| CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana Media Day May 21, 2026 Row 5 – Ed Carpenter & Christian Rasmussen THE MODERATOR: Moving on to row 5, starting 15th, good oven to Christian Rasmussen. And starting 13th, making his 23rd start in the 500, three-time pole winner for the race, runner-up in 2018, Ed Carpenter.Ed and I were just talking before the qualifying penalty post tech, we would have had the second oldest row in Indianapolis 500 history.ED CARPENTER: Do you ever think I’ve been doing this half of my life? THE MODERATOR: When does it hit you that you are back for the Indianapolis 500?ED CARPENTER: I think so, even on qualifying weekend it was going to be really reasonable to be in the top six or even further back than where we are. It’s been so competitive. That was qualifying. I’m seeing the same thing through race running.It’s really going to be a fight. As this race has progressed over the years, the manufacturers we have with Chevrolet and Honda both doing such a great job, you don’t have the attrition you used to have, can get away with less and less mistakes when Helio and I started.Seems like people back then would drive away with a fuel hose and still come back to win. You can’t get away with stuff like that anymore. You have to be nearly perfect to come out on top, which is what makes the challenge that much more rewarding. CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN: I’m just glad I’m taking the average age down here (laughter).I’m in great company here. Obviously four wins, pole positions and front rows. I’m around some very experienced guys. Yeah, like Ed was touching on, we’ve had strong cars all month. I think both me and Ed were slightly disappointed with where we ended up in qualifying ’cause we felt like we had more than that.Yeah, just very excited going into Sunday. See what we can do. THE MODERATOR: Open it up for questions.Q. Ed, the year you finished second, did you have the feeling you did everything you did to win it but the track chose somebody else?ED CARPENTER: We didn’t really do anything wrong. Will had a little bit better final pit exchange, but it wasn’t like we had anything go wrong or it was a bad out lap. It was just the way it falls.On that day, whichever one of us came out in the lead, the way the weather was, both of us were going to have a hard time getting by the other.Finishing second here is tough. Q. Ed and Helio, when you talk about old man row, what does it mean to you over two decades later to be still racing against each other?ED CARPENTER: Helio’s ears don’t work well anymore. Mine are hanging on (laughter).He asked essentially what it’s still like to be doing this for so long.Helio kind of answered it earlier when we were joking about our age. I think both of us feel really, really strong. We’re both active in our teams. Even though we don’t get behind the wheel as much, it doesn’t feel foreign. We’re both part owners in our team, active and engaged.When you step in the car, for me it actually gets a lot easier. I find these two weeks to be kind of like a vacation relative to the other 17 weekends. Still enjoyable. Still feel really confident and good behind the wheel.Yeah, I’m enjoying it. Q. Christian, after Phoenix you said you felt good about the fact you had the best car on two of the last three ovals. Do you have that same level of confidence that you can have the best car on Sunday?CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN: We all hope that we have the best car. But I think what the other guys also touched on, it doesn’t necessarily — having the best car is not always enough. It’s a long race. There’s a lot of variables during the Indy 500 with yellows and all of the stuff that can happen and obviously the 32 other variables that are on track.No, we’ll just have to go out and execute the best we can and see what we end up with on Sunday. Q. Ed, are you confident that Alex will be in the car tomorrow? Do you have a standby driver if need be?ED CARPENTER: We do have some contingencies. I think we should be finding out probably while I’m sitting here if he’s at least good to go for tomorrow. He’s been clearing all the hurdles that medical is looking for.Hopefully we’ll have news sooner than later. Q. Ed, Alex mentioned he was running last year’s car, that the underwing and front wing had been tested at the open test in April. Y’all had extra gearboxes prepared. A lot of other teams might have more risk not having all those extra parts. Is that something you spearheaded, having extra pieces prepared?ED CARPENTER: I mean, I think we come here with a high level of preparation. We’ve all been doing this long enough, things happen. You can’t just come here with three race cars and think that may be enough.So yeah, the car that he’s going to was initially going to be one of the three speedway cars. Same level of body fit. Confident in everything that’s going on.From my perspective, we’ll see tomorrow, but I expect it’s going to feel like he’s in the exact same car. Q. Christian, going back to Phoenix a few months ago, you had a car that could have won the race, then made contact with Will Power, cut a tire, finished 14th. As a driver, how do you compartmentalize that and move on from a race that got away?CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN: I don’t know. For me it was an easy one to move on from. Obviously you always want to have race wins. But coming in on the first oval of the race and kind of feeling that we started where we left off last season, I think when you look at it, two out of the last three oval races, we’ve really been the car to beat. We got it done in Milwaukee. Obviously didn’t in Nashville and didn’t in Phoenix either. We were still up there all day and running up front.I think that weekend just gave me confidence. You always look back at what you could have done differently to change the outcome. I mean, hindsight is 20/20.I think we did a good job. I think we did everything right that weekend. We were running up front. That’s just the risks of racing.Again, back to what I said before: there’s 32 other variables here. A little bit less on the other tracks. That’s just part of racing sometimes. ED CARPENTER: Same thing. The way Helio described the open test, the emotions, it really does feel just like coming back home. It’s such a privilege to compete here, to still have opportunities to drive such a great car with a great team, to go out and try to accomplish what I’ve been working for my whole career. I still feel fully capable of doing that; otherwise, I wouldn’t be here.HELIO CASTRONEVES: I tell you what, being in the stand, you learn a lot. As a driver before full-time, I didn’t know what’s going on much. Sometimes I was getting pissed off. Now I’m still getting pissed off, but I understand they have a lot more information than us that we can apply and use it.I feel that I’m actually even more complete, when you come to a race like this, to understand what we need to do, correct the things, mistakes that we had the past, so we don’t do it again.THE MODERATOR: Guys, thanks for coming up. Good luck on Sunday. |
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| CHEVROLET IN THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway ovalSpeedway, IndianaMedia DayMay 21, 2026 Row 5 – Ed Carpenter & Christian Rasmussen THE MODERATOR: Moving on to row 5, starting 15th, good oven to Christian Rasmussen. And starting 13th, making his 23rd start in the 500, three-time pole winner for the race, runner-up in 2018, Ed Carpenter.Ed and I were just talking before the qualifying penalty post tech, we would have had the second oldest row in Indianapolis 500 history.ED CARPENTER: Do you ever think I’ve been doing this half of my life? THE MODERATOR: When does it hit you that you are back for the Indianapolis 500?ED CARPENTER: I think so, even on qualifying weekend it was going to be really reasonable to be in the top six or even further back than where we are. It’s been so competitive. That was qualifying. I’m seeing the same thing through race running.It’s really going to be a fight. As this race has progressed over the years, the manufacturers we have with Chevrolet and Honda both doing such a great job, you don’t have the attrition you used to have, can get away with less and less mistakes when Helio and I started.Seems like people back then would drive away with a fuel hose and still come back to win. You can’t get away with stuff like that anymore. You have to be nearly perfect to come out on top, which is what makes the challenge that much more rewarding. CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN: I’m just glad I’m taking the average age down here (laughter).I’m in great company here. Obviously four wins, pole positions and front rows. I’m around some very experienced guys. Yeah, like Ed was touching on, we’ve had strong cars all month. I think both me