THE LINEUP

These are the starting positions, by row, for the 81st Indianapolis 500 to be run today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race will be televised by Channel 7 beginning at 8 a.m.

ROW 1

POSITION 1

Arie Luyendyk (1)

Wavephore/Sprint

PCS/Miller Lite/Provimi

G Force/Aurora/Firestone

218.263 mph

POSITION 2

Tony Stewart

Glidden/Menards/Special

G Force/Aurora/Firestone

218.021 mph

POSITION 3

Vincenzo Sospiri*

Old Navy Scandia Alta Xcel

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

216.822 mph

ROW 2

POSITION 4

Robbie Buhl

Quaker State/Special

G Force/Aurora/Firestone

216.102 mph

POSITION 5

Scott Goodyear

Nortel/Sprint PCS/

Quebecor Printing

G Force/Aurora/Firestone

215.811 mph

POSITION 6

Jim Guthrie

Blueprint/Jacuzzi

Armour Golf/ERTL

Dallara/Aurora/Firestone

215.207 mph

ROW 3

POSITION 7

Jeff Ward*

FirstPlus Team Cheever

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

214.517 mph

POSITION 8

Davey Hamilton

AJ Foyt PowerTeam Racing

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

214.484 mph

POSITION 9

Eliseo Salazar

Copec/Cristal/Scandia/

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

214.320 mph

ROW 4

POSITION 10

Buddy Lazier (2)

Delta Faucet-Montana-

Hemelgarn Racing

Dallara/Aurora/Firestone

214.286 mph

POSITION 11

Eddie Cheever Jr.

FirstPlus Team Cheever

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

214.073 mph

POSITION 12

Robby Gordon

Coors Light

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

213.211 mph

ROW 5

POSITION 13

Stephan Gregoire

Chastain Motorsports-

Estridge-Miller-Eads

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

213.126 mph

POSITION 14

Affonso Giaffone*

General Motors Brazil

Chitwood Dallara

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

212.974 mph

POSITION 15

Kenny Brack*

Monsoon Galles Racing

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

211.221 mph

ROW 6

POSITION 16

Buzz Calkins

Bradley Food Marts

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

209.564 mph

POSITION 17

Dr. Jack Miller*

AMS/Crest Racing/

Trane/Spot-On

Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone

209.250 mph

POSITION 18

Mike Groff

Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria/

Visionaire/Bryant

G Force/Infiniti Indy/Firestone

208.537 mph

ROW 7

POSITION 19

Roberto Guerrero

Pennzoil-Pagan Racing

Dallara Infiniti

Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Goodyear

207.371 mph

POSITION 20

Steve Kinser*

SRS/One Call/Menards/

Quaker State/St. Elmo’s

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

210.793 mph

POSITION 21

Robbie Groff*

Alfa-Laval/Team Losi/

McCormack Motorsports

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

207.792 mph

ROW 8

POSITION 22

Billy Boat*

Conseco AJ Foyt Racing

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

215.544 mph

POSITION 23

Sam Schmidt*

Blueprint/HOPE Prepaid

Fuel Card

Dallara/Aurora/Firestone

215.141 mph

POSITION 24

Billy Roe*

Sega/Progressive Electronics/KECO/U.J.T./Eurointernational

Dallara/Aurora/Firestone

212.752 mph

ROW 9

POSITION 25

Mark Dismore

Kelley Automotive Group

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

212.423 mph

POSITION 26

Tyce Carlson*

Klipsch Tnemec Overhead

Door/Pyle V-Line Earl’s

Dalara/Aurora/Goodyear

210.852 mph

POSITION 27

Marco Greco

Side Play International

Sport/Scandia Alta Xcel

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

210.322 mph

ROW 10

POSITION 28

Dennis Vitolo

SmithKline Beecham/Kroger/Beck Motorsports

Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone

207.626 mph

POSITION 29

Fermin Velez

Old Navy Scandia Alta Xcel

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

206.512 mph

POSITION 30

Greg Ray*

Tobacco Free Kids

Dallara/Aurora/Firestone

213.760 mph

ROW 11

POSITION 31

A. Zampedri

Mi-Jack Scandia Alta Xcel

Dallara/Aurora/Goodyear

211.757 mph

POSITION 32

C. Bourbonnais*

Blueprint/Jacuzzi

Armour Golf/ERTL

Dallara/Aurora/Firestone

210.523 mph

POSITION 33

Paul Durant

Conseco AJ Foyt Racing

G Force/Aurora/Goodyear

209.149 mph

ROW 12

POSITION 34

Lyn St. James

Lifetime TV-Cinergy-

Delta-Faucet-Hemelgarn

Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone

210.145 mph

POSITION 35

Johnny Unser

Delta Faucet-Montana-Cinergy-Hemelgarn

Dallara/Infiniti Indy/Firestone

209.344 mph

(1) 1990 winner

(2) 1996 winner

*Rookie