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The 88th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was part of the 2004 IndyCar Series season and the ninth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Buddy Rice won the pole position, the pit stop contest, led the most laps, and won the race for team owners Bobby Rahal and David Letterman. After a morning rain delay, the race began about two hours behind schedule. After 27 laps, rain began to fall again and threatened to wash out the rest of the day. After another delay of nearly two hours, the track was dried and the race resumed. At the 150-lap mark, race had been very competitive up to that point, but was destined to come down to the final round of pit stops to decide the winner. Moreover, with dark skies looming, and weather moving back into the area, the race appeared to be turning into a crap-shoot. Some leaders headed for the pits for their final pits stops. At the same time, a handful of teams gambled by staying out, in hopes that they could stretch their fuel and be leading the race when the approaching rain arrived. Despite desperate attempts to prevail over the approaching storm, all of the leaders ultimately were forced to cycle through their final round of pit stops. Buddy Rice, who had led the most laps thus far, emerged as the leader. The race was ended after 450 miles (180 laps), 50 miles/20 laps short of the scheduled distance, when a severe thunderstorm, which eventually strengthened into an F2 tornado, formed in the area of the speedway. Buddy Rice was declared the winner, his first victory in championship-level competition. ==Race schedule== * was significantly limited due to rain ROP — denotes Rookie Orientation Program |} |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2004 Indianapolis 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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