With no forecast let-up in the rain at Speedway, IN., within the next two hours, there would be no chance to dry the track and green-flag practice within the track’s opening hours, therefore IndyCar has canceled the day’s activities.
It is the first time a whole day of practice has been lost to rain since May 17, 2016.
There will be no hours added to the practice schedule, since the weather for the next two days appears rain-free.
Next Monday's two-hour practice has been shifted by one hour to 1.00-3.00pm (ET) to give teams that participated in Top 12 Qualifying and the Firestone Fast Six on Sunday more time to change to their “500” race engines. Teams that qualified in the 13th to 33rd positions Saturday, May 21 will not turn laps on the 2.5-mile oval Sunday and will be allowed to change engines that day.
So the remaining schedule at IMS for this month of May is as follows:
Thursday, May 19
10.00am – Gates open
12.00-6.00pm – Practice – all Indy 500 participants
6.00pm – Gates close
Friday, May 20
Fast Friday
10.00am – Gates open
12.00-6.00pm – Practice – all Indy 500 participants with turbos at qualifying boost (up from 1.3 to 1.4-bar)
6.00pm – Gates close
Saturday, May 21
PPG presents Armed Forces Indy 500 qualifying Day 1
8.00am – Gates open
9.00-10:30am – Practice for all cars
12.00-5:50pm – NTT IndyCar Series qualifying: Setting positions 13-33
6.00pm – Gates close
Sunday, May 22
PPG presents Armed Forces Indy 500 qualifying Day 2
12.30-2.00pm – Top 12 Practice
4.00pm – Top 12 Qualifying
5.10pm – Firestone Fast Six
5.40pm – NTT P1 award presentation
6.00pm – Gates close
Monday, May 23
11.00am – Gates open
1.00-3.00pm – Practice for all cars
3.00pm – Gates close
Friday, May 27
Miller Lite Carb Day
8.00am – Gates open
11.00am-1.00pm – Practice for all cars
2.30-4.00pm – Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge
4.00pm – Miller Lite Carb Day concert
6.00pm – Gates close
Saturday, May 28
Legends Day presented by Firestone
8.00am – Gates open
9.00-10.00am – Full field autograph session
10.30am – Public Drivers meeting
Sunday, May 29
6.00am – Gates open
9.00am – Cars to pitlane
9.00-10.00am – Borg-Warner Trophy march to the bricks
10.30am – Cars to grid on front stretch
11.47am – Driver introductions
12.18pm – Invocation and national anthem
12.35pm – “Back home again in Indiana”
12.45pm – 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge
