S-S-S-Silly Season!

Put down the chairs and start the music! It's time to see who will land in a seat for the 500-mile race!

Let's go after some of the news that has popped up in the last couple of days:

-Alex Tagliani has his ride and a new paint job at Conquest, but it's also being rumored that Conquest's second car might have a pilot.

-Curt Cavin is saying that Townsend Bell has been inked for the third KV Racing car (#8) to team with Moraes and Tracy

-Rahal Letterman has not confirmed a driver, but they have a car en route to the track.

-It's not news, but it is pretty silly: Alex Lloyd is bringin' back the pink and rockin' it with style. Rock the Pink! Recall that the last fellow to rock the pink was some Brazilian guy named Emerson Fittipaldi...There's something in his bio about F1 Championships and a couple of Indy wins...something about orange juice...

-An update on some stuff for today's Rookie Orientation Program/veteran refreshers: Paul Tracy is definitely going to be taking some laps (nice car, btw), and there are a ton of vets who are eligible to go out. I'll let you know who decided to do it when I wrap up the day later on.

-One other thing: I totally spaced on the fact that there was an Indy Lights practice today. Sebastien Saavedra topped the charts with a 191.278-mph lap. Wade Cunningham, Martin Plowman, J.R. Hildebrand, Andrew Prendeville, Ana Beatriz, James Davison, Daniel Herrington, Junior Strous, and Richard Philippe round out the top 10.

More to come as the day wears on. Being a lowly college student, i have a final exam at 7:15, so I probably won't wrap the day up until later on...but I'll do it, I swear!