Freedom 100

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Freedom 100

Venue	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor	none
First race	2003
First IRL race	2003
Distance	100 miles
Number of laps	40
Previous names	Futaba Freedom 100 (2004-2005)

The Freedom 100 is an Indy Pro Series auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is currently held the Friday before the Indianapolis 500. It is the biggest race for the Indy Pro Series and has much higher participation than many of the series' other races.

The race also holds a similar time trial to that of the Indy 500 in which qualifying times are determined by an average of two laps.

[edit] Race History

Year	Date	Pole Sitter	Winning Driver
2003	Sun. May 18[1]	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter
2004	Sat. May 22	Thiago Medeiros	Thiago Medeiros
2005	Fri. May 27	Jaime Camara	Jaime Camara
2006	Fri. May 26	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham
2007	Fri. May 25	4:00pm Eastern	ESPN2

1. ^ Race started on Saturday May 17, but rain halted the race, and it was completed the following day.

[edit] Event Records

Fastest	Date	Driver	Time	Speed	Laps/Miles
Race	5/26/06	Wade Cunningham	32:29.3233	184.679	40/100
Qualifying Lap	5/21/04	Thiago Medeiros	47.4913 sec.	189.508	1/2.5
Race Lap	5/26/05	Jon Herb	47.3021 sec.	190.266	1/2.5

[edit] See Also

• Indy Racing League
• 2007 in IPS
• Indy Pro Series