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*ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN*

SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010

Race Day (Tickets start at $20)

5 a.m.	Garage opens to participants
6 a.m.	Military bomb to signify opening of track to public
7 a.m.	Team equipment/supplies enter pits
8 a.m.	Spectacle of Bands
10 a.m.	IMS pace car rides
10:30 a.m.	Cars begin entering pit lane
10:55 a.m.	Cars in place in pit lane
11:15 a.m.	Grid cars on front straightaway "On the Banks of the Wabash" - Purdue University Band
11:30 a.m.	Clear pit lane (cold pit passes must leave)
11:40 a.m.	Cars in place on grid
11:50 a.m.	Engine warm up begins
12:00 p.m.	Engine warm up concludes Cars will not receive fuel top off on the grid ABC broadcast begins
12:14 p.m.	Drivers report to North Green Room (Pagoda)
12:25 p.m.	Drivers in 11 rows for Driver Introductions
12:30 p.m.	Race Mode required on annual/indy only credentials for pit access
12:33 p.m.	Driver Introductions (live)
12:39 p.m.	Drivers Picture - Yard of Bricks
12:47 p.m.	"America the Beautiful"
12:52 p.m.	"God Bless America"
12:54 p.m.	"National Anthem" - Concludes with flyover
12:56 p.m.	"Drivers to Your Cars"
12:57 p.m.	Invocation
1:01 p.m.	Rifle Volley
1:02 p.m.	Taps
1:03 p.m.	"Back Home Again in Indiana" Balloon spectacle
1:05 p.m.	"Ladies and Gentleman Start Your Engines" - Mari Hulman George
1:06 p.m.	Parade Lap
1:10 p.m.	Pace Laps
1:12 p.m.	Green Flag - 2010 Indianapolis 500® Mile Race