90th Running of the Indianapolis 500
Pole Day

Saturday, May 20, 2006

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Around the track

20060520_PoleDay_Downtown.JPG (181347 bytes) View of Downtown Indianapolis from Paddock Penthouse seats
20060520_PoleDay_BorgWarnerTrophy.JPG (183832 bytes) Borg Warner Trophy
20060520_PoleDay_PaceCar.JPG (212556 bytes) 2006 Chevrolet Z06 Corvette Pace Car
20060520_PoleDay_NatlAnthem_02.JPG (174320 bytes) 500 Festival Princess singing the National Anthem
20060520_PoleDay_Pagoda_03.JPG (197269 bytes) Rear view of the Bombardier Pagoda 
20060520_PoleDay_Pagoda_01.JPG (206178 bytes) Bombardier Pagoda from our seats
20060520_PoleDay_Pagoda_06.JPG (210223 bytes) Bombardier Pagoda
20060520_PoleDay_ScoringTower.JPG (202104 bytes) Scoring pylon
20060520_PoleDay_GordonPipers_02.JPG (204106 bytes) Gordon Pipers
20060520_EntranceIMS_01.JPG (213891 bytes) Exterior view of the main entrance on 16th Street
20060520_SpeedwayWaterTower.JPG (170017 bytes) View of the Speedway water tower south of the track
20060520_Pagoda_01.JPG (154213 bytes) Exterior view of the pagoda from west of the track

 

Gasoline Alley

20060520_PoleDay_GasolineAlley.JPG (150517 bytes) Gasoline Alley
20060520_PoleDay_EddieCheever01.JPG (170123 bytes) 1998 Indy 500 champion Eddie Cheever
20060520_PoleDay_AlUnserJr_01.JPG (160971 bytes) 1992 and 1994 Indy 500 champion Al Unser, Jr.
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20060520_PoleDay_BryanHerta_02A.JPG (173922 bytes) Bryan Herta
20060520_PoleDay_LarryFoyt_01.JPG (189875 bytes) Larry Foyt
20060520_PoleDay_MarioAndretti_01A.JPG (150191 bytes) 1969 Indy 500 champion Mario Andretti
20060520_PoleDay_ScottSharp_02.JPG (210447 bytes) 2001 Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Sharp
20060520_PoleDay_DanicaPatrick_01.JPG (212316 bytes) The cars of Danica Patrick, Scott Sharp and Tomas Scheckter are brought through Gasoline Alley
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Qualifying / Practice

20060520_PoleDay_ScottDixon_02.JPG (218443 bytes) Scott Dixon
20060520_PoleDay_MichaelAndretti_03.JPG (196933 bytes) Michael Andretti
20060520_PoleDay_AlUnserJr_06.JPG (193102 bytes) Al Unser Jr.
20060520_PoleDay_BryanHerta_03.JPG (207436 bytes) Bryan Herta
20060520_PoleDay_TonyKanaan_05.JPG (190176 bytes) Tony Kanaan
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20060520_PoleDay_DarioFranchitti_01.JPG (139101 bytes) The cars of Dario Franchitti (27) and Marco Andretti (26)
20060520_PoleDay_FelippeGiaffone_01.JPG (208315 bytes) Felipe Giaffone's car
20060520_PoleDay_HelioCastroneves_02.JPG (170283 bytes) 2001 & 2002 Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves
20060520_PoleDay_JeffBucknum_04.JPG (211996 bytes) Jeff Bucknum leaving the pits
20060520_PoleDay_JeffSimmons_01.JPG (192639 bytes) Jeff Simmons leaving the pits
20060520_PoleDay_MarcoAndretti_01.JPG (182631 bytes) 19 year old Marco Andretti standing in front of his car
20060520_PoleDay_MarcoAndretti_02.JPG (207717 bytes) Marco Andretti's car
20060520_PoleDay_MarcoAndretti_04.JPG (192016 bytes) Marco Andretti leaving the pits
20060520_PoleDay_SamHornishJr_07.JPG (184745 bytes) Pole sitter Sam Hornish, Jr. entering the pits
20060520_PoleDay_VitorMeira_04.JPG (199924 bytes) Vitor Meira on the front stretch

 

Driver Photos - During Practice / Qualifying

20060520_PoleDay_JeffBucknum_01.JPG (163518 bytes) Jeff Bucknum (right)
20060520_PoleDay_AlUnserJr_04.JPG (216186 bytes) Al Unser, Jr. being interviewed
20060520_PoleDay_BuddyRice_03.JPG (178900 bytes) 2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice during post-qualification publicity photos
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20060520_PoleDay_DanicaPatrick_03.JPG (204193 bytes) 2005 Rookie of the Year Danica Patrick
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20060520_PoleDay_DanWheldon_02.JPG (241382 bytes) 2005 Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon during post-qualification publicity photos
20060520_PoleDay_MarcoAndretti_05.JPG (223307 bytes) Marco Andretti during post-qualification publicity photos
20060520_PoleDay_MarcoAndretti_06.JPG (151811 bytes)
20060520_PoleDay_SamHornishJr_06.JPG (234189 bytes) Sam Hornish, Jr. acknowledges us with a wave following his qualification run to the pole
20060520_PoleDay_SamHornishJr_01.JPG (238151 bytes) Sam Hornish, Jr. during post-qualification publicity photos
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20060520_PoleDay_ScottSharp_03.JPG (204968 bytes) Scott Sharp during post-qualification publicity photos
20060520_PoleDay_TonyKanaan_03.JPG (197488 bytes) Tony Kanaan
20060520_PoleDay_VitorMeira_08.JPG (187088 bytes) Vitor Meira during a post-qualification interview
20060520_PoleDay_VitorMeira_01.JPG (174467 bytes) Vitor Meira during post-qualification publicity photos

 

Forever - The Tribute
Beatles cover band

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