{"id":20873,"date":"2019-05-21T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=20873"},"modified":"2019-05-21T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:00:16","slug":"indianapolis-500-2019-starting-grid-start-time-and-tv-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/05\/21\/indianapolis-500-2019-starting-grid-start-time-and-tv-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis 500: 2019 Starting Grid, Start time and TV coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20874\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/05\/indy500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Indianapolis 500 will take place on Sunday. An annual Memorial weekend tradition, the IndyCar Series hits the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\"><strong>Start Time:<\/strong>\u00a0Green flag scheduled for 12:45 a.m. ET Sunday<br \/>\n<strong>Length:<\/strong>\u00a0200 laps, 500 miles<br \/>\n<strong>TV Coverage:<\/strong>\u00a0NBC&#8217;s pre-race coverage begins at 11 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2\">Schedule of events<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p-text\">All times Eastern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">6 a.m. \u2014\u00a0Gates open at IMS<br \/>\n11:43 a.m. \u2014\u00a0&#8216;God Bless the USA&#8217; performance<br \/>\n12:01 a.m. \u2014\u00a0Driver Introductions<br \/>\n12:13 a.m. \u2014\u00a0&#8216;America The Beautiful&#8217; performance<br \/>\n12:23 a.m. \u2014\u00a0 &#8216;God Bless America&#8217; performance<br \/>\n12:26 a.m. \u2014\u00a0National Anthem performance by Kelly Clarkson<br \/>\n12:36 a.m. \u2014\u00a0&#8216;Back Home Again in Indiana&#8217; performance by Jim Cornelison<br \/>\n12:38 a.m. \u2014\u00a0Command to fire engines<br \/>\n12:45 a.m.\u00a0\u2014 Green Flag<\/p>\n<h2>Indy 500 Starting Grid<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 1<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">1. Simon Pagenaud, No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet, 229.992 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">2. Ed Carpenter, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 229.889\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">3. Spencer Pigot, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 229.826\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 2<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">4.\u00a0Ed Jones, No. 63 Ed Carpenter Racing\u00a0Chevrolet, 229.646 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">5. Colton Herta, No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda, 229.086\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">6. Will Power, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet,\u00a0228.645\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 3<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">7.\u00a0Sebastien Bourdais, No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda, 228.621\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">8.\u00a0Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet, 228.396\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">9.\u00a0Alexander Rossi, No. 27 Andretti Autosport Honda, 228.247\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 4<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">10.\u00a0Marco Andretti, No. 98 Andretti Herta Honda, 228.756 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">11.\u00a0Conor Daly, No. 25 Andretti Autosport Honda, 228.617 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">12.\u00a0Helio Castroneves, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet, 228.523 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 5<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">13.\u00a0Marcus Ericsson, No. 7 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, 228.511 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">14.\u00a0Takuma Sato, No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 228.300 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">15.\u00a0James Davison, No. 33 Dale Coyne Racing Honda, 228.273 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 6<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">16.\u00a0Tony Kanaan, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 228.120 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">17.\u00a0Graham Rahal, No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 228.104\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">18.\u00a0Scott Dixon, No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda,\u00a0228.100 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 7<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">19.\u00a0Oriol Servia, No. 77 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, 227.991 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">20.\u00a0Charlie Kimball, No. 23 Carlin Chevrolet, 227.915 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">21.\u00a0JR Hildebrand, No. 48 Dreyer &amp; Reinbold Racing Chevrolet, 227.908 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 8<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">22.\u00a0Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 28 Andretti Autosport Honda, 227.877 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">23.\u00a0Santino Ferrucci, No. 19\u00a0Dale Coyne Racing Honda, 227.731 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">24.\u00a0Matheus Leist, No. 4 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 227.717 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 9<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">25.\u00a0Jack Harvey, No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda, 227.695 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">26.\u00a0Jordan King, No. 42 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 227.502 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">27.\u00a0Ben Hanley, No. 81 DragonSpeed Chevrolet, 227.482 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 10<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">28.\u00a0Zach Veach, No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda, 227.341 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">29.\u00a0Felix Rosenqvist, No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 227.297 mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">30.\u00a0Pippa Mann, No. 39 Clauson-Marshall Racing Chevrolet, 227.244 mph<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"presto-h2\">Row 11<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-text\">31.\u00a0Sage Karam, No. 24 Dreyer &amp; Reinbold Racing\u00a0Chevrolet, 227.740\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">32.\u00a0James Hinchcliffe, No. 5\u00a0Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, 227.543\u00a0mph<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-body-p-last\" class=\"p-text p-text-last\">33.\u00a0Kyle Kaiser, No. 32 Juncos Racing Chevrolet, 227.372 mph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Indianapolis 500 will take place on Sunday. An annual Memorial weekend tradition, the IndyCar Series hits the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Start Time:\u00a0Green flag scheduled for 12:45 a.m. ET Sunday Length:\u00a0200 laps, 500 miles TV Coverage:\u00a0NBC&#8217;s pre-race coverage begins at 11 a.m. ET Schedule of events All times Eastern. 6 a.m. \u2014\u00a0Gates open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[789,266,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-20873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-front","9":"tag-indianapolis-motor-speedway","10":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20873"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}