Rain wipes out Indy 500 practice, threatens qualifying

Intermittent rain forced the cancellation of morning practices and threatened Saturday's Indianapolis 500 qualifying session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The IndyCar Series canceled the full-field practice session scheduled for 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. ET.

Time trials for the May 24 race were scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. ET on the 2.5-mile oval.

Cars continued to move through the pre-race inspection line in the rain Saturday morning, according to local reports.

Scattered showers and storms are expected throughout the day and into the early evening hours.

If all 33 drivers are unable to complete one qualifying run on Saturday, the whole process would be pushed back to Sunday.

"That would make for a long and busy day, considering one full round of qualifying runs takes roughly 3 hours, followed by three knockout rounds to determine the starting grid," the Indianapolis Star reported.

The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET on May 24. Spain's Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing is the defending champion.

--Field Level Media