and Ed were slightly disappointed with where we ended up in qualifying ’cause we felt like we had more than that.Yeah, just very excited going into Sunday. See what we can do. THE MODERATOR: Open it up for questions.Q. Ed, the year you finished second, did you have the feeling you did everything you did to win it but the track chose somebody else?ED CARPENTER: We didn’t really do anything wrong. Will had a little bit better final pit exchange, but it wasn’t like we had anything go wrong or it was a bad out lap. It was just the way it falls.On that day, whichever one of us came out in the lead, the way the weather was, both of us were going to have a hard time getting by the other.Finishing second here is tough. Q. Ed and Helio, when you talk about old man row, what does it mean to you over two decades later to be still racing against each other?ED CARPENTER: Helio’s ears don’t work well anymore. Mine are hanging on (laughter).He asked essentially what it’s still like to be doing this for so long.Helio kind of answered it earlier when we were joking about our age. I think both of us feel really, really strong. We’re both active in our teams. Even though we don’t get behind the wheel as much, it doesn’t feel foreign. We’re both part owners in our team, active and engaged.When you step in the car, for me it actually gets a lot easier. I find these two weeks to be kind of like a vacation relative to the other 17 weekends. Still enjoyable. Still feel really confident and good behind the wheel.Yeah, I’m enjoying it. Q. Christian, after Phoenix you said you felt good about the fact you had the best car on two of the last three ovals. Do you have that same level of confidence that you can have the best car on Sunday?CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN: We all hope that we have the best car. But I think what the other guys also touched on, it doesn’t necessarily — having the best car is not always enough. It’s a long race. There’s a lot of variables during the Indy 500 with yellows and all of the stuff that can happen and obviously the 32 other variables that are on track.No, we’ll just have to go out and execute the best we can and see what we end up with on Sunday. Q. Ed, are you confident that Alex will be in the car tomorrow? Do you have a standby driver if need be?ED CARPENTER: We do have some contingencies. I think we should be finding out probably while I’m sitting here if he’s at least good to go for tomorrow. He’s been clearing all the hurdles that medical is looking for.Hopefully we’ll have news sooner than later. Q. Ed, Alex mentioned he was running last year’s car, that the underwing and front wing had been tested at the open test in April. Y’all had extra gearboxes prepared. A lot of other teams might have more risk not having all those extra parts. Is that something you spearheaded, having extra pieces prepared?ED CARPENTER: I mean, I think we come here with a high level of preparation. We’ve all been doing this long enough, things happen. You can’t just come here with three race cars and think that may be enough.So yeah, the car that he’s going to was initially going to be one of the three speedway cars. Same level of body fit. Confident in everything that’s going on.From my perspective, we’ll see tomorrow, but I expect it’s going to feel like he’s in the exact same car. Q. Christian, going back to Phoenix a few months ago, you had a car that could have won the race, then made contact with Will Power, cut a tire, finished 14th. As a driver, how do you compartmentalize that and move on from a race that got away?CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN: I don’t know. For me it was an easy one to move on from. Obviously you always want to have race wins. But coming in on the first oval of the race and kind of feeling that we started where we left off last season, I think when you look at it, two out of the last three oval races, we’ve really been the car to beat. We got it done in Milwaukee. Obviously didn’t in Nashville and didn’t in Phoenix either. We were still up there all day and running up front.I think that weekend just gave me confidence. You always look back at what you could have done differently to change the outcome. I mean, hindsight is 20/20.I think we did a good job. I think we did everything right that weekend. We were running up front. That’s just the risks of racing.Again, back to what I said before: there’s 32 other variables here. A little bit