The Indianapolis 500 — The Great American Race — Sunday, May 30, 2010, 17:00 GMT
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[li]500 miles, 200 laps, 2.5 miles per lap
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[li]33 cars, all Dallara chassis with Honda engines
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[li]Drivers: 29 men (including 4 rookies), and 4 women (including 2 rookies)
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[li]Qualifying times and speeds (4 lap, 10 mile qualifying run):
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[li]1st place qualifier: Helio Castroneves, car #3, time 2:37.9154, 227.970 mph
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[li]33rd place qualifier: Sebastian Saavedra, car #29, time 2:40.9776, 223.634 mph
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[li]The start: 3 cars side-by-side in each row, 11 rows
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[li]Row 1:
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[li]Helio Castroneves, car #3, (inside)
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[li]Will Powers, car #12, (center)
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[li]Dario Franchitti, car #10, (outside)
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[li]The women:
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[li]Ana Beatriz (rookie), car #25, row 7 (outside)
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[li]Simona de Silvestro (rookie), car #78, row 8 (inside)
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[li]Danica Patrick, car #7, row 8 (center)
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[li]Sarah Fisher, car #67, row 10 (center)
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Some fun YouTube videos:
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[li]Dallara Concept Cars for 2012 — YouTube - 2012 Indy Car Dallara Concepts
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[li]For crash-aholics — YouTube - Indy 500 Biggest Crashes
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[li]For Danica Patrick fans — YouTube - Danica Patrick-SI Swimsuit 2009
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