In case you weren't aware, 4 women will start the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race today. [View all]

[A HERETIC I AM]

Simona De Silvestro, Ana Beatriz, Pippa Mann and Katherine Legge. (In bold type below)

And it's no big deal

Here's the grid for today's race;

Row 1

1. #20 Ed Carpenter (C) Four-lap average: 228.762mph
W/U 227.039, L1 229.347, L2 228.976, L3 228.774, L4 227.955

2. #26 Carlos Munoz * (C) Four-lap average: 228.342mph
W/U 224.537, L1 228.988, L2 228.382, L3 228.211, L4 227.792

3. #25 Marco Andretti (C) Four-lap average: 228.261mph
W/U 224.263, L1 229.049, L2 228.393, L3 228.012, L4 227.596

Row 2

4. #5 EJ Viso (C) Four-lap average: 228.150mph
W/U 225.185, L1 228.611, L2 228.372, L3 227.938, L4 227.682

5. #2 AJ Allmendinger * (C) Four-lap average: 228.099mph
W/U 224.950, L1 228.722, L2 228.262, L3 227.786, L4 227.629

6. #12 Will Power (C) Four-lap average: 228.087mph
W/U 220.830, L1 229.119, L2 228.375, L3 227.619, L4 227.246

Row 3

7. #1 Ryan Hunter-Reay (C) Four-lap average: 227.904mph
W/U 226.208, L1 228.778, L2 228.106, L3 227.394, L4 227.343

8. #3 Helio Castroneves (C) Four-lap average: 227.762mph
W/U 226.276, L1 228.770, L2 228.118, L3 227.435, L4 226.736

9. #27 James Hinchcliffe (C) Four-lap average: 227.070mph
W/U 221.159, L1 225.760, L2 227.871, L3 227.550, L4 227.113

Row 4

10. #4 JR Hildebrand (C) Four-lap average: 227.441mph
W/U 226.559, L1 227.704, L2 227.532, L3 227.511, L4 227.016

11. #98 Alex Tagliani (H) Four-lap average: 227.386mph
W/U 225.649, L1 227.907, L2 227.629, L3 227.075, L4 226.937

12. #11 Tony Kanaan (C) Four-lap average: 226.949mph
W/U 225.928, L1 227.256, L2 227.028, L3 226.803, L4 226.710

Row 5

13. #22 Oriol Servia (C) Four-lap average: 226.814mph
W/U 220.983, L1 227.142, L2 226.892, L3 226.633, L4 226.588

14. #19 Justin Wilson (H) Four-lap average: 226.370mph
W/U 224.595, L1 226.804, L2 226.437, L3 226.192, L4 226.048

15. #7 Sebastien Bourdais (C) Four-lap average: 226.196mph
W/U 222.897, L1 226.161, L2 226.192, L3 226.241, L4 226.189

Row 6

16. #9 Scott Dixon (H) Four-lap average: 226.158mph
W/U 224.459, L1 226.405, L2 226.245, L3 226.098, L4 225.884

17. #10 Dario Franchitti (H) Four-lap average: 226.069mph
W/U 223.882, L1 226.680, L2 226.325, L3 225.680, L4 225.596

18. #14 Takuma Sato (H) Four-lap average: 225.892mph
W/U 220.507, L1 226.071, L2 226.061, L3 225.780, L4 225.596

Row 7

19. #83 Charlie Kimball (H) Four-lap average: 225.880mph
W/U 224.483, L1 226.226, L2 225.986, L3 225.794, L4 225.515

20. #16 James Jakes (H) Four-lap average: 225.809mph
W/U 225.145, L1 226.066, L2 225.754, L3 225.838, L4 225.578

21. #77 Simon Pagenaud (H) Four-lap average: 225.674mph
W/U 225.048, L1 225.437, L2 225.581, L3 225.841, L4 225.839

Row 8

22. #60 Townsend Bell (C) Four-lap average: 225.643mph
W/U 220.996, L1 226.146, L2 225.797, L3 225.520, L4 225.113

23. #8 Ryan Briscoe (H) Four-lap average: 225.265mph
W/U 222.841, L1 225.060, L2 225.350, L3 225.346, L4 225.305

24. #78 Simona De Silvestro (C) Four-lap average: 225.226mph
W/U 221.906, L1 225.027, L2 225.395, L3 225.312, L4 225.168

Row 9

25. #21 Josef Newgarden (H) Four-lap average: 225.731mph
W/U 225.235, L1 225.819, L2 225.816, L3 225.690, L4 225.601

26. #15 Graham Rahal (H) Four-lap average: 225.007mph
W/U 222.493, L1 225.169, L2 225.106, L3 224.948, L4 224.806

27. #6 Sebastian Saavedra (C) Four-lap average: 224.929mph
W/U 223.924, L1 224.965, L2 225.240, L3 224.918, L4 224.595

Row 10

28. #55 Tristan Vautier * (H) Four-lap average: 224.873mph
W/U 223.996, L1 226.060, L2 224.901, L3 225.511, L4 223.041

29. #18 Ana Beatriz (H) Four-lap average: 224.184mph
W/U 223.665, L1 223.987, L2 224.030, L3 224.463, L4 224.257

30. #63 Pippa Mann (H) Four-lap average: 224.005mph
W/U 222.812, L1 224.649, L2 224.126, L3 224.174, L4 223.075

Row 11

31. #41 Conor Daly * (H) Four-lap average: 223.582mph
W/U 215.995, L1 223.699, L2 223.730, L3 223.465, L4 223.436

32. #91 Buddy Lazier (C) Four-lap average: 223.442mph
W/U 220.805, L1 223.760, L2 223.473, L3 223.356, L4 223.179

33. #81 Katherine Legge (H) Four-lap average: 223.176mph
W/U 220.919, L1 223.349, L2 222.894, L3 223.238, L4 223.222

Failed to qualify

#17 Michel Jourdain Jr. (H)

* denotes rookie

Edited to bold the women drivers names