Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...early today." said Ward peering into the TV camera. "I know that it's a big disappointment for you, Lloyd, not being able to get a shot at the pole position." There are two weekends of qualifications for the 500. The pole position, on the inside of the first row, goes to the fastest qualifier on the first Saturday of qualifications. In pre-qualifying practice sessions Ruby's had been among the fastest cars, and he was a favorite for the $20,000 that accompanies the pole. The order that cars go out to qualify is decided...
...crew toiled diligently through the week, and Ruby eventually qualified the team's backup car during the second weekend. He made the sixth best qualifying time over-all, but due to the peculiar qualifying system at Indianapolis, he was placed on the inside of the ninth three-man row. Ruby is in his early forties, and he'd like to win the 500 and retire. He's on his second car and sixth engine of the month. It looks like he may be one of the thirty-two drivers waiting until next year...
Qualifications are used most often to predict the probable outcome of the race. A general rule is that the winner will come from the first two rows in qualifying. The reasoning is that unless a crew has good enough control to qualify the car with a fast time on the first weekend of trials, they won't be able to field a car that is capable of lasting 500 miles at racing speeds. Fast qualifiers on the second weekend usually don't finish, even if they lead the race at some point. The past decade at Indy bears this...
...Pollard drives a car called The Art Pollard Car Wash Special. His sponsor hopes that Pollard will win, and everyone will flock to the car washes bearing his name. He qualified on the outside of the second row, but his carburation test speeds weren't outstanding. He doesn't look any better than a third or fourth place finish if the car goes the distance...
...championship circuit. He was one of the fastest drivers in practice early this month, but a severe crash prior to qualifying forced his team to spend several sleepless nights fitting salvaged parts to a spare hull. Andretti qualified on the first day, next to Bobby Unser in the third row. By now most of the bugs should be out of the car. If so, he is a solid threat to repeat. But the car is really somewhat of an unknown quantity, at least to outside observers. Andretti has the uncanny ability to drive a car at the fastest speed...