2022 Indy 500: IndyCar Final Day schedule, start-times, Practice & Qualifying race of sunday, 29 May.

When is the 2022 Indy 500? The 106th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing will be held May 29 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with race coverage beginning at 11 a.m. ET on NBC.

Practice for the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge begins Tuesday, May 17. Here’s the schedule at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the next two weeks – weather permitting, of course – and the 33 entries along with their best Indy 500 results.

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Tuesday, May 17

8.00am – Gates open

9.00-9.15 – Install laps for all 33 entries

9.15-11.15am – Practice – Indy 500 oval veterans

1.00-3.00pm – Practice – Indy 500 Refresher Orientation Program for Stefan Wilson

3.00-6.00pm – Practice – all Indy 500 participants

6.00pm – Gates close

Wednesday, May 18

10.00am – Gates open

12.00-6.00pm – Practice – all Indy 500 participants

6.00pm – Gates close

Thursday, May 19

10.00am – Gates open

12.00-6.00pm – Practice – all Indy 500 participants

6.00pm – Gates close

Friday, May 20

‘Fast Friday’ – cars run at qualifying boost (up from 1.3 to 1.4-bar)

10.00am – Gates open

12.00-6.00pm – Practice – all Indy 500 participants, fast Friday with extra boost

6.00pm – Gates close

Saturday, May 21

PPG presents Armed Forces Indy 500 qualifying Day 1

8.00am – Gates open

9.00-10:30am – Practice for all cars

12.00-5:50pm – NTT IndyCar Series qualifying: Setting positions 13-33 (or 13-30 if more than 33 cars enter)

6.00pm – Gates close

Sunday, May 22

PPG presents Armed Forces Indy 500 qualifying Day 2

11.30am-12.30pm – Practice for Last Chance Qualifiers (if more than 33 cars enter)

12.30-2.00pm – Top 12 Practice

2.00-3.00pm – Last Chance Qualifying (if necessary)

4.00pm – Top 12 Qualifying

5.10pm – Firestone Fast Six

5.40pm – NTT P1 award presentation

6.00pm – Gates close

Monday, May 23

11.00am – Gates open

12.00-2.00pm – Practice for all cars

2.00pm – Gates close

Friday, May 27

Miller Lite Carb Day

8.00am – Gates open

11.00am-1.00pm – Practice for all cars

2.30-4.00pm – Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge

4.00pm – Miller Lite Carb Day concert

6.00pm – Gates close

Saturday, May 28

Legends Day presented by Firestone

8.00am – Gates open

9.00-10.00am – Full field autograph session

10.30am – Public Drivers meeting

Sunday, May 29

6.00am – Gates open

9.00am – Cars to pitlane

9.00-10.00am – Borg-Warner Trophy march to the bricks

10.30am – Cars to grid on front stretch

11.47am – Driver introductions

12.18pm – Invocation and national anthem

12.35pm – “Back home again in Indiana”

12.45pm – 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge

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