In 1998 Billy Boat started the Indianapolis 500 from the No. 1 spot, also called this
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Indianapolis 500: A look back | GazetteXtra  May 27, 2016 ... Busch finished sixth in the Indy 500 but could not finish the NASCAR ... Sato on the final lap when Sato challenged him low in Turn 1. ... Franchitti also began to conserve fuel over the final laps, but he was able ..... 1998: Cheever takes win ... Billy Boat started from the pole in a car fielded by A.J. Foyt, the first...
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1998 Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia  The 82nd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, ... During time trials, Billy Boat secured the first pole position at Indy for the Foyt team ... The two series began moving further apart, and for the second time, no major ... Foyt drivers Kenny Brack and Billy Boat were also front row favorites,...
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2001 Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia  The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana ... CART did not schedule any races the weekend of Indy 500 pole qualifying, ... It also created a strategy for lapped cars to earn one lap back (ostensibly by .... Feeling that he proved his critics wrong, Stewart called them "idiots."...
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Billy Boat - Wikipedia  He is one of the few drivers with the distinction to have started from both the pole (1998) and final 33rd (2000, 2001) starting position in the Indy 500. He has not...
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J! Archive - Show #3812, aired 2001-03-13  Get up & identify this "Sex Machine"; he's Soul Brother Number 1 ... In 1998 Billy Boat started the Indianapolis 500 from the No. 1 spot, also called this...
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Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia  The Indianapolis 500 is held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.5 mile oval circuit. Drivers race 200 laps, counterclockwise around the circuit, for a distance of 500 miles. Since its inception in 1911, the race has always been scheduled on or around Memorial Day.
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Indianapolis 500: A look back | GazetteXtra  May 27, 2016 ... 2015: Montoya wins for second time after 15 years ... running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. ... Tony Kanaan led the race during a late caution as he tried to secure his ..... May 30, 1993 and won by Emerson Fittipaldi with an average speed of 157.207 mph.
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List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters - Wikipedia  Rick Mears (6). Most recent, Canada James Hinchcliffe. Winners of the Pole position for the Indianapolis 500. The pole position is the first starting ... Rick Mears holds the all-time record with six career pole positions. Ten drivers ... The Indianapolis 500 has been won from the pole position a total of twenty times (out of 100).
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1911 Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia  The 1911 International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday, May 30, 1911. It was the inaugural running of the Indianapolis 500, which is one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world. Ray Harroun, an engineer with the Marmon Motor Car Company, came out ... In choices for a specific date to hold the race, Memorial Day, already the...
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U.S. 500 - Wikipedia  The U.S. 500 was an automobile race sanctioned by CART on May 26, 1996 at the Michigan ... Tony George, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, formed the Indy Racing League as an alternative to CART. ... CART board agreed to stage the U.S. 500 at an alternative venue on Memorial Day weekend, the traditional...
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Sullivan Bumps Unser From Win At Long Beach - tribunedigital ...  Apr 13, 1992 ... ... grasp, Unser was tapped from behind by teammate Danny Sullivan, who drove ... Two other drivers, Bobby Rahal and Emerson Fittipaldi, also got past ... he got through the first lap and Michael Andretti go out with a broken...
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The Indy 500 at 100 | The Gazette  May 15, 2016 ... Indianapolis loves racing all year long, not just over Memorial Day weekend, says ... Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which has hosted the Indianapolis 500 since its inaugural run. ... Families visiting the city can get a kid-sized perspective on the famous race at the ... Horizons hosts fundraiser for Survivors' .
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1962 Daytona 500 - Wikipedia  The 1962 Daytona 500, was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on February 18, 1962 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was won by Fireball Roberts driving a 1962 Pontiac. ... It wanted the drivers to focus on its own stock car racing series. The Indy...
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NASCAR rules and regulations - Wikipedia  The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) makes and enforces numerous ... Beginning in 2013, the livery layout for the Sprint Cup Series was altered, coinciding .... Whoever had the faster qualifying time in each race used No. ... If the green flag is waved, but NASCAR calls off the restart because of an...
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EatMyInk 2016 Indianapolis 500  98 NAPA Auto Parts/Curb Honda, Rossi stretched his last tank of fuel over ... He became a Verizon IndyCar Series winner in just his sixth race and the ... major part of Indy 500 ceremonies since it is held on Memorial Day weekend ..... face on the Borg-Warner trophy as winner of the 100th Indianapolis 500 Mile Sweepstakes.
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ESPN Classic - Classic Indy 500 moments  In realizing his boyhood dream, Ribbs, the son of an amateur race driver from ... 1987: Al Unser Sr., driving in a year-old car he had to beg to drive, wins his ... Rick Mears streaks into Indy 500 history when he wins the event for the fourth time, ... Mears, 39, gets into the Indy record book after outracing Michael Andretti in a...
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Morning Buzz, July 17, 2006 - SportsBusiness Daily ...  Jul 17, 2006 ... More Patrick: Having been there and having done so well, I know what (the Indy 500) can do for you in your whole life. Since one of my goals is to win that .... category was Famous Plays. This play that is quite concerned with the English language was, oddly enough, first performed in German, in 1913..
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People of IMS Owners - Indianapolis Motor Speedway  In 1927, American World War I flying ace Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and his ... family still owns and operates the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1945.
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Johnny Rutherford - Indianapolis Motor Speedway  Johnny Rutherford, dubbed 'Lone Star JR' dues to his Texas heritage, is one of ... though he scored his first Indy car race win at Atlanta Motor Speedway in ... He finally saw Indy's checkered flag by finishing ninth in the rain-shortened 1973 race after ... the 1976 race was called after just 255 miles with Rutherford out in front.
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Hall of Fame Inductees | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum  Over the years the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race has been called by various names. ... In these Hall of Fame biographies, the race is referred to as the Indianapolis 500 ... A four-time Bay Cities Racing Association midget car champion (1945-1948), ... His winning drivers in National Championship races included Jones (four),...
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Text - US Government Publishing Office  738 Commemorating ``The Greatest Spectacle in Racing'', the 100th running of the ... its 100th running; Whereas the first Indianapolis 500 was held on May 30, 1911, when engineer Ray Harroun drove his single-seater Marmon Wasp to victory, winning the race at an average speed of 74 miles per hour in 6 hours and 42...