BRIEFLY RAY KNOWS WAY FOR INDY QUALIFYING.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services The only thing certain about pole day for the Indianapolis 500 is that Greg Ray is the favorite. While the other drivers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest were searching for speed Friday - the last full day of practice before the opening of qualifications for the May 27 race - it appeared Ray was simply getting ready to put on a show. ``Greg Ray's been a favorite for the pole at every single race we've gone to for the last year and a half, since I've been racing in the IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. ,'' said two-time Indy winner !bold Al Unser Jr. Ray, the 1999 series champion, has won 11 poles in his last 21 Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series events, including last year's Indy 500 pole. After turning the fast lap on three of the first five days since the 2 1/2-mile oval opened for practice, Ray knocked off a lap of 225.403 mph early in Friday's session. The only driver able to come close to that was Scott Sharp at 224.715 late in the day. There will be seven hours of qualifying time today, the first of three days of time trials, and each of the drivers who draws for a spot in the qualifying line is guaranteed at least one shot at the pole if the line remains unbroken. --Kevin Harvick won his third NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Busch Series pole by averaging a track-record 130.716 mph in qualifying for today's CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. Pharmacy 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 mile (1703 m) oval track which has hosted NASCAR racing since the 1990s. It is commonly referred to by its location, Loudon. . FOOTBALL: Running back Corey Dillon and the Cincinnati Bengals agreed to a five-year contract assumed to make him the highest-paid player in team history. Terms were not disclosed. SOCCER: John Harkes, one of the top national team players in U.S. soccer history, was traded by the New England Revolution The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. of the MLS See multilevel security. to the Columbus Crew for midfielder Roland Aguilera and a conditional pick in the 2002 draft. LOCAL: Kelley Hess, a Thousand Oaks High distance runner and soccer player who won the 1997 Marmonte League cross country title as a freshman, will attend Cornell. Jeff Garrison, Heather Hennessey and Lisa Rotsel have signed track and field letters of intent to USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. . Garrison of Riverside North set a national indoor record in the 50-eter high hurdles in the L.A. Invitational in February. Hennessey of San Jose Los Gatos High has run 2:07.73 for 800 meters and finished second in the National Scholastic Outdoor championships last year. Rotsel was the top-ranked 1,500-meter runner in Germany (age 17 and under) last year. BASKETBALL: North Carolina first-team All-America Joe Forte ended speculation by declaring he'll leave the school after two seasons to enter the NBA draft. --Junior D.A. Layne, Georgia's leading scorer last season averaging 16.8 points a game, is leaving school to enter the NBA draft. TENNIS: Jennifer Capriati needed two hours to pull out a thrilling 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory against defending champion Conchita Martinez at the German Open after losing the first four games of the match, then coming within a point of trailing 0-3 in the final set. It was the best match so far at the $1.185 million clay-court event, which started with three of the world's top four players until No. 2 Venus Williams was upset Thursday. Top-seeded Martina Hingis also won, besting Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). |
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