Hello, my name is Grant Haughawout with Andretti Autosport, crewmember on the 98 car driven by Marco Andretti, and today we’re talking about speed. There are a few times during the month of May where a speed limit is imposed on a driver. The first would be when a rookie, a first-time driver at the Speedway, has to take what they call a rookie test, and you have to maintain a certain speed for so many laps, and I believe the speed range is anywhere from 180 up to 200+ miles an hour, and they give those to you in 10-mile-an-hour increments, and that’s to bring the driver comfortably up to speed. The other time is during the race when a driver breaks what they call the pit speed limit, and that is 60 miles an hour. If the driver exceeds that limit on pit entrance, a penalty is imposed and they have to drive through pit lane at pit speed limit, which is 60, right away, and the penalty basically is losing time on track.
IndyCar enforces the speed limits by their timing and scoring system, which is a pretty elaborate system that they set up at all the tracks we go to. IndyCar has something similar to Indiana’s Slowpoke Law. If your car is too slow, that would make it unsafe, so they would pull you into the pit and stop racing, whether it’s due to a car that’s been in an accident and can’t travel or keep up with the race pace, or potentially a driver that can’t keep up with the other drivers..
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