The 107th running will be this coming Sunday at 11 am Eastern on NBC.

A simulated practice session goes "bad" as Katherine Legge isnt able to slow quickly enough and drives up the back of Stefan Wilson. Wilson sustained a vertebrae fracture and will not be able to race. Graham Rahal (who got bumped out of the race in qualifying) will take his place in the #24 car for Dreyer & Reinhold Racing.

Ouch!

Huge crash involving Stefan Wilson and Katherine Legge in practice; Legge is okay, Wilson was stretchered out but gave a thumbs up#Indy500pic.twitter.com/NwinAEI9R1

— Dom (@Wom_Dings) May 22, 2023

*JC was my favorite as a boy.The other favorite was Parnelli Jones. Could there be a cooler name for a race car driver?

Many memories of craming into an Oakland theatre to view live transmissions of the 500 in 1964, 65, and 66. Me and my Cal roomies were big fans of Clark, Hill, Stewart and Dan Gurney. Technology revolution playing out in front of you. Gurney's Eagle was a gorgeous machine.

Remember the Andy Granatelli Turbine Car?

"The STP-Paxton Turbocar was an American racing car, designed by Ken Wallis as the STP entry in the Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones drove it in the 1967 event. After leading for much of the race, a transmission failure with only eight miles left ended the run. It crashed during qualification for the 1968 race; the damage was not fixed and the car ended its career."
-Wikipedia

Here's the starting grid for Sunday's race.

Position on the grid and Car #:

1
10
Alex Palou
2
21
Rinus VeeKay
3
6
Felix Rosenqvist
4
14
Santino Ferrucci
5
5
Pato O'Ward
6
9
Scott Dixon
7
7
Alexander Rossi
8
11
Takuma Sato
9
66
Tony Kanaan
10
8
Marcus Ericsson
11
55
Benjamin Pedersen
12
12
Will Power
13
33
Ed Carpenter
14
3
Scott McLaughlin
15
27
Kyle Kirkwood
16
20
Conor Daly
17
2
Josef Newgarden
18
23
Ryan Hunter-Reay
19
28
Romain Grosjean
20
06
Helio Castroneves
21
26
Colton Herta
22
60
Simon Pagenaud
23
18
David Malukas
24
98
Marco Andretti
25
29
Devlin DeFrancesco
26
78
Agustin Canapino
27
77
Callum Ilott
28
50
R.C. Enerson
29
44
Katherine Legge
30
45
Christian Lundgaard
31
51
Sting Ray Robb (R)
32
30
Jack Harvey
33
24
Graham Rahal

bearister said:

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Remember the Andy Granatelli Turbine Car?

"The STP-Paxton Turbocar was an American racing car, designed by Ken Wallis as the STP entry in the Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones drove it in the 1967 event. After leading for much of the race, a transmission failure with only eight miles left ended the run. It crashed during qualification for the 1968 race; the damage was not fixed and the car ended its career."
-Wikipedia

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Don't remember that one, but thanks. I do remember the Granatelli / STP Novi of 1965 / 1966. For me, it was about as far as a front engine design could go given the engineering advantages of the rear engine machines demonstrated by Lotus. Historically, the Novi had a huge powerful engine, tons of torque that could break any gearbox it happened to be connected to. Sorry, regret I am unable to post a photo (there is one at 65 Indy Hurtibise).