Less than 24 hours later, Luyendyk was able to qualify, setting one-and four-lap track records of 237.498 ( 382.2 kph ) and 236.984 mph ( 381.4 kph ).
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Luyendyk said Sunday after taking out his emotions on the asphalt oval, raising the single-lap track record on each of his four trips around the 4-kilomeer ( 2 1-2-mile ) oval and blowing away Brayton's day-old marks.
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To that point of the meeting, Crump had easily won his previous heats as well as twice breaking the 3 lap track record, while Sanders, who was also undefeated, had only just won his opening race after trailing Gary Guglielmi until finally passing him in the final turn.
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With the implementation of the IRL's new engine and chassis formulas, a move aimed at cost containment and improved safety, Luyendyk's pole-winning speed was dramatically slower than the turbocharged-generated speed ( 236.986 m . p . h . ) he recorded on the second day of qualifications last year, a run on which he bettered the one-and four-lap track records set the day before by the late Scott Brayton.
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Among those who will be gunning for Ray are Stewart, who had to win a court decision against former boss Menard in order to drive a Home Depot-sponsored car he co-owns with Larry Curry; CART driver Robby Gordon; A . J . Foyt drivers Billy Boat, who Monday crashed the car with which he won last year's pole, and Kenny Brack, the defending Indy Racing League champion; and the retiring Arie Luyendyk, a two-time Indy 500 winner who set an official one-lap track record of 237.498 in 1996.
