What’s happening in 53214: No shortcuts at the Mile

Via IndyCar.com
August 13, 2014

ABC Supply Wisconsin 250at Milwaukee IndyFest

TV: NBCSN telecasts the race live (3 p.m. ET Aug. 17) and qualifications (8 p.m. ET Aug. 16). Leigh Diffey is the chief announcer, with Townsend Bell and David Hobbs as analysts. The Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires race will be telecast at 6 p.m. (ET) Aug. 17.

Radio/web: All Verizon IndyCar Series on-track sessions are broadcast on www.IndyCar.com and the INDYCAR 14 app in conjunction with real-time Timing & Scoring. In addition, the races will be broadcast on IMS Radio Network affiliates, XM 209 and Sirius 213. Paul Page is the chief announcer. … Timing & Scoring for all Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires and Pro Mazda sessions also is on IndyCar.com.

Live practice and qualifications streaming: Live streaming of the Aug. 16 Verizon IndyCar Series practice sessions and single-car qualifications will be on www.IndyCar.com, incorporating Timing & Scoring and the IMS Radio Network broadcast.

Twitter: @MKE_IndyFest, @IndyCar, #IndyFest

Weekend schedule (all times Eastern):

Saturday, Aug. 16 – 9:15-9:45 a.m. Pro Mazda practice
10-10:45 a.m. Indy Lights practice
11 a.m.-noon Verizon IndyCar Series practice
12:15-12:45 p.m. Pro Mazda practice
1:30-2:15 p.m. Indy Lights practice
2:30-3:30 pm. Verizon IndyCar Series practice
3:45-4:30 p.m. Pro Mazda qualifications
5-5:45 p.m. Indy Lights qualifications
6-7:15 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series qualifications
7:30 p.m. Pro Mazda race (100 laps)

Sunday, Aug. 17 – 1 p.m. Indy Lights race (100 laps)
3 p.m. NBCSN on air
3:45 p.m. Verizon IndyCar Series race

Weather forecast: Scattered late-afternoon rain Aug. 16; high of 83 … Mostly sunny Aug. 17; high of 80

Qualifications: Single-car qualifying on the 1.015-mile oval. A qualifying attempt consists of two consecutively timed laps. Order is determined by blind draw.

Race laps: 250

Pit boxes: 37 feet

Tires: Firestone will supply the same tire compound and construction as used in the 2013 race.

Fuel: 84 U.S. gallons of E85 for practice and qualifications; 84 gallons for race. Four pits stops were the norm in the 2013 250-lap race, with the first for most entrants between Laps 64-69.

Engines: 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged V6s supplied by Chevrolet and Honda … 140 kPa turbo boost for ovals.

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