Thursday, May 31, 2007 It was everything but the milk for Skip Barber alum at the 91st Indianapolis 500. Skip Barber trained drivers led 119 of the 166 laps run, including a race-high 83 for Tony Kanaan. Ultimately four Skip Barber alumni finished in the top 10 of the rain-shortened event. Phil Giebler earned "Rookie of the Year" honors with his 29th place finish. 91st Indianapolis 500 results (car number in parentheses) Skip Barber alumni in bold: 1. (27) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda 166 laps 2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda 166 3. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda 166 4. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda 166 5. (12) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda 166 6. (8) Scott Sharp, Dallara-Honda 166 7. (2) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda 166 8. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda 166 9. (02) Davey Hamilton, Dallara-Honda 166 10. (4) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda 166 11. (17) Jeff Simmons, Dallara-Honda 166 12. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda 166 13. (39) Michael Andretti, Dallara-Honda 166 14. (22) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Honda 165 15. (98) Alex Barron, Dallara-Honda 165 16. (55) Kosuke Matsuura, Dallara-Honda 165 17. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda 164 Accident 18. (5) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda 164 19. (99) Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Honda 164 20. (14) Darren Manning, Dallara-Honda 164 21. (24) Roger Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda 164 22. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda 163 Accident 23. (91) Richie Hearn, Dallara-Honda 163 24. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda 162 Accident 25. (15) Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda 162 Accident 26. (50) Al Unser Jr., Dallara-Honda 161 27. (21) Jaques Lazier, Panoz-Honda 155 Accident 28. (25) Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda 148 Accident 29. (31) Phil Giebler, Panoz-Honda 106 Accident 30. (33) John Andretti, Dallara-Honda 95 Accident 31. (23) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda 65 Accident 32. (19) Jon Herb, Dallara-Honda 51 Accident 33. (77) Roberto Moreno, Panoz-Honda 36 Accident Time of Race: 2:44:03.5608 Average Speed: 151.744mph
Top photo, that's your winner! Well, okay, it's the famous-pretty-soaked-actress-wife of Dario the Winner, Ashley Judd. Bottom photo is one of Indy's iconic images, the scoreboard tower at the end of the race. (Photos courtesy of Jim Altemus, one of many hard-core racing fans here at Skip Barber, who was in attendance with his lovely and talented wife, Aimee; they were seated directly across from Franchiti's pit.)