All fired up for the Indy 500

Team driver Phil Giebler was released from the hospital but not cleared to drive because of a cervical sprain from this awesome crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

It may be a contentious race. Giebler was rookie of the year last year and old pros are warning new drivers to take it carefully but the line up has 11 rookies or almost a third of the field.
There have been thirteen crashes since practice started on May 4 - nine of them by rookies.

Former 2004 Indy winner Buddy Rice said: “I think some get it and some don't. "This place demands a lot of respect. It will do a lot of things you have never seen a track do. "When you get your bell rung by this place, you start really paying attention. That's why you see the veterans progressively get to the front,”

This year Rice, who started from the pole in his win four years ago, qualified for his fifth Indy start at 222.101 mph, giving him a spot in the middle of the sixth row. Eight of the rookies will be starting behind him.