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On this episode of Behind the Bricks, IMS President Doug Boles truly goes behind the bricks of the IMS Museum and checks in on the renovation progress. He also gets an exclusive look at the vision of the refreshed Museum, which opens a year from this week. The Museum is a separate entity from IMS and is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Consider supporting the Museum by visiting imsmuseum.org Watch Video>
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May 21, 2018 | By Paul Kelly, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Look at the results of Pole Day qualifying and race setup practice Monday, and it’s a pretty safe bet that unpredictability will be the only predictable outcome for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil on Sunday, May 27. Sage Karam led the last lengthy practice before the race – only a one-hour session Friday on Miller Lite Carb Day remains – with a top lap of 226.461 mph in the No. 24 WIX Filters DRR Chevrolet. Karam will need to use that speed to charge from the 24th starting spot on the grid. “I think you're going to see the good cars and the good drivers distinguish themselves from the rest because you're going to see guys who know what they're doing, how to save tires, how to manage a run, go to the front, when other guys are going to burn their tires off or don't have the best car underneath them,” Karam said. “There are probably some guys starting pretty far up that don't look that good in race trim right now. I think you're going to see who is really good late in stints and who can keep the fronts (tires) under them.” Pole sitter Ed Carpenter was 14th fastest in practice today at 223.573 in the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet. That continued a trend in which drivers who blazed the 2.5-mile oval Sunday on solo qualifying runs were not nearly as strong in traffic Monday. Simon Pagenaud, who qualified second, was the slowest car in practice at 220.902 in the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet. Another notable driver who was fast in qualifying but near the bottom of the time sheets today was reigning series champion Josef Newgarden, who qualified fourth but was 28th fastest in practice at 221.982 in the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Will Power, who qualified third, defied that trend by ending up sixth fastest at 224.445 in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Karam led a top-five list of drivers who showed strong speed today in race trim despite qualifying outside of the front three rows Sunday. 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan was second fastest at 225.123 in the No. 14 ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet after qualifying 10th. 2014 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay was third at 224.820 after qualifying 14th in the No. 28 DHL Honda. Charlie Kimball ended up fourth at 224.582 after qualifying 15th in the No. 23 Fiasp Chevrolet. 2016 winner Alexander Rossi bounced back from a disappointing 32nd-place qualifying spot by rounding out the top five in practice at 224.507 in the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda. Honda also returned to form in practice. The engine manufacturer only powered two of the top nine drivers in qualifying, but Honda and Chevrolet split the top 10 positions in the final practice order Monday. Rookie Robert Wickens became the third driver to hit the wall this month. Wickens got loose in Turn 2 just 19 minutes into the session and made contact with the SAFER Barrier at the exit of the turn. His car then spun 90 degrees to the right on the backstretch and hit the retaining wall with the nose before rolling down the backstretch and stopping at the entrance of Turn 3. Wickens climbed from the car without assistance and was checked and released from the IU Health Emergency Medical Center and cleared to drive. Miller Lite Carb Day practice, from 11 a.m.-noon Friday, will be the next time the starting field will be on track.