Opening Day - Complete With Pics


By Andrew Cutler
May 4 2008

Sunday was the start of practice for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500, which will be run on May 25. As per the usual Indy tradition, the rookies - a group that, thanks to the merger, totals 13 drivers this year - get the track to themselves for the first two days.

Each will have to undergo a four-stage "Rookie Test", proving that they can handle themselves in the car at ever-increasing speed increments; 200-205 mph, 205-210, 210-215 & 215+ before they will be cleared to participate in open (meaning no "speed limit") practice & qualifications. Ten drivers completed the entire test on Sunday, while another driver got 3/4 of the way through.

By the end of the day three drivers - Will Power, E.J. Viso & Oriol Servia - were putting down laps at over 220mph.

I took several pics today. I've posted the best of them at the site linked below:

http://indyandy.wordpress.com/08-pics-1/

Here are a few samples:

Will Power

opening 1

Justin Wilson

opening 2 

E.J. Viso

opening 3

Hideki Mutoh

opening 4 

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