less on the other tracks. That’s just part of racing sometimes. ED CARPENTER: Same thing. The way Helio described the open test, the emotions, it really does feel just like coming back home. It’s such a privilege to compete here, to still have opportunities to drive such a great car with a great team, to go out and try to accomplish what I’ve been working for my whole career. I still feel fully capable of doing that; otherwise, I wouldn’t be here.HELIO CASTRONEVES: I tell you what, being in the stand, you learn a lot. As a driver before full-time, I didn’t know what’s going on much. Sometimes I was getting pissed off. Now I’m still getting pissed off, but I understand they have a lot more information than us that we can apply and use it.I feel that I’m actually even more complete, when you come to a race like this, to understand what we need to do, correct the things, mistakes that we had the past, so we don’t do it again.THE MODERATOR: Guys, thanks for coming up. Good luck on Sunday. |
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| Chevrolet History at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval General Motors Wins – 18 Chevrolet Wins – 13 2024 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2023 – Josef Newgarden – Team Penske2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske2018 – Will Power – Team Penske2015 – Juan Montoya – Team Penske2013 – Tony Kanaan – KV Racing Technology-SH Racing2002 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1992 – Al Unser, Jr. – Galles/Kraco1991 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1990 – Arie Luyendyk – Doug Shierson Racing1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Patrick Racing1988 – Rick Mears – Team Penske Oldsmobile Wins – 5 2001 – Helio Castroneves – Team Penske2000 – Juan Montoya – Chip Ganassi Racing1999 – Kenny Brack – A.J. Foyt Racing1998 – Eddie Cheever, Jr. – Team Cheever1997 – Arie Luyendyk – Treadway Racing General Motors Poles – 20 Chevrolet Poles – 14 2025 – Robert Shwartzman – PREMA Racing2024 – Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske2019 – Simon Pagenaud – Team Penske2018 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing2015 – Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing2014 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing2013 – Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing2012 – Ryan Briscoe – Team Penske2002 – Bruno Junqueira – Chip Ganassi Racing1991 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1990 – Emerson Fittipaldi – Team Penske1989 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1988 – Rick Mears – Team Penske1987 – Mario Andretti – Newman Haas Racing Oldsmobile Poles – 5 2001 – Scott Sharp – Kelley Racing2000 – Greg Ray – Team Menard1999 – Arie Luyendyk – Treadway Racing1998 – Billy Boat – A.J. Foyt Racing1997 – Arie Luyendyk – Treadway Racing Buick Poles – 1 1992 – Roberto Guerrero – King Motorsports General Motors Podiums – 54 Chevrolet Podiums – 38 Chevrolet Driver Podiums – Emerson Fittipaldi (4), Helio Castroneves (3), Josef Newgarden (3), Pato O’Ward (3), Tony Kanaan (2), Arie Luyendyk (2), Rick Mears (2), Simon Pagenaud (2), Will Power (2), Al Unser Jr. (2), Michael Andretti (1), Ed Carpenter (1), Santino Ferrucci (1),Felipe Giaffone (1), Scott Goodyear (1), Ryan Hunter-Reay (1), Charlie Kimball (1), David Malukas (1), Juan Montoya (1), Carlos Munoz (1), Bob Rahal (1), Paul Tracy (1), Al Unser (1) Chevrolet Team Podiums – Team Penske (15), Arrow McLaren (3), A.J. Foyt Racing (2), Andretti Global (2), ECR (2), Galles Racing (2), KV Racing Technology (2), Patrick Racing (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (1), Doug Shierson Racing (1), Granatelli Racing (1), Kraco Enterprises (1), Mo Nunn Racing (1), Newman Haas Racing (1), Team Green (1), Walker Racing (1) Oldsmobile – 15 Oldsmobile Driver Podiums – Buddy Lazier (2), Jeff Ward (2), Michael Andretti (1), Billy Boat (1), Kenny Brack (1), Helio Castroneves (1), Eddie Cheever, Jr. (1), Gil de Ferran (1), Scott Goodyear (1), Steve Knapp (1), Arie Luyendyk (1), Juan Montoya (1), Eliseo Salazar (1) Oldsmobile Team Podiums – A.J. Foyt (3), Hemelgarn Racing (2), Team Cheever (2), Team Penske (2), Treadway Racing (2), Chip Ganassi Racing (1), ISM Racing (1), Team Green (1), Pagan Racing (1) Buick – 1 Buick Driver Podiums – Al Unser (1) Buick Team Podiums – Team Menard (1) General Motors Laps Led – 3709 Chevrolet Laps Led – 2699 Chevrolet Driver Laps