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Amaze friends with your knowledge of how the Indy 500 pole qualifying and bump day works. Here's how it goes: Each car gets up to three four-lap attempts to qualify, providing that neither the first nor the second are completed. Since 1916, the pole has been won by the fastest qualifier on the first day. Once the 33-car field is set, bumping begins. The slowest of the 33 cars is vulnerable, regardless on which day he or she qualified. A driver who completes four laps faster than the slowest of the 33 cars bumps the ...