Os portões do Indianapolis Motor Speedway foram abertos precisamente às 6h00 deste domingo para o público. No tradicional autódromo norte-americano são aguardadas cerca de 500.000 pessoas nesta que cumprimeira a quarta etapa do campeonato da Fórmula Indy, mas que por si só vale por um título. Hélio Castroneves já tem duas vitórias na Indy 500, mas nunca foi campeão. já tony Kanaan, que busca a sua primeira vitória na lendária pista, já tem o título, conquistado em 2004, e lidera o certame atual.
Conheça a programação completa da Indy 500, cuja largada será às 14h00, horário do Brasil, com transmissão ao vivo sendo anunciada pela TV Bandeirantes, em seu canal por assinatura Band Sports. Os horários abaixo são de Indiana, uma hora atrás em relação a Brasília:
| 6 a.m. | Public Gates Open |
| 8 a.m. | Spectacle of Bands Begins |
| 10:30 a.m. | Cars Begin Entering Pit Lane |
| 11:15 a.m. | “On the Banks of the Wabash” – Purdue University All American Marching Band |
| 11:40 a.m. | Celebrity/VIP Laps |
| 11:50 a.m. | Engine warm-up begins |
| 12:09 p.m. | Military/Wounded Warriors Recognition Lap and March |
| 12:18 p.m. | Recognition and Interview with Tuskegee Airmen |
| 12:31 p.m. | Driver Introductions, Yard of Bricks |
| 12:43 p.m. | “America the Beautiful” performed by Miss America 2009 Katie Stam, Victory Podium |
| 12:45 p.m. | Speech from General Craig McKinley, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Victory Podium |
| 12:47 p.m. | “God Bless America” performed by Florence Henderson, Victory Podium |
| 12:54 p.m. | National Anthem performed by Major Lisa Kopczynski, Indiana National Guard, Victory Podium |
| 12:56 p.m. | Flyover by two vintage B-25 Mitchell bombers, named Special Delivery and Take Off Time |
| 12:56 p.m. | “Drivers to Your Cars” Announcement |
| 12:57 p.m. | Invocation given by Rev. Daniel Buechlein, Archbishop of Indianapolis, Victory Podium |
| 1:01 p.m. | Three-Volley Salute |
| 1:02 p.m. | “Taps” performed by Sgt. Joseph Young, National Guard, Victory Podium |
| 1:03 p.m. | “Back Home Again in Indiana” performed by Jim Nabors, Victory Podium |
| 1:03 p.m. | Balloon Spectacle |
| 1:05 p.m. | Command to Start Engines – Mari Hulman George, Victory Podium |
| 1:06 p.m. | Parade Lap and Pace Laps — 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Pace Car Driver Josh Duhamel |
| 1:12 p.m. | Green flag, start of 2009 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race |
| 6 p.m. | Track Closes |
