with a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/carpenter-surprises-penske-andretti-teams-to-win-indy-500-pole/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Takuma Sato qualified 18th for the 97th Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS May 18, 2013—IZOD IndyCar Series point leader Takuma Sato qualified for his fourth Indianapolis 500 driving the AJ Foyt Racing/ABC Supply Honda-powered Indy car. Posting a four-lap average speed of 225.892 mph, Sato will start 18th in the 33-car field.

Morning rain showers delayed the start of time trials by nearly two and a half hours, but once the 2.5-mile Indianapolis ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/takuma-sato-qualified-18th-for-the-97th-indianapolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Team Penske qualifies all there drivers in the first three rows for The Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 18, 2013) – AJ Allmendinger led Team Penske to a strong showing Saturday by qualifying fifth for the 97th Indianapolis 500. 
 
All three Team Penske drivers will start in the first three rows for the start of the &quot;Greatest Spectacle in Racing&quot; on Sunday, May 26. Will Power will start sixth while Helio Castroneves will line up eighth after the Team ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/team-penske-qualifies-all-there-drivers-in-the-first-three-rows-for-the-indianapolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newgarden bumped from Top 24 on Pole Day]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Indianapolis, Ind. (May 18, 2013) - Josef Newgarden set out to contend for the coveted pole position on Pole Day for the 97th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, but the cards were not in his favor.
 
Driving the No. 21 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (SFHR) Century 21/Dallara/Honda/Firestone car, Newgarden was bumped from the top 24 positions with less than one minute remaining ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/newgarden-bumped-from-top-24-on-pole-day/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pagenaud qualifies 21st for 2013 Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2013) - Simon Pagenaud qualified 21st for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average speed of 225.674 mph on his first qualifying attempt with Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. 
 
&quot;We expected to be faster, but the handling of the car is fantastic,&quot; Pagenaud said. &quot;I'm not too worried about it because I know we have a good race car. But somehow, we ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/pagenaud-qualifies-21st-for-2013-indianapolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panther ends eventful Pole Day with Hildebrand 10th and Bell 22nd in the show]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - (May 18, 2013) – Panther Racing added a little drama during the late stages of Pole Day qualifying for the 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500, but as the final gun sounded, both Panther drivers JR Hildebrand (10th) and Townsend Bell (22nd) were securely in the field for The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/panther-ends-eventful-pole-day-with-hildebrand-10th-and-bell-22nd-in-the-show/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Both KV Racing Technology cars make the field at the Indianapolis 500 on Pole Day]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Indianapolis, IN (Saturday, May 18, 2013) - It was a drama-filled day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today with qualifying being delayed due to rain. De Silvestro, driver of the No. 78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy car was first up having drawn 10th in the qualifying order, while Kanaan, driver of the No. 11 HYDROXYCUT - KV Racing Technology - SH Racing Chevrolet/Firestone car was ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/both-kv-racing-technology-cars-make-the-field-at-the-indianapolis-500-on-pole-day/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jakes' third attempt yields a 20th place starting spot for the Indy 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[OVERALL: Rahal was the first RLL driver to make a qualifying attempt and logged a four lap average of speed of 225.140 mph. Jakes was next from the team and set a four lap average of 225.401 mph but it was later disqualified due to being 0.5 lbs. under the minimum weight. Jourdain Jr. made an attempt and had a 4-lap average of 220.471 which did not make the top 24. When Jakes went back ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/jakes-third-attempt-yields-a-20th-place-starting-spot-for-the-indy-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wilson qualifies in middle of row five for the Indy 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Indianapolis, INDIANA (May 18, 2013) - Justin Wilson needed only one qualifying attempt on the day as he posted an average four-lap speed of 226.370 mph, which was good enough to put his No. 19 Boy Scouts of America Honda in the middle of row five for the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 26.
 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/wilson-qualifies-in-middle-of-row-five-for-the-indy-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barracuda Racing qualifies 11th for the Indianapolis 500 race]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Indianapolis, IN - May 18, 2013 - Alex Tagliani completed a solid qualifying attempt with a four-lap average of 227.386 to start P11 on Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Tagliani's No. 98 Barracuda Racing eleventh place starting position matches his qualifying effort from last year's race. The team was provisionally P4 when the Canadian driver turned his four laps. When all ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/barracuda-racing-qualifies-11th-for-the-indianapolis-500-race/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carpenter claims pole for 97th Indianpolis 500 mile race]]></title>
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INDIANAPOLIS - (Saturday, May 18, 2013) - After a Indianapolis 500 pole day filled with drama for teams Ed Carpenter found himself celebrating with the Verizon P1 Award

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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ed Carpenter on top after Indy's longest Pole Day]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The longest Pole Day in Indianapolis 500 history ended after 7:15 p.m. tonight with a sprint car guy and Butler Bulldog taking the first qualifying spot after the Fast 9 shootout:  Ed Carpenter! Now rain on the first day of qualifications at Indy is not new, as it has happened many times before. What was new was the early decision by Indycar to let the normal qualifying process play ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/ed-carpenter-on-top-after-indy-s-longest-pole-day/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eight Goliaths; One David – Guess who’s on the Indy 500 pole?]]></title>
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For a while it looked like the elements were going to win pole position for the 97th Indianapolis 500. It rained at the end of the 2-hour practice in the morning and didn’t stop until about 11:30, half an hour past when qualifying was supposed to start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

But qualifying did go on, albeit a bit late and by mid-afternoon, it appeared Team Penske was about ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/eight-goliaths-one-david-guess-who-s-on-the-indy-500-pole/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legge to drive 3rd Indy 500 entry for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports]]></title>
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INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2013) - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has signed Katherine Legge to drive its third entry in the 2013 Indianapolis 500.

 

Legge will pilot the No. 81 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda/Firestone car for her second start in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

 

&quot;I'm psyched to get back in the car, especially at Indy because this is such a special ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/legge-to-drive-3rd-indy-500-entry-for-schmidt-peterson-motorsports/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panther teammates stay fast on Friday as Hildebrand, Bell ready for Indianapolis 500 Pole Day]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - (May 17, 2013) – Fast Friday practicefor the 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500 turned soggy this afternoon with thunderstorms drenching the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but not before Panther Racing drivers JR Hildebrand and Townsend Bell were able to lay down some fast laps on the 2.5-mile track.

With Pole Day qualifying just hours away, qualification ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/panther-teammates-stay-fast-on-friday-as-hildebrand-bell-ready-for-indianapolis-500-pole/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power posts Team Penske’s fastest lap during Fast Friday practice]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 17, 2013) – Team Penske was able to record some fast laps – including its quickest of the week – during the abbreviated Fast Friday, the final full day of practice before Saturday’s pole qualifying for the 97th Indianapolis 500.
 
Will Power led the way during the rain-shortened session with a fast lap of 228.401 mph in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/power-posts-team-penske-s-fastest-lap-during-fast-friday-practice/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welcome to Indiana-ville: Center of the Racing Universe]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I will turn 56 in two weeks and my life has revolved around May at the Indianapolis 500 for nearly two-thirds of my life. My lady friend refers to May as the &quot;Month of Jay&quot;. I get tunnel vision every year and go all OCD about the 500. Her and I almost didn't make it past that first May together as I either disappeared to the track or spent hours at the computer working on ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/welcome-to-indiana-ville-center-of-the-racing-universe/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 06:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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