The sun’s rays seemingly glistened against the huge panes of glass and metal on the 10 story behemoth that overlooks the main straightaway of the world’s most famous speedway. It may have been signaling the dawn of just another new day, but this Month of May, it was likely signaling the dawn of a new era for IndyCar racing.
The unified IndyCar Series with six additional teams coming over from the Champ Car World Series has increased the Indy 500 field to close to 40 driver and car combinations looking to qualify over the next two weekends. The excitement for the upcoming 92nd running of Indianapolis 500 is clearly already beginning to build.
The speedway got down to business at noon with orientation for the 2008 Indy Rookie class. Thirteen drivers make up the largest group of Rookie drivers here since 1997. The four-stage program kept the two and one-half mile speedway busy for most of the afternoon with speeds exceeding 220 mph by the end of the day.
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