SIMON SAYS ‘I’M STILL NO. 1’: The INDYCAR Grand Prix will be the fourth Indy car event conducted on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.439-mile road course. , who took the Verizon IndyCar Series points lead with his win at on April 29, has won two of the three previous races on the IMS Road Course. Will he continue to be the series’ top dog there?

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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: •FOUR WINNERS IN FOUR RACES: There have been four different winners in the four races thus far in 2017: Sebastien Bourdais (Streets of St. Petersburg), (Streets of Long Beach), (Barber Motorsports Park) and Simon Pagenaud (Phoenix Raceway). Will this weekend see the fi fth winner of the season?

• PENSKE ON POLE IN 2017: Drivers from are the only drivers to earn the Verizon P1 Award in 2017. (St. Petersburg and Barber) and Helio Castroneves (Phoenix and Long Beach) earned Verizon P1 Awards through qualifying. Can Penske continue its dominance in qualifying?

• SIX STRIVE FOR IMS DOUBLE: Six drivers have a chance to become the fi rst driver to win INDYCAR races on both the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course and the famed 2.5-mile oval: Helio Castroneves, , Ryan Hunter-Reay, , and have all won the Indianapolis 500 but none have won on the road course at IMS.

LED DISPLAY PANELS:

POSITION: RED PUSH-TO-PASS: FLASHES GREEN PIT STOP TIMER: GREEN Primary display, showing the car’s position Display fl ashes “PP” in green while the Display shows a running clock in the running order. Blinks when the car’s push-to-pass is active. during a pit stop in seconds. position has changed from previous lap. Example: Car with active P2P. Example: 7.9-second pit Example: Car is running in P12. 2017 SCHEDULE

WINNER: SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS WINNER: JAMES HINCHCLIFFE WINNER: JOSEF NEWGARDEN STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG STREETS OF LONG BEACH BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK

WINNER: SIMON PAGENAUD MAY 13, 3:30PM (ROAD COURSE) MAY 20, 4:00PM (QUAL DAY 1) PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

MAY 21, 4:00PM (QUAL DAY 2) MAY 28, 11:00AM (OVAL) JUNE 3, 3:30PM (RACE 1) INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500 THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK

JUNE 4, 3:30PM (RACE 2) JUNE 10, 8:00PM JUNE 25, 12:30PM THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK

JULY 9, 5:00PM JULY 16, 3:00PM JULY 30, 3:00PM STREETS OF TORONTO MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE

AUGUST 20, 2:00PM AUGUST 26, 9:00PM SEPTEMBER 3, 1:00PM GATEWAY MOTOSPORTS PARK WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL

SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30PM *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALL TIMES EASTERN.

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EVENT SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES LOCAL. SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

7:30 am Gates Open 7:55 am USF2000 Race 1 Qualifying 8:30 am Pro Mazda Race 1 Qualifying 9:15 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice MAY 12 MAY

FRIDAY 10:15 am Practice 11:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Autograph Session (Fan Village) 11:15 pm USF2000 Race 2 Qualifying 11:50 am Pro Mazda Race 2 Qualifying 12:00 pm Indy Lights Autograph Session (Fan Village) 12:25 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 12:45 pm USF2000 Autograph Session (Fan Village) 1:15 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Pit Stop Practice 1:30 pm Pro Mazda Autograph Session (Fan Village) 1:45 pm Indy Lights Race 1 Qualifying 2:30 pm USF2000 Race 1 (40 min.) 3:25 pm Pro Mazda Race 1 (40 min.) 4:20 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying 5:50 pm Indy Lights Race 1 (60 min.)

7:30 am Gates Open 8:15 am Pro Mazda Race 2 (50 min.) 9:20 am Indy Lights Race 2 Qualifying 9:52 am USF2000 Race 2 (40 min.)

MAY 13 MAY 11:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Warm-Up 12:35 pm Sam Schmidt & Mario Andretti Race Autonomous Cars 1:15 pm Indy Lights Race 2 (70 min.)

SATURDAY 2:50 pm Cars to the Grid 2:55 pm VIP Introductions 3:00 pm Bronze Badge Grid Walk (Enter/Exit through Victory Podium & South Pit Gate) 3:00 pm Driver Introductions 3:27 pm National Anthem performed by Forever In Your Mind 3:43 pm “Start Your Engines” 3:40 pm INDYCAR Grand Prix (85 laps) Post Race Track Invasion

The top speed of an Indy car during the INDYCAR Grand Prix is just over 190 mph – on par with a strong drive of a Bridgestone golf ball which can travel upwards of 185 mph.