By alley - May 12, 2016, 11:12 AM ET

INDYCAR: RACER’s Indy 500 Resource Guide

The fifth and sixth rounds of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series take place this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Grand Prix of Indy road course event (May 12-14) and the 100th Indy 500 (May 16-29).

RACER will be on the ground reporting for the entire event, so be sure to follow

@RACERmag

and

@MarshallPruett

for regular updates on Twitter, and RACER.com for photos, videos, session reports and feature stories.

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MAY SCHEDULE:

Thursday, May 12 (all times Eastern)
11:00 a.m.—12:15 p.m., Free Practice 1
3:00—4:15 p.m., Free Practice 2

Friday, May 13
11:00—11:45 a.m., Free Practice 3
3:00—4:15 p.m., Qualifying

Saturday, May 14
11:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m., Warm Up
3:45 p.m.—5:45 p.m., Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis

Monday, May 16
12:00—2:00 p.m., Rookie Orientation Program
2:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice

Tuesday, May 17
12:00—6:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice

Wednesday, May 18
12:00—6:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice

Thursday, May 19
12:00—6:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice

Friday, May 20
12:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice
6:15 p.m., Indy 500 Qualifying Draw

Saturday, May 21
8:00 a.m.—8:30 a.m., Indy 500 Practice: Group 1
8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m., Indy 500 Practice: Group 2
9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m., Indy 500 Practice: Entire field
11:00 a.m.—5:50 p.m., Indy 500 Qualifying (Top nine drivers advance to Fast 9)

Sunday, May 22
12:00—12:30 p.m., Indy 500 Practice — P22-33
12:45 p.m.—1:15 p.m., Indy 500 Practice — P10-21
1:30 p.m.—2:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice — Fast 9
2:45 p.m.—4:45 p.m., Indy 500 Qualifying — P10-33
5:00 p.m.—5:45 p.m., Indy 500 Fast 9 Qualifying — P1-9

Monday, May 23
12:30 p.m.—4:00 p.m., Indy 500 Practice

Friday, May 27
11:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m., Final Indy 500 Practice
12:30 p.m., Indy Lights Freedom 100 — 40 Laps
1:30 p.m.—3:30 p.m., Pit stop competition
3:30 p.m., Carb Day concert: Journey

Saturday, May 28
9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m., Field of 33 autograph session — Pagoda Plaza
9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m., Vintage car laps
10:30 am, Public drivers meeting — Tower Terrace
3:30 pm, Corey Cox, Chris Janson, Blake Shelton concerts

Sunday, May 29
12:12 pm: 100th running of the Indy 500 — 200 laps