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Indy by the numbers
Can the number on your race car make a
difference in winning or losing at the 500?
46 2008 INDY500 PREVIEW
The No. 3 has won at
Indy 10 times – that’s
one in every 10 races!
Helio Castroneves took
No. 3 to Victory Lane in
2001 and ’02 (pictured)
Michael Levitt/LAT
THE TOUGH QUESTION: HO
DANICA PATRICK
“I like staying at a hotel because it’s more space, but fo
purposes and waking up whenever you want, I’ll defin
the track in a motor home. I’m a little nervous the
night before the race, but I try to relax
as much as I can. I sleep like a
champion the night before the 500.
I’ve slept through the (mortar blast at
6 a.m. on race day) every year”
A.J. FOYT IV
“I stay at my place
downtown usually for
the Month of May. The
night before the race, I’ll
sleep at the hotel at the
track so I don’t have to
mess with the traffic in
the morning. I’m
actually able to sleep
the night before. I get
nervous the morning of it,
about an hour before the
driver intros”
Darren Manning’s
golf masterclass
Chapter 2: The most difficult
on the Brickyard Crossing gol
“I would say No. 8, the par four.
the ball too much you’re in the w
you fade the ball, you have to st
the water. And the wind is gener
to left, so it’s pushing you into th
water, so then you try to take it
far right and you’re in the trees.
That makes it tough. On the
seventh, par three, I’ve had an
eight on there going from one
side of the green to the next”