Sunday, May 18, 2008 Bump Day - The 92nd Indianapolis 500 Round 5 of 18 in the IndyCar Series McDONALD’S DRIVER WILSON AND HOLE IN THE WALL CAMPS DRIVER RAHAL UTILIZE BUMP DAY TO WORK ON RACE SETUP FOR THE INDY 500 Graham Rahal 40.7928 / 220.627 mph 57 total laps today Justin Wilson 41.0555 / 219.215 mph 44 total laps today Justin Wilson, No. 02 McDonald’s Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We used today to fine tune our race set up. We ran in some traffic again and the McDonald’s car feels pretty good. I’m hopeful that we’ve done all our preparation the right way and have quite a good race car. We’ll just have to sit and ponder it for the next week. We ran in traffic, we ran on our own and the car felt pretty good both ways. I think we’re in good shape.” FAST FACTS: Will be his second race at IMS and first in the IndyCar Series (ICS) after having competed here with Jaguar in 2003 where he earned his first Formula One point in the USGP with an eighth place finish after running as high as third. He started 16th…He has competed on an oval track seven times…Qualified 17th but started 15th in the season-opener in Homestead due to two cars having their qualifying speeds disallowed. Dropped one lap down when he was hit by Will Power on a restart after approx. 22 laps and had to pit to replace a deflated tire but rallied to finish 15th…Started third in his street course ICS debut in St. Pete but alternate fuel and tire strategies dictated by intermittent rain led to a ninth place finish after he led a total of 18 of 83 laps…Was the pole winner on Friday and Saturday in the Long Beach Champ Car finale and dropped to second on the start but engine failure on Lap 13 ended his race and he finished 19th … Gained valuable experience after he was first to qualify and started 22nd in Kansas, led five laps after staying on track while others pit and finished ninth…Is ranked 17 in the point standings with 71 and is sixth in ROY…Finished runner up in the Champ Car championship to the driver he recently replaced, four-time champion Sebastien Bourdais, in 2006 and 2007. Was a championship contender until the conclusion of the penultimate race of each season. Graham Rahal, No. 06 Hole in the Wall Camps Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I think our day went pretty well, especially the afternoon session because the car was really good. I think we can have a really good race and be really competitive here. We have been going back and forth on the setup and, at the end, I think we really did find a pretty good race car. That was the goal for today and that’s what we did. I ran with Wheldon and Carpenter pretty much the whole last run and the car felt good in traffic. We’ll just have to see what happens with the weather because I think that’s going to be our biggest curve ball.” FAST FACTS: Will be his first Indy 500 and only his second on an oval track after having finished 12th at Kansas Speedway last weekend. He previously ran in a junior formula, Star Mazda event in 2005 at the Pikes Peak oval. In his IndyCar Series debut on a road/street course he became the youngest winner in major open-wheel racing in North America after winning in St. Pete on 4-6-08 at 19 years, 93 days old…He is ranked 10th in series points with 88 points. 1 POLE (1987) & TWO SECONDS AT IMS: The 2008 entry will mark the 16th year for NHR/NHLR in the event and the third since 1995. Prior to 2008, the team prepared a total of 23 entries for drivers such as Mario and Michael Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Paul Tracy, Bruno Junqueira and Sebastien Bourdais. The entry of Justin Wilson and Graham Rahal in 2008 will bring the total to 25. NHR’s highest finish in the Indy 500 is second place with Mario Andretti in 1985 and Michael Andretti in 1991 although team drivers have led many laps here. Mario Andretti also brought the team its highest start in the event when he won the pole position in 1987. NHR’s 2004 entry of Junqueira marked the first time for the team to compete here since 1995 and they returned in 2005 with Junqueira and IMS rookie Bourdais. They have earned Rookie of the Year once, with Mansell in 1993 when he finished third.