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ABC, VERSUS, IMS Radio Network To Provide Complete Indy 500 Coverage

By Paul Kelly
Monday, May 17, 2010
2010 Indianapolis 500 TV, Radio Schedule
ABC and VERSUS will provide comprehensive live coverage of the 2010 Indianapolis 500, with ABC broadcasting “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for the 46th consecutive year and exclusive cable partner VERSUS offering nearly 20 hours of practice and qualifying action.

ABC, which has televised the Indianapolis 500 annually since 1965, will start its coverage with a pre-race show at noon (ET) Sunday, May 30. Live race coverage starts at 1 p.m.
Brent Musburger will serve as host of the ABC telecast. Marty Reid will be the lead announcer, with 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever Jr. and “500” veteran Scott Goodyear as analysts. Dr. Jerry Punch, Rick DeBruhl, Jamie Little and Vince Welch will work as pit reporters.
VERSUS’ live May programming will include 14 hours of combined coverage from Pole Day, Saturday, May 22 and Bump Day, Sunday, May 23. The network also will feature a live qualifying preview show from 3:30-5 p.m. on Fast Friday, May 21 and five hours of continuous coverage of Miller Lite Carb Day from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, May 28, including the Firestone Freedom 100 race for the Firestone Indy Lights and the annual Pit Stop Challenge.
From 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Race Day, Sunday, May 30, VERSUS will air a live post-race show featuring in-depth trackside analysis of all the action that unfolded during the race.
VERSUS’ talent lineup includes Bob Jenkins as lead announcer, Indianapolis 500 veteran Robbie Buhl and former open-wheel standout Jon Beekhuis as analysts, and Jack Arute, Robbie Floyd and Lindy Thackston as pit reporters.
In addition to its live programming, VERSUS will air various Indianapolis 500 shows from May 27-29, including the IPL 500 Festival Parade and Indy 500 “Ready to Race” pre-race show Saturday, May 29.
ESPN Classic will provide a variety of Indianapolis 500-related programming, including past races and “SportsCentury” shows, through May 30.
The IMS Radio Network will offer a complete lineup of Month of May programming for its affiliates, with all shows simulcast on XM Channel 145, Sirius Channel 211 and indycar.com.
On-track coverage will start at 5 p.m. (ET) Friday, May 21 with one hour of coverage of “Fast Friday” practice and a preview of the upcoming two days of qualifying.
Live Pole Day Qualifying coverage will air from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m., with live Bump Day coverage from noon-1 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. Live coverage on Miller Lite Carb Day takes place from noon-3 p.m. Friday, May 28 with the Firestone Freedom 100 and Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge.
Race Day programming starts with a live pre-race show at noon, Sunday, May 30, followed by flag-to-flag coverage of the Indianapolis 500 at 1 p.m.
“Indy Live” and “IndyCar Weekly” shows also will be broadcast both weeks of the race and hosted by IMS Radio Network anchor Mike King. The shows featuring many drivers and personalities of the Indianapolis 500.
The Race Day lineup of announcers for the IMS Radio Network includes King, IMS Historian Donald Davidson, Jerry Baker, Firestone Indy Lights driver James Hinchcliffe and Paul Page in the booth, Jake Query, Mark Jaynes and Chris Denari in the turns, Kevin Lee, Dave Argabright and Nick Yeoman in the pits and Dave Wilson in the garage.
2010 Indy 500 tickets: Tickets for the 2010 Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 30, are on sale now. Race Day ticket prices start at just $20.
Fans can order tickets online at www.imstix.com, call the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700, or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area or visit the ticket office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16th Street. Online orders can be made at any time. Hours for phone orders and the ticket office are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.
Tickets for groups of 20 or more also are on sale. Contact the IMS Group Sales Department at (866) 221-8775 for more information.

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I answered no on the poll, but I likely will flip it on and off. I hate Indy racing.

But I love Danica Patrick

My picks:
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2. Who Cares
3. Some Foreign Guy

 

LOL ~ LOL ~ LOL `Brent....Thanks 4 your words/post 4-Sure : )
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Yes, we'll drink 2 Danica 4-RealSure LOL

 

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very interesting....

