All times Eastern; live broadcasts unless noted. Thursday, May 30 Lime Rock TA2 8:00-9:00pm (D) Lime Rock TA 9:00- 10:00pm (D) Friday, May 31 Detroit practice 1 3:00-4:15pm Detroit qualifying 4:35-5:20pm WWTR.
Despite a nearly four-hour weather delay, the 108th Indianapolis 500 averaged a preliminary Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 5.344 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, and NBC Sports digital platforms, up 8% vs. the 2023 race (4.927m) and 10% vs. 2022 (4.837m).
The Indianapolis 500 purse record was shattered for the third year in a row after the weather-delayed 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500, with two-time race winner Josef Newgarden of Team Penske earning $4.288 million from a total purse of $18,456,000.
In a surprising move Tristan Vautier finds himself back in the cockpit of an Indy car this weekend. Vautier, who has been a fixture in sportscar racing the better part of the last seven years will pilot the No. 51-car for Dale Coyne Racing at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.
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