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RAIN WASHES OUT SECOND-DAY QUALIFYING AT THE INDIANAPOLIS 500

22 spots up for grabs Saturday, May 17

INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, May 11, 2008 – Twenty-two starting positions for the 92nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 remain up for grabs as rain washed out Second Day Qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Qualifications will continue May 17 when spots 12-33 will be filled. Bump Day is scheduled for May 18.

This is the first time a qualification day has been rained out since 2006, but it’s the third day this month that rain has forced the cancellation of all on-track activity.

Scott Dixon won the PEAK Motor Oil Pole May 10 for the Indianapolis 500 as the first 11 starting positions of the 33-car grid were filled. Dixon averaged 226.366 mph over a four-lap qualifying attempt, .256 mph faster than his Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dan Wheldon.

Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon put Target Chip Ganassi Racing on the front row for the second consecutive race on the oval at Indianapolis. Last July, Reed Sorenson and Juan Pablo Montoya started 1-2 in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.

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