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TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE NTT INDYCAR SERIES INDIANAPOLIS 500 INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA AUGUST 23, 2020 RACE #7 OF 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERES:It’s here. After months of uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the dogged determination of the NTT INDYCAR Series – the Greatest Spectacle in Racing – the Indianapolis 500 is here. The traditional 33 car field is set for 200 laps/500 miles today, August 23, 2020 for the at the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Just over half of the field for the 104thrunning of the Indianapolis 500, will be 17 Chevrolet powered cars fielded by seven organizations: AJ Foyt Racing – Tony Kanaan, Charlie Kimball, Dalton KellettArrow McLaren SP – Fernando Alonso, Pato O’Ward, Oliver AskewCarlin – Max ChiltonDragonSpeed – Ben HanleyDryer and Reinbold – Sage Karem and JR HildebrandEd Carpenter Racong — Ed Carpenter, Rinus VeeKay, Conor DalyTeam Penske – Helio Castroneves, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power Fans have multiple options for listening and watching all of the on-track activities on race day.  The Indianapolis race coverage begins live on NBC at 1:00 p.m. ET plus IndyCar radio network affiliates, Sirius 211, XM 205, IndyCar.com and the INDYCAR Mobile app powered by NTT DATA. BOWTIE BULLETS

  • With second row starting spot running fourth quickest time Rinus VeeKay, Ed Carenter Racing Team Chevy driver posted quickest time in history for a rookie
  • Cole for Conor: Race engineer Cole Pearn, who led Martin Truex Jr. and Furniture Row Racing to the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series championship, has joined Ed Carpenter Racing to lead Conor Daly’s “500” program. The jump from stock cars to Indy cars is unusual but not without success. In 2015, Brian Campe helped Team Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya win the “500.”
  • Rick Mears is still with Team Penske as driver support and advisor, as well as Helio’s spotter. If you ask Helio, he will tell you Rick as seven 500 wins because he was Helio’s spotter for all three of his wins.
  • ·Robert Wickens is the driver coach for Pato and Oliver at Arrow McLaren. Wickens was seriously injured two years ago and is confined to a wheel chair. He was an incredible driver and is a great influence and resource for the young drivers
  • Since returning to INDYCAR manufacturer competition in 2012, Chevrolet has amassed 84 wins and 98 poles in 141 races along with six Manufacturer Championships
  • Chevrolet has recorded six NTT IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championships since returning to manufacturer competition in 2012
  • Helio aims for No. 4: Helio Castroneves again will attempt to join one of the most exclusive clubs in global motorsports – four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500 – this year in a Team Penske car. Castroneves’ third win came in 2009, and his chances to join A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears as four-time winners are dwindling at age 45 as he edges closer toward the end of his illustrious career. Can he get win No. 4?
  • TK’s Last Lap continues: 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan will continue his final season of regular NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on Aug. 23, driving for A.J. Foyt Racing. Can Kanaan punctuate his final campaign, consisting of all of the oval races on the schedule, with an emotional victory at age 45?
  • Safety revolution: This will be the first year in which the new Aeroscreen will be used in the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. The Aeroscreen, mandatory on all NTT INDYCAR SERIES cars starting this season, offers a revolutionary new level of driver protection and creates a sleek, jet fighter look to the open-wheel cars. The Aeroscreen’s IMS competition debut took place July 4 during the GMR Grand Prix on the IMS road course, but this will be the first time the safety device will be used in the Indy 500. The IMS oval debut of the Aeroscreen continues the Speedway’s legacy of automotive safety and technology development that started with the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911.
  • Fernando is back: Two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso is back at IMS in a bid to become just the second driver to win the “Triple Crown” of motorsports – victories in the Monaco Grand Prix, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Indianapolis 500. Alonso, from Spain, will drive for Arrow McLaren SP while attempting to make his second start in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The motorsports world was shocked last season when Alonso was bumped from the starting field during the Last Row Shootout by driver Kyle Kaiser and upstart Juncos Racing. Can Alonso bounce back this year and make history by entering Victory Lane?
  • Chevrolet earned six consecutive CART Manufacturers’ Cup championships from 1988-93.
  • Chevrolet has recorded 12 driver championships, including four in the past five years.
  • Chevrolet has recorded 195 wins in Indy-style racing, including USAC, CART, Indy Racing League and IndyCar Series since 1965
  • Chevrolet’s initial win, under USAC sanction, was by Al Unser in the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb on July 4, 1965
  • Chevrolet has 84 wins and 98 poles in 141 in IndyCar Series races since returning to manufacturer competition in 2012.

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Chevrolet has a storied history with Indianapolis Motor Speedway as an engine manufacturer, provider of the pace car, entrant and even drivers. Chevrolet was co-founded in 1911 by Louis Chevrolet, the year of the inaugural 500-Mile Race. He competed in the ‘500’ four times, with a best finish of seventh in 1919. His brother, Arthur, competed in the 1911 and 1916 races and his other brother, Gaston, won in 1920 and finished 10th in 1919. Louis Chevrolet was also the owner of the 1921-winning car driven by Tommy Milton. The Louis Chevrolet Memorial is located just west of the entrance to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Inscribed on the pedestal that holds a bust of Louis Chevrolet is his motto “Never Give Up.”