Thursday, May 22, 2008
DAY: Miller Lite Carb Day
SCHEDULE (all times local):
| 8 a.m. | Public Gates Open |
| 11 a.m.-noon | Final IndyCar Series Practice |
| 12:05-12:30 p.m. | Firestone Freedom 100 pre-race |
| 12:19 p.m. | Invocation by Rev. Clarence C. Moore, Victory Circle |
| 12:19 p.m. | National anthem performed by Lisa Dames, Victory Circle |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Firestone Freedom 100 Firestone Indy Lights Race |
| 1:30-3:30 p.m. | McDonald's Pit Stop Challenge, pit lane |
| 1:30-3:30 p.m. | Live music by DJ Orion featuring the Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders, Victory Podium |
| 3:30 p.m. | Vintage car laps |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Miller Lite Carb Day Concert, featuring Stone Temple Pilots, Miller Lite Stage, located behind Hall of Fame Museum |
| 6 p.m. | Track Closes |
TICKETS: $10, ages 5 and under free
PROMOTIONS: Free limited-edition Firestone collectible trading pin; pin distribution begins at 11 a.m. at MotoGP garage No. 34, just south of the Bombardier Learjet Pagoda, and will continue while limited supplies last. Purchase an America Supports You T-shirt for $20 and dog tag for $5 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. All proceeds support Fisher House. From 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free cholesterol screening and diabetes education presented by Eli Lilly and CardioChek will take place in MotoGP garage No. 33, located just south of the Bombardier Learjet Pagoda. Free temporary tattoos will be available in the Pagoda Plaza from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 8 a.m. (local time). Gates open are 1/1A, 2, 3, 4/4A, 6, 7, 9, 10/10A, 10 Walk-In
STANDS OPEN: Pit Road Terrace, Tower Terrace, South Terrace, Short Chute Disabled, Family Viewing Mounds, Second Turn Viewing Mounds, Third Turn Viewing Mounds, Paddock (by section as needed), E Stand (upper section), E Penthouse, North Vista (West Disabled, Section 21), Northwest Vista, J Stand (by section as needed), Gasoline Alley Roof
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Indy 500 tickets on sale: Tickets are on sale for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25, the 92nd running of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."
Fans can order tickets online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com, by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area, or at the ticket office at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Parking and camping information also can be obtained through the ticket office.
Hours for phone orders and the ticket office are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (ET) Monday-Sunday during May, with special hours of 6 a.m.-1 p.m. on Race Day, Sunday, May 25. Online orders can be made at any time. Race Day ticket prices start at just $20.
Indy 500 TV, radio: ABC and ESPN2 will provide live Race Day television coverage of the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25. Pre-race coverage starts at 11 a.m. (ET) on ESPN2, continuing at noon on ABC. Race coverage begins at 1 p.m. on ABC.
IMS Radio Network Race Day coverage starts with a pre-race show at noon, followed by the race at 1 p.m. The radio network's coverage also will be broadcast live on XM Satellite Radio Channel 145, "IndyCar Series Racing," and XM Channel 144.
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