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Indianapolis 500 Bump Day Qualifying 5-23-10

Driver: BRUNO JUNQUEIRA
Entry: No. 33 Bowers and Wilkins/TorcUP of Canada/Dallara/Honda/Firestone

Event/Track: Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2.5 Mile Oval

Qualifying Results
Position: 25th
Average Qualifying Speed (4 laps): 225.662mph (Lap 1: 225.613, Lap 2: 225.659, Lap 3: 225.685, Lap 4: 225.692)

Media Notes on Bruno's Qualifying effort:
• Junqueiras' effort earned him the Red Gold "Red Zone" award. The $10,000 award is presented to the entrant with the best single lap time posted in a completed qualification attempt on Bump Day.
• Junqueira has run a total of 14 laps (including qualifying) in the #33 car.
• The #33 car was prepared and run today by Alex Tagliani's crew. Today is the first time the car/chassis has been on track this year.
• Brendon Cleave is engineering the #33 entry for Junqueira. Brendon's normal role is as Damper Engineer for the #77 entry.
• This is Junqueiras' third time as a 2nd day qualifier (2001-Ganassi, 2009-Conquest, 2010-FAZZT Race Team).

Bruno Junqueira on Qualifying:
"First I have to thank Bowers and Wilkins and TorcUP of Canada for stepping up at the last minute to make this possible. I also have to thank the FAZZT Race Team as they also made this possible. This month was short notice, but it got shorter today when we lost 20 minutes to get the car ready. So when I went to do the two installation laps and then three more laps the car was already fast.

Indianapolis 500 Pole Day Qualifying 5-22-10

Alex Tagliani’s Qualifying Results
Position: 5th, Middle of Row 2 Starting Position
Average Qualifying Speed (4 laps): 226.398 mph (Lap 1: 226.365, Lap 2: 226.628, Lap 3: 226.341, Lap 4: 226.226)

Pole Winner: Helio Castroneves/227.52 mph average

Media Notes on Qualifying:
• Alex initial qualifying attempt in segment 1 was the top speed until Helio Castroneves bumped him from the pole at approximately 2:30 p.m.
• Alex’s qualifying average in segment 1 was 226.392 mph.
• Rob Edwards, Team Manager, chose 4th for Alex’s position in the 2nd segment of qualifying.
• On Alex’s first attempt of the 2nd segment he ran a 226.258 mph. The team then waited approximately 30 minutes before rolling out for a 2nd attempt. In Alex’s 2nd attempt he ran a 226.398 mph average speed which would ultimately be his fastest of the 2nd segment.
• Alex did make a 3rd attempt but did not better his qualifying average so the 2nd attempt was recorded and Alex is now going to start in the 5th position, middle of the 2nd row, for the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Alex Tagliani on Qualifying:
“I’m so proud of this team. The group of engineers and the crew has just done a tremendous job on this Bowers and Wilkins car. We spent some time today on the front row and ended up fifth here and to have this result at Indianapolis is just amazing.

Indianapolis 500 Practice Friday 5-21-10

Alex Tagliani’s Practice Results
Position: 3rd *Results were at 4:00 p.m. when the track was yellow for moisture
Speed/Time: 226.153 mph/39.7660 seconds
Total Laps: 21

Fastest of the Day: Helio Castroneves/226.558 mph/39.7250 seconds
Media Notes:
• Alex has run a total of 96 laps this month.
• He has been in the top-four speeds, three of the last four days.
• This will be the inaugural year for the new Indianapolis 500 Qualifications format. On Pole Day at 4 p.m. the top-nine qualifiers will proceed to a second segment as a shoot-out for the Pole Position.

Alex Tagliani on today’s practice:
“I feel like I’m sounding like a broken record but it was another perfect day. It’s been a dream week so far. The B & W boys have done such a great job. Last night I was in the garage by myself waiting for an interview and looking at the car, just going around and looking at every detail.

Indianapolis 500 Practice Thursday 5-20-10

Alex Tagliani's Practice Results
Position: 8th
Speed/Time: 225.609 mph/39.8920 seconds
Total Laps: 16

Alex Tagliani on today's practice:
"It was just another super day. The car has just been fantastic. We did some running by ourselves today and we saw that the car is quick. We definitely have a shot this weekend during Qualifying so we just have to baby this thing around and make sure we keep it all together. The B & W crew is just doing a great job and giving me an outstanding car. It is one of the fastest cars here so far

Tagliani and Tracy join forces for Team Oh Canada

Go Team Canada!

EDMONTON - The Honda Indy Edmonton is extremely pleased to announce that it has entered into promotional relationships with Alex Tagliani and the FAZZT Race Team, and with Paul Tracy and the KV Racing Technology Team for several upcoming races in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series.

The “Team Oh Canada” promotion includes prominent Honda Indy Edmonton logo placement on Alex Tagliani’s #77 FAZZT team car, and on Paul Tracy’s #15 GEICO KVRT Honda/Dallara/Firestone entry at the Indianapolis 500, which takes place on Sunday, May 30th.

Indianapolis 500 Practice Wednesday 5-19-10

Today’s Practice Results—The position on the speed chart was at 3 p.m.---
Position: 2nd
Speed/Time: 226.002 mph/39.8226 seconds
Total Laps: 13
Fast Driver/ Speed/Time of the Day: Scott Dixon/226.971 mph/39.6526 seconds

Alex Tagliani on today’s practice:
“What is there to say besides the car is very, very fast. The B & W boys are doing a fantastic job and we’re right on schedule with our plan. We’re trying little things here and there but the car is very good so we don’t want to mess around with it too much.

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