While we saw no bumping on bump day, the remaining nine positions were filled. Sebastien Bourdais was fastest and will start in the 25th position. One has to think now that Bourdais is in a top engine, he will be a very serious contender, especially on road and street courses. Oriol Servia, Ed Carpenter and Bryan Clauson all recovered from accidents yesterday and they will start 27th, 28th and 31st respectively. Indianapolis 500 rookie, Wade Cunnigham joins Bourdais and Servia on row nine with his Foyt teammate of Mike Conway starting directly behind him in the 29th position. Katherine Legge, another Indianapolis rookie, will start beside her fellow Brit. She will start 30th come race day and she is the ninth woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. Joining Clauson at famed Last Row Party will be the two Lotuses of Simona de Silvestro and Jean Alesi. Jean Alesi was the slowest qualifer with a four-lap average of 210.094 mph. We did see one accident today in practice. Charlie Kimball spun and hit the turn one wall.
While today did not have the last minute drama as the past few years, the field is full, all those who said we would not get 33 cars are wrong and now we can look forward to race day. Next Friday is Carb Day and we can look forward to the Indy Lights Freedom 100, along with the Pit-Stop Competition. Not to mention other open-wheel races such as the Little 500 at Anderson Speedway, the Night Before the 500 at Raceway Park, the Tony Hulman Classic at Terre Haute and the Hoosier 100 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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