Field For 96th Indianapolis 500 Set On Bump Day

Oriol Servia turned the fastest lap on Bump Day for next Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Photo by Leigh Spargur

Bryan Clauson, Ed Carpenter and Oriol Servia were back in the qualification line less than 24 hours after aspirations of reaching the top-nine shootout were scattered across the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Their crews put in multiple hours rebuilding their cars and, in Carpenter’s case, preparing the backup after crashes on Pole Day. Servia’s No. 22 Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing car was quickest (223.752 mph) of the nine non-qualified cars in the morning practice session, while Carpenter tested the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka car after the track opened for time trials.

Servia, the fourth to make a qualifying attempt on Bump Day, recorded a four-lap average speed of 222.393 mph. Clauson’s No. 39 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing car posted an average of 214.455 mph, while Carpenter was the final qualifier at 2 p.m. and turned a 222.324 mph average.

All three allowed themselves a few moments to decompress before returning to the 2.5-mile oval to apply their race set-ups on a humid afternoon that is forecast to be matched on Race Day May 27.

Sebastien Bourdais, who was bumped from the top 24 set on Pole Day, was the fastest qualifier on Bump Day with a four-lap average time of 223.760 mph. He’ll be joined on Row 9 by Indy 500 rookie Wade Cunningham (223.258) and Servia (222.393).

Carpenter is on the inside of Row 10, alongside Mike Conway (222.319) and Katherine Legge (221.624). On Row 11 are Clauson (214.455), Simona de Silvestro (213.393) and Indy 500 rookie Jean Alesi (210.094).

Indianapolis 500 Field Notes:

•There are three former Indianapolis 500 winners in the starting field: Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009), Scott Dixon (2008) and Dario Franchitti (2007, 2010). Between them they have six victories. The record for most former winners in the field is 10, in 1992. The fewest, other than the inaugural race in 1911, is zero in 1912.

•There are eight rookies in the field. This year’s rookies are Jean Alesi, Rubens Barrichello, Bryan Clauson, Wade Cunningham, James Jakes, Katherine Legge, Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud. Last year there were five rookies.

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•Dario Franchitti has led 306 career laps in the Indianapolis 500, more than any other driver in this year’s field. Other drivers in the field who have led more than 200 laps are Scott Dixon (293), Helio Castroneves (231) and Tony Kanaan (214).

•Thirteen different drivers in this year’s field have led a total of 1,156 laps in previous Indianapolis 500 Mile Races.

•There is a combined 103 previous Indianapolis 500 starts among the 33 drivers in this year’s field. The record is 260 years of experience, set in 1987 and 1992. There were 142 years of combined experience in last year’s field.

•The oldest driver in the starting field is Jean Alesi, 47. The youngest qualifier is Josef Newgarden, 21. Alesi is the oldest rookie to start in the Indianapolis 500. He will be 47 years, 351 days old on Race Day. The previous oldest rookie to start in the Indianapolis 500 was Jack Hewitt at 46 years, 320 days in 1998.

•There are 11 veterans of INDYCAR-sanctioned Firestone Indy Lights competition in the field. They are Marco Andretti, Ana Beatriz, Ed Carpenter, Bryan Clauson, Wade Cunningham, JR Hildebrand, James Hinchcliffe, Charlie Kimball, Josef Newgarden, Graham Rahal and Sebastian Saavedra. Townsend Bell, Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Oriol Servia competed in Indy Lights before INDYCAR sanction.

•In addition to the eight rookies in the race, there are four drivers – Sebastien Bourdais, Mike Conway, Michel Jourdain Jr. and Sebastian Saavedra – who did not start in last year’s race.

•Sixteen of the 33 drivers in this year’s field earned their career-best Indianapolis 500 starting spot: Ryan Briscoe (1st), James Hinchcliffe (2nd), Ryan Hunter-Reay (3rd), Marco Andretti (4th), Josef Newgarden (7th), E.J. Viso (9th), Rubens Barrichello (10th), Ana Beatriz (13th), Charlie Kimball (14th), James Jakes (17th), Simon Pagenaud (23rd), Sebastian Saavedra (24th), Wade Cunningham (26th), Katherine Legge (30th), Bryan Clauson (31st), Jean Alesi (33rd).

•All five Andretti Autosport drivers – James Hinchcliffe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti, Ana Beatriz and Sebastian Saavedra – achieved career-best Indianapolis 500 starting spots this year.