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Indy 500 pole shootout tweak adds tension and pressure

Roger Penske has tweaked qualifying for next month's Indy 500 to add a shootout that will determine the first four starting rows for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and make proceedings even more intense and pressurised than they are already. Penske told The Associated Press the tweaks will create a high-pressure atmosphere on the second day of qualifying for the Indycar race to be held on Sunday 29 May, on the same Sunday as the Monaco Grand Prix. “We're going to have all 33 qualify on Saturday and then come back on Sunday, and take two hours at the best time of the day and send the top 12 out and then the top six,” Penske told AP before Tuesday's announcement. 'I really want...
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