THE LINEUP
These are the starting positions, by row, for the 81st Indianapolis 500 to be run today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race will be televised by Channel 7 beginning at 8 a.m.
ROW 1
POSITION 1
Arie Luyendyk (1)
Wavephore/Sprint
PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi
G Force/Aurora/Firestone
218.263 mph
POSITION 2
Tony Stewart
Glidden/Menards/Special
G Force/Aurora/Firestone
218.021 mph
POSITION 3
Vincenzo Sospiri*
Old Navy Scandia Alta Xcel
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
216.822 mph
ROW 2
POSITION 4
Robbie Buhl
Quaker State/Special
G Force/Aurora/Firestone
216.102 mph
POSITION 5
Scott Goodyear
Nortel/Sprint PCS/
Quebecor Printing
G Force/Aurora/Firestone
215.811 mph
POSITION 6
Jim Guthrie
Blueprint/Jacuzzi
Armour Golf/ERTL
Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
215.207 mph
ROW 3
POSITION 7
Jeff Ward*
FirstPlus Team Cheever
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
214.517 mph
POSITION 8
Davey Hamilton
AJ Foyt PowerTeam Racing
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
214.484 mph
POSITION 9
Eliseo Salazar
Copec/Cristal/Scandia/
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
214.320 mph
ROW 4
POSITION 10
Buddy Lazier (2)
Delta Faucet-Montana-
Hemelgarn Racing
Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
214.286 mph
POSITION 11
Eddie Cheever Jr.
FirstPlus Team Cheever
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
214.073 mph
POSITION 12
Robby Gordon
Coors Light
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
213.211 mph
ROW 5
POSITION 13
Stephan Gregoire
Chastain Motorsports-
Estridge-Miller-Eads
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
213.126 mph
POSITION 14
Affonso Giaffone*
General Motors Brazil
Chitwood Dallara
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
212.974 mph
POSITION 15
Kenny Brack*
Monsoon Galles Racing
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
211.221 mph
ROW 6
POSITION 16
Buzz Calkins
Bradley Food Marts
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
209.564 mph
POSITION 17
Dr. Jack Miller*
AMS/Crest Racing/
Trane/Spot-On
Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone
209.250 mph
POSITION 18
Mike Groff
Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria/
Visionaire/Bryant
G Force/Infiniti Indy/Firestone
208.537 mph
ROW 7
POSITION 19
Roberto Guerrero
Pennzoil-Pagan Racing
Dallara Infiniti
Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Goodyear
207.371 mph
POSITION 20
Steve Kinser*
SRS/One Call/Menards/
Quaker State/St. Elmo’s
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
210.793 mph
POSITION 21
Robbie Groff*
Alfa-Laval/Team Losi/
McCormack Motorsports
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
207.792 mph
ROW 8
POSITION 22
Billy Boat*
Conseco AJ Foyt Racing
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
215.544 mph
POSITION 23
Sam Schmidt*
Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid
Fuel Card
Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
215.141 mph
POSITION 24
Billy Roe*
Sega/Progressive Electronics/KECO/U.J.T./Eurointernational
Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
212.752 mph
ROW 9
POSITION 25
Mark Dismore
Kelley Automotive Group
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
212.423 mph
POSITION 26
Tyce Carlson*
Klipsch Tnemec Overhead
Door/Pyle V-Line Earl’s
Dalara/Aurora/Goodyear
210.852 mph
POSITION 27
Marco Greco
Side Play International
Sport/Scandia Alta Xcel
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
210.322 mph
ROW 10
POSITION 28
Dennis Vitolo
SmithKline Beecham/Kroger/Beck Motorsports
Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone
207.626 mph
POSITION 29
Fermin Velez
Old Navy Scandia Alta Xcel
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
206.512 mph
POSITION 30
Greg Ray*
Tobacco Free Kids
Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
213.760 mph
ROW 11
POSITION 31
A. Zampedri
Mi-Jack Scandia Alta Xcel
Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear
211.757 mph
POSITION 32
C. Bourbonnais*
Blueprint/Jacuzzi
Armour Golf/ERTL
Dallara/Aurora/Firestone
210.523 mph
POSITION 33
Paul Durant
Conseco AJ Foyt Racing
G Force/Aurora/Goodyear
209.149 mph
ROW 12
POSITION 34
Lyn St. James
Lifetime TV-Cinergy-
Delta-Faucet-Hemelgarn
Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone
210.145 mph
POSITION 35
Johnny Unser
Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn
Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone
209.344 mph
(1) 1990 winner
(2) 1996 winner
*Rookie
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