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A statement has been released about the condition of driver Stefan Wilson: Nothing has been said with regard to Wilson's replacement in the field.

Katherine Legge and Stefan Wilson have just been involved in the first crash of the month. It would appear that Legge rear-ended Wilson going into turn 1 at full speed. Legge got out of her car and is apparently okay, but Wilson is being taken to the hospital on a stretcher for evaluation. This was during Monday practice after pole day. I'm sorry I wasn't able to report further on Sunday, but I injured myself. That made typing most difficult.

Practice for Last Chance qualifying is under way. Three Rahal Letterman Lanigans. One Dale Coyne with RWR. One hour.

Tony Kanaan is not participating in the practice session.

Rinus Veekay is being towed back to the pits after sparks and smoke came out of his engine.

Fast 12 practice is under way. Four Hondas, eight Chevys. Four Ganassis, four McLarens, two Foyts, one Penske, one Carpenter. One hour.

Ah, sorry, my mistake. Mea culpa. Anyway, practice for the Fast 12 and Last Chance qualifying gets under way in a few minutes' time. Let 'er roll!

Yeah, but I'm pissed that I'm not going to be able to watch the game today. The schedulers created a conflict with Indy 500 qualifying, and there's no way in hell I'm going to miss anything related to the Indy 500!

You might want to consider cheering on Benjamin Pedersen, too. I believe he's Dutch by birth. He drives for A.J. Foyt's team, and he and teammate Santino Ferrucci burned the hell out of the track yesterday. They'll both be in the Fast 12 qualifying today.

BTW, here are positions 13 through 30, with car number in parentheses, engine manufacturer, team name, and speed: Row 5 13. (33) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, Carpenter, 232.689 14. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, Penske, 232.677 15. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, Andretti, 232.662 Row 6 16. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, Carpenter, 232.433 17. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, Penske, 232.402 18. (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold, 232.133 Row 7 19. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, Andretti, 231.997 20. (06) Helio Castroneves, Honda, Meyer Shank, 231.954 21. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, Andretti, 231.951 Row 8 22. (60) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, Meyer Shank, 231.878 23. (18) David Malukas, Honda, Coyne, 231.769 24. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, Andretti, 231.682 Row 9 25. (24) Stefan Wilson, Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold, 231.648 26. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, Andretti, 231.353 27. (78) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger, 231.320 Row 10 28. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger, 231.182 29. (50) R.C. Enerson, Chevrolet, Abel, 231.129 30. (44) Katherine Legge, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 231.070

That's quite all right. Canapino is making a HUGE jump this year. Fifteen championships (?) driving touring cars in Argentina, then all of a sudden uprooted with his girlfriend and their two dogs, doesn't speak a word of English, and moved to the United States to learn a totally foreign racing discipline and language. Not only is he conversing in English now, he's slamming an IndyCar around arguably the greatest track of them all at 231.320 miles per hour and placing his car on the outside of Row 9 for next week's race! He deserves massive mad props for what he's been able to pull off in such a short period of time. Cheer your heart out for Canapino. He's earned it.

Welcome to the official Doomworld thread for the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500! The Greatest Spectacle In Racing gets under way at 12:45 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 28th, 2023. We're starting up this thread about a week prior to the event, just after the conclusion of Day 1 of Qualifying. Thirty-four drivers have entered for this year's race. They are: Marco Andretti Agustin Canapino (rookie) Ed Carpenter Helio Castroneves Conor Daly Devlin DeFrancesco Scott Dixon RC Enerson (rookie) Marcus Ericsson Santino Ferrucci Romain Grosjean Jack Harvey Colton Herta Ryan Hunter-Reay Callum Ilott Tony Kanaan Kyle Kirkwood Katherine Legge Christian Lundgaard David Malukas Scott McLaughlin Josef Newgarden Pato O’Ward Simon Pagenaud Alex Palou Benjamin Pedersen (rookie) Will Power Graham Rahal Sting Ray Robb (rookie) Felix Rosenqvist Alexander Rossi Takuma Sato Rinus VeeKay Stefan Wilson After the first day of qualifying, McLaren driver Felix Rosenqvist leads the field with an average 4-lap speed of 233.947 miles per hour. Four drivers will be forced to participate in "Last Chance" qualifying Sunday afternoon to set positions 31 through 33, with the slowest of the four drivers being bumped from the field. Those drivers are: Christian Lundgaard Jack Harvey Sting Ray Robb Graham Rahal Twelve drivers will participate in "Fast Twelve" qualifying on Sunday to set positions 7 through 12, and then the "Firestone Fast Six" qualifying will set positions 1 through 6. These drivers are, with their Day 1 position and speed: 1. Felix Rosenqvist: 233.947 2. Alexander Rossi: 233.528 3. Alex Palou: 233.398 4. Rinus VeeKay: 233.395 5. Scott Dixon: 233.375 6. Tony Kanaan: 233.347 7. Takuma Sato: 233.322 8. Pato O'Ward: 233.252 9. Santino Ferrucci: 233.147 10. Marcus Ericsson: 233.030 11. Benjamin Pedersen: 232.739 12. Will Power: 232.719 The remaining drivers have been set in positions 13 through 30. Sunday qualifying gets under way at 2:00 p.m. EDT after 2 hours of practice laps. Everything can be viewed on the Peacock streaming service beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The NBC network will be broadcasting "Last Chance" and "Firestone Fast Six" qualifying from 4:00 p.m. EDT until 5:45 p.m. EDT. We'll have results and commentary in this thread on Sunday during qualifying and practice, off and on. Viewer participation is more than welcome! Please, jump into the fray and add your own two cents on the action and the coverage. We'll base our own two cents on Peacock's coverage. Thanks for reading! Enjoy the action!

Serious bummer. Still, it's playing out to the same pattern as it has with the Stars' first and second round series. They lost Game 1 of both series then as well, in overtime, too, if the local sportscaster can be believed. No reason for the Stars to sit on their collective ass, however. C'mon, guys! Rally and win Game 2!

Going into OT in Game 1 between Las Vegas and Dallas. Fingers crossed for the Stars.

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I can see your point. Not going to agree with it, as a Dallas Stars fan, but I can at least see it. :D

Game 6 was no fun. Let's try that again in Dallas Monday night for Game 7.

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