Rain washed out Tuesday’s practice for the upcoming Indianapolis 500. Photo by Walter Kuhn
Verizon IndyCar Series teams were forced to adjust their preparations for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 following cancellation of practice Tuesday because of rain.
The official call to end the day came at 2:45 pm ET, with no laps turned and the track still wet from lingering light rain. It was the first Indianapolis 500 practice day to be completely washed out since May 18, 2011.
Three full days of practice remain before qualifying to set the 33-car field for the historic race. Practice is scheduled from noon-6 pm ET Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Teams will use those remaining hours of track time to the fullest to be ready for the two days of qualifying this weekend. Some, according to 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan, will feel compelled to squeeze more track activity in since today’s time was lost.
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“You don’t want to sit at a racetrack and not get to run,” Kanaan added. “But in the next four days combined we’ll have more practice than we do at all the other races. It’s one less day but it (saves) tires, so we can do more work tomorrow as long as the weather is better for the next few days – and it looks like it is. It’s just boring to sit and look at the track and not do anything.”
Larry Foyt, team president at A.J. Foyt Racing, which is fielding cars for Jack Hawksworth, Takuma Sato and Alex Tagliani for the race, called the washout “a bummer” but said his team would adjust accordingly.
“We’re in a situation where we’re trying to mileage out an engine (on one car) and get that out of the way, but you’re kind of used to (rain) here,” Foyt said. “It’s not too bad because it’s early on (in the week). You can massage on everything and make sure everything is perfect before you get into your programs. We all want track time, but you can’t do anything about the weather.”
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