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Helio Castroneves has everything he needs to win another Indianapolis 500.
A fast car, an experienced team, the pole position and a crew that seems to win the pit contest every year.
This year, Castroneves might need another ingredient for a record-tying fourth victory -- good chess moves to outmaneuver the other 32 Indy drivers in Sunday's push-to-pass game.
The push-to-pass button is making its Indy debut this week. On Sunday, drivers will get 15 chances to use the new feature, which provides 18 seconds of extra horsepower. Drivers then must wait 10 seconds before hitting the button again.
"I think it makes the game a little more complicated," said Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indy champ and a former teammate of Castroneves. "You're adding a degree of difficulty to this race. Typically you spend 450 miles trying to get yourself in position to win, and the last 50 miles you drive with bare knuckles."
The bare knuckles part won't change Sunday, and the button could make that final stretch even tougher.
The trickiest part is no one really knows how it will influence race strategy.
Drivers have not tested the button at Indy and will get their first chance during Friday's final practice. IndyCar officials added the push-to-pass button last season to increase passing. It debuted this past August and has been used in all 11 IndyCar races since, proving most effective on the road courses.
"This is such a high-speed place anyway, and now with the different rules, I think you'll probably run a little closer, so I think it will affect the race," Castroneves said. "Normally, you have 20 that last about 20 seconds, and that's half a lap here. So it's going to give you extra power, no question."
Ed Carpenter, making his first start of the season, knows exactly what he wants to do.
"The only way I'm using it on defense is if I'm leading the race," he said.
Of course, he'll need to make sure he hasn't used up his 15 shots.
The combination of an extra boost of horsepower, more drafting and tighter racing means Indy's already fast speeds could get even quicker.
"It really adds a lot to our racing," said Brian Barnhart, IndyCar Series president of competition and racing operations. "It's been interesting to watch how that plays on the road courses, but we don't run 200 laps on those like we do here."
Nor do they run on straightaways as long as those on Indy's 2.5-mile oval.
Rick Mears, one of three four-time Indy winners, has an idea of what might happen.
When he was driving in the '70s, '80s and '90s, some cars had unlimited use of a turbocharged booster ****.
"The exception is they're regulated by the number of times they can push it, whereas we could do it any number of times but we were regulated by fuel mileage," Mears said.
Come Sunday, there's only one rule -- 15 shots at that extra horsepower. How drivers will incorporate the button into their race-day strategy is the topic of conversation in Gasoline Alley.
"If there's a whole bunch of restarts late in the race, do you use them to protect your position? What do you do?" said de Ferran, who co-owns de Ferran Dragon Racing with Roger Penske's son, Jay. "I think it's going to make for a very interesting race."

 

Franchitti won which is cool enough, but Danica hung in for a 5th!!! I think thats fantastic!! Probably that best Indy finish by a chick! Nay sayers be damned! That was a piece of crap she was driving. She had no chance to win, but she hung in, never screwed up at all and over-achieved. She even made it through the big wreck at the end (nobody got closer without being in it) and I think she should be very proud.

So, I voted no, but I watch the whole thing and I think it was my favorite Indy ever. And now I got the whole Coca-Cola 600 to go!!!!

 

Hi `Brent,
Glad your lady came in 5th....I was impressed 4-Sure...I watched the begining of the Race (then PowerNap) & Bum's woke me up for the last 30 laps : )

That wreck @ the end was BAD....Glad 2 read he is ok, but they are still taking him 2 the hospital...I can't believe he survived...

I agree that `if Danica had a better ride, she might have won....
She just seen to be a hard lady, but she sure is mak'in Big $'s....4-RealSure.....

NASCAR preRace starts in a few : ) & Race starts around 6 PM...
Hope the race does not go beyond 11:30 PM, I have to be @ work @ midnight....(Can't be late )

Hope you & Member's EnJoy the `600 & can stay awake....I still have 2 catch a few more Z's : ) Whoever reading this
EnJoy your `eve