The IndyCar circus has rolled into Toronto, reviving the big race by the lake. After a year without a race, it is great to feel the hype around one of Toronto’s most important events once again. AndrettiGreen bought the event and have been carefully at work building a strong base, knowing that if they do it right they will be on their way to recreating the magic this event held in the Eighties and Nineties. If media preparations leading up are any indication, I think we are in for a great weekend.
I’ll be at the track Friday and Saturday, grabbing photos and doing my best to post them during the day. This year, media parking is right beneath the media center which is a short tunnel walk away from pit lane so I should have lots of time to get online.
If you have never been to the Toronto Indy and are in town, you owe it to yourself to visit this weekend. We’ve got the race schedule after the break.
Friday, July 10
7:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Credential Office Open
8:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m. Spectator Gates Open
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Acura Sports Car Challenge CCTCC Practice
8:50 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights Practice
10:10 a.m. – 11:40 p.m. IndyCar Series Practice
11:45 a.m. – 1:45 a.m. Live music on the OLG Stage
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights Practice
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Vintage GT Practice
1:50 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. IndyCar Series Practice
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Live music on the OLG Stage
3:10 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Acura Sports Car Challenge CCTCC Qualifying
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Honda Motorcycle Demonstration
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pit Walk-Through
Saturday, July 11
7:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Credential Office Open
8:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m. Spectator Gates Open
8:00 a.m. — 8:30 a.m. Vintage GT Qualifying
8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Firestone Indy Lights Practice
9:40 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. IndyCar Series Practice
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Vintage GT Qualifying
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Live music on the OLG Stage
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights Pre-Race
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Firestone Indy Lights Race
2:05 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. IndyCar Series Qualifying
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Live music on the OLG Stage
3:50 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Acura Sports Car Challenge CCTCC Race #1
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Honda Motorcycle Demonstration
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. IndyCar Series Driver Autograph Session
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pit Walk-Through
Sunday, July 12
7:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. Credential Office Open
8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Spectator Gates Open
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Vintage GT Race
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. IndyCar Series Warm-Up
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Acura Sports Car Challenge CCTCC Race #2
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Live music on the OLG Stage
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Honda Motorcycle Demonstration
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pit Walk-Through
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. IndyCar Series Pre-Race Ceremonies
1:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Honda Indy Toronto IndyCar Series Race (85 laps)
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. IndyCar Series Post-Race Ceremonies
3:50 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Live music on the OLG Stage
You can buy tickets at the gate. Full details are available at the Honda Indy Toronto site.
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Can we get a Friday crowd estimate, pls?
Doing a quick count on the Gold grandstand during the afternoon IndyCar practice, I counted approximately 400 people. Not sure about Silver T3 or T9.
Under 4000 total for sure
Can you provide Saturdays qualifying results and line up for Sunday race
Mike, I was shooting the vintage race at the end of the day. I just got home and am going for dinner.
You can find the qualifying results here: http://www.openwheelworld.net/pages/race_results.php?id=191&s=Q1
Thanks to our friends at Open Wheel World.
Update:
http://thegarageblog.com/garage/dario-franchitti-takes-pole-for-indycar-race-at-2009-honda-indy-toronto/
where can you find information on the “Vintage GT” race that took place at the Honda indy Toronto? Drivers, types of cars, and results. Thanks
Gord, the Time Warp racing folks have the entry list here:
http://twr00.webs.com/2009gtentrantlist.htm
We should have results posted soon, along with lots more pictures.