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That has got to be a joke. 1992 had air temp, without wind chill, at 51 on the master control tower, and our family had drinks in coolers to keep them warm, at thet track itself. The modern warnings Firestone gives about not being able to guarantee tire safety under fifty degrees is because of 1992, the coldest major race ever, anywhere; I'm changing it. -- Chr.K. 08:41, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Firestone under the Japanese flag? I know they're owned by Bridgestone now, but certainly for most of its 62 victories it was an American company without question. Perhaps two flags would be more appropriate. 99.2.149.85 ( talk) 10:05, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
One of the following statistics should be removed for redundancy ... unsure which makes more sense to keep.
Highest Finishing Female: United States Danica Patrick, 3rd, 2009 Indianapolis 500
Highest Finish by Female Driver: 3rd Place, United States Danica Patrick, 2009 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.251.88.101 ( talk) 19:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
What is this table trying to say? I don't understand it at all. If it is trying to show fastest times over a certain number of laps, it can't be right. There have been race laps faster than Kanaan's 217.128. And surely groups of laps in the 1996 race were among the fastest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.166.204 ( talk) 21:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I agree that clarity is needed for this chart. I came over to the talk page to understand what on Earth it was trying to say. The title of the section is "Indianapolis 500 Race Distance Records," which makes it sound as if it's going to be, well, distance records, like the furthest distance ever traveled or something. Then you read the numbers and see, wahh, 2.5 miles? Then you see a time that is completely unitless -- is it in seconds? But then you think maybe the precision in the distance (2.500) is actually someone trying to write 2,500 miles, and so the unitless time could be hours, or days... Anyway, you get the idea.
Aside from all that, I really expected to find some race time records. If you look at, say, marathon records, you see times: 2h03:38, 2h03:42. Maybe they don't do that for car races? It shows the top average speed, though, so I guess I could divide by the distance... Seems very odd. — Sam 63.138.152.219 ( talk) 16:36, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Observing the scoring during the race, I believe they broke the interval average speed records for 70, 80, and 90 laps during the 2012 race. At one point, they were well over 198 mph ave, and were over 180 for almost the entire first half. I'm having trouble tracking down official scoring sheets, but those need to be addressed if they are found. Doctorindy ( talk) 16:31, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Just a few friendly notes. Doctorindy ( talk) 18:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm looking at the "consecutive victories" & other tables, & I'm seeing "career victory" stats having nothing to do with the subject of the table. Why? This seems really pointless, not to mention confusing. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 23:40, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
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That has got to be a joke. 1992 had air temp, without wind chill, at 51 on the master control tower, and our family had drinks in coolers to keep them warm, at thet track itself. The modern warnings Firestone gives about not being able to guarantee tire safety under fifty degrees is because of 1992, the coldest major race ever, anywhere; I'm changing it. -- Chr.K. 08:41, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Firestone under the Japanese flag? I know they're owned by Bridgestone now, but certainly for most of its 62 victories it was an American company without question. Perhaps two flags would be more appropriate. 99.2.149.85 ( talk) 10:05, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
One of the following statistics should be removed for redundancy ... unsure which makes more sense to keep.
Highest Finishing Female: United States Danica Patrick, 3rd, 2009 Indianapolis 500
Highest Finish by Female Driver: 3rd Place, United States Danica Patrick, 2009 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.251.88.101 ( talk) 19:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
What is this table trying to say? I don't understand it at all. If it is trying to show fastest times over a certain number of laps, it can't be right. There have been race laps faster than Kanaan's 217.128. And surely groups of laps in the 1996 race were among the fastest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.166.204 ( talk) 21:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
I agree that clarity is needed for this chart. I came over to the talk page to understand what on Earth it was trying to say. The title of the section is "Indianapolis 500 Race Distance Records," which makes it sound as if it's going to be, well, distance records, like the furthest distance ever traveled or something. Then you read the numbers and see, wahh, 2.5 miles? Then you see a time that is completely unitless -- is it in seconds? But then you think maybe the precision in the distance (2.500) is actually someone trying to write 2,500 miles, and so the unitless time could be hours, or days... Anyway, you get the idea.
Aside from all that, I really expected to find some race time records. If you look at, say, marathon records, you see times: 2h03:38, 2h03:42. Maybe they don't do that for car races? It shows the top average speed, though, so I guess I could divide by the distance... Seems very odd. — Sam 63.138.152.219 ( talk) 16:36, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Observing the scoring during the race, I believe they broke the interval average speed records for 70, 80, and 90 laps during the 2012 race. At one point, they were well over 198 mph ave, and were over 180 for almost the entire first half. I'm having trouble tracking down official scoring sheets, but those need to be addressed if they are found. Doctorindy ( talk) 16:31, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Just a few friendly notes. Doctorindy ( talk) 18:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm looking at the "consecutive victories" & other tables, & I'm seeing "career victory" stats having nothing to do with the subject of the table. Why? This seems really pointless, not to mention confusing. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 23:40, 20 May 2017 (UTC)