Led – Emerson Fittipaldi (348), Mario Andretti (193), Simon Pagenaud (169), Ed Carpenter (144), Will Power (140), Tony Kanaan (133), Michael Andretti (132), Rick Mears (119), Helio Castroneves (98), Pato O’Ward (96), Danny Sullivan (95), Marco Andretti (90), Scott Dixon (87), Conor Daly (82), Josef Newgarden (69), Rinus VeeKay (65), Scott McLaughlin (64), Al Unser Jr. (52), Felix Rosenqvist (47), Arie Luyendyk (37), Bob Rahal (36), Bruno Junqueira (32), Alexander Rossi (30), Al Unser (27), Juan Montoya (26), A.J. Allmendinger (23), Sting Ray Robb (23), Ryan Briscoe (15), Gil de Ferran (13), Santino Ferrucci (12), Felipe Giaffone (12), James Hinchcliffe (12), Carlos Munoz (12), Alex Barron (10), Charlie Kimball (10), Christian Rasmussen (9), Robert Shwartzman (8), Spencer Pigot (7), JR Hildebrand (6), Callum Ilott (6), Oliver Askew (4), Kevin Cogan (4), Sage Karam (4), Kyle Larson (4), Jack Harvey (3), Scott Sharp (3), Rubens Barrichello (2), David Malukas (2) Chevrolet Team Laps Led – Team Penske (1019), Newman Haas Racing (325), ECR (306), Chip Ganassi Racing (179), Arrow McLaren (168), Patrick Racing (158), Andretti Global (140), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (85), A.J. Foyt Racing (56), Galles Racing (56), KV Racing Technology (43), Doug Shierson Racing (37), Kraco Enterprises (35), Mo Nunn Racing (35), Juncos Hollinger Racing (18), King Motorsports (15), Prema Racing (8), Blair Racing (7), Kelley Racing (4), Team Cheever (3) Oldsmobile Laps Led – 996 Oldsmobile Driver Laps Led: Juan Montoya (167), Arie Luyendyk (129), Greg Ray (116), Kenny Brack (89), Tony Stewart (78), Eddie Cheever, Jr. (76), Helio Castroneves (52), Jeff Ward (52), Robby Gordon (50), John Paul, Jr. (39), Mark Dismore (29), Gil de Ferran (27), Buddy Lazier (27), Michael Andretti (16), Robbie Buhl (16), Billy Boat (13), Jimmy Vasser (5), Buzz Calkins (4), Sam Schmidt (4), Davey Hamilton (3), Scott Goodyear (2), Robbie McGehee (2) Oldsmobile Team Laps Led : Team Menard (207), Chip Ganassi Racing (185), Treadway Racing (137), Team Cheever (125), A.J. Foyt Racing (124), Team Penske (79), Team Pelfrey (39), Kelley Racing (29), Hemelgarn Racing (27), Genoa Racing (18), Team Green (16), Bradley Racing (4), Nienhouse Motorsports (3), Pagan Racing (3) Buick Laps Led – 14 Buick Driver Laps Led: Jim Crawford (8), Al Unser (4), Scott Brayton (1), Stephane Gregoire (1) Buick Team Laps Led: King Motorsports (8), Team Menard (4), Brayton Engineering (1), Formula Project (1) Manufacturer History at the Indianapolis 500 Wins (with competition) 27 – Offenhauser (1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1941, 1937, 1935)18 – General Motors 13 – Chevrolet (2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2013, 2002, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988)12 – Miller (1938, 1936, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1926, 1923, 1922)10 – Honda (2025, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2005, 2004)10 – Cosworth (1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978)8 – Ford (1996, 1995, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1965)5 – Oldsmobile (2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997)3 – Duesenberg (1927, 1925, 19243 – Peugeot (1919, 1918, 1913)2 – Mercedes (1994, 19152 – Maserati (1940, 1939)2 – Frontenac (1921, 1920)1 – Toyota (2003)1 – Foyt (19771 – Sparks (1946)1 – Delage (1914)1 – National (1912)1 – Marmon (1911) Earned Poles (with competition) 23 – General Motors18 – Offenhauser (1976, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1950, 1946, 1937)14 – Miller (1938, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922)14 – Chevrolet (2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2002, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987)9 – Cosworth (1986, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977)9 – Honda (2026, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2005, 2004)7 – Ford (1993, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964)5 – Oldsmobile (2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997)4 – Buick (1996, 1995, 1992, 1985)3 – Ballot (1921, 1920, 1919)2 – Foyt (1975, 1974)2 – Novi (1951, 1949)2 – Winfield (1948, 1940)2 – Maserati (1947, 1941)2 – Sparks (1939, 1936)2 – Wisconsin (1912, 1911)1 – Toyota (2003)1 – Mercedes (1994)1 – Pratt & Whitney (1968)1 – Cummins (1952)1 – Studebaker (1931)1 – Peugeot (1916)1 – Stutz (1915)1 – Sunbeam (1914)1 – Mercer (1913) |