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Jim Ayello of USA TODAY Sports and the Indianapolis Star are competing for the 103rd race of the 500m of Indianapolis.
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It's the day of the race on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and we have all the information you need to prepare for the 103rd edition of the Indy 500:
START TIME: 12am ET. GREEN FLAG: 12.45 ET.
Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, host of "American Ninja Warriors", will play the role of grand marshal and invite drivers to report to their car at 12:38. AND. Actors Matt Damon and Christian Bale share the role of honorary stars and wave the green flag.
RACE DISTANCE: 200 rounds around the track 2.5 miles for a total of 500 miles.
TV: NBC. The broadcast before the race starts at 11 am ET.
RADIO / STREAMING: All NTT IndyCar Series races are broadcast live on the INDYCAR Advance Auto Parts radio network, Sirius 219, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and the INDYCAR Mobile app. The race can also be run on nbcsports.com (if you have a cable or satellite provider).
INDY 500: Winners per year since the first race in 1911
This will be the 103rd edition of the Indianapolis 500. (Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports)
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Kelly Clarkson will perform the national anthem for the second year in a row. Clarkson also sang the Anthem at the Indy 500 in 2011, when she collaborated with Seal.
WEATHER Questionable. Although there is a decent chance that the race may start at the scheduled time, rain and thunderstorms are expected almost throughout the afternoon. Weather Channel predicts temperatures ranging from -70 to 70%, with chances that precipitation will increase from 25% at the start of the race to 80% around the projected checkered flag.
WEATHER: What fans should know if it rains at the Indy 500
LAST TIME: Will Power took third place ahead of pole winner Ed Carpenter by 3.159 seconds to win his first Indy 500 and 17th for team owner Roger Penske. Scott Dixon, who won the 2018 IndyCar Championship – his fifth in the series history – finished third.
S & # 39; ALIGN: Simon Pagenaud, 2016 champion of the IndyCar Series, signed the fastest qualifying time in the Fast 9, placing a Penske car on pole for the 18th time.
Here is the starting lineup for the Indianapolis 500 (car number in parentheses):
ROW 1
1. Simon Pagenaud (22), Chevrolet
2. Ed Carpenter (20), Chevrolet
3. Spencer Pigot (21), Chevrolet
ROW 2
4. Ed Jones (63), Chevrolet
5. Colton Herta (88), Honda
6. Will Poer (12), Chevrolet
ROW 3
7. Sébastien Bourdais (18), Honda
8. Josef Newgarden (2), Chevrolet
9. Alexander Ross (27) i, Honda
ROW 4
10. Marco Andretti (98), Honda
11. Conor Daly (25), Honda
12. Helio Castroneves (3), Chevrolet
ROW 5
13. (Marcus Ericsson (7), Honda
14. Takuma Sato (30), Honda
15. James Davison (33) Honda
ROW 6
16. Tony Kanaan (14), Chevrolet
17. Graham Rahal (15), Honda
18. Scott Dixon (9), Honda
ROW 7
19. Oriol Servia (77), Honda
20. Charlie Kimball (23), Chevrolet
21. JR Hildebrand (48), Chevrolet
ROW 8
22. Ryan Hunter-Reay (28 years old), Honda
23. Santino Ferrucci (19), Honda
24. Matheus Leist (4), Chevrolet
ROW 9
25. Jack Harvey (60 years old), Honda
26. Jordan King (42 years old), Honda
27. Ben Hanley (81), Chevrolet
ROW 10
28. Zach Veach (26), Honda
29. Felix Rosenqvist (10), Honda
30. Pippa Mann (39), Chevrolet
ROW 11
31. Sage Karam (24), Chevrolet
32. James Hinchcliffe (5T), Honda
33. Kyle Kaiser (32), Chevrolet
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