Help: Indy 500

[LotsOfOuts69]

So I am in a sports decathalon contest where you pick winners for all different sporting events and add up the points at the end of the year.

I need to make picks for the Indy 500 and I know nothing about auto racing.

Here are the rules.... I bow to you in the sports forum to help me make any reasonable selecetions....

There are 33 drivers entered in the race, each with a point total assigned to
him based on pole position. You will need to select 5 drivers whose total
points add up to at least 60 points. You will receive points based on the
drivers finish (See below).

POINT DISTRIBUTION

1st 150 points
2nd 125
3rd 115
4th 100
5th 90
6th 75
7th 70
8th 65
9th 60
10th 55
11th 50
12th 45
13th 40
14th 35
15th 30
16th 25
17th 20
18th 15
19th 10
20th 5

Beyond 20th gets 0 points.

(The seeding is based on pole position)

DRIVERS

1) Helio Castroneves
2) Tony Kanaan
3) Dario Franchitti
4) Scott Dixon
5) Sam Hornish Jr.
6) Dan Wheldon
7) Ryan Briscoe
8) Danica Patrick
9) Marco Andretti
10) Tomas Scheckter
11) Michael Andretti
12) Scott Sharp
13) Jeff Simmons
14) Ed Carpenter
15) Darren Manning
16) Buddy Rice
17) Kosuke Matsuura
18) A.J. Foyt IV
19) Vitor Meira
20) Davey Hamilton
21) Sarah Fisher
22) Buddy Lazier
23) Buddy Lazier
24) John Andretti
25) Al Unser Jr.
26) Alex Barron
27) Jon Herb
28) Jaques Lazier
29) Milka Duno
30) Marty Roth
31) Roberto Moreno
32) Richie Hearn
33) Phil Giebler

Any help would be appriciated.

[Avalanche333]

Indy's pretty much a giant crapshoot, but I'd stick with Andretti (Michael Andretti, Kanaan, and Franchitti) and Penske (Hornish and Castroneves). They all seem like safe bets to at least finish high, and I have Kanaan winning the race. Good luck.

[LotsOfOuts69]

Have any really high seeds that you like? If I pick those three, I have to pick two guys that are starting in the 20's.

[casey_brick]

handicapping the Indy 500

[TheRover]

1/6/9/11/33 ftw

edit: or 2/6/9/10/33 flip a coin

[Avalanche333]

Ah, I misunderstood the question. In that case, this is what I'd do.

2. Tony Kanaan
6. Dan Wheldon
11. Michael Andretti
15. Darren Manning
28. Jacques Lazier

Jacques is a must, I think. He was 5th fastest in final practice, and shouldn't do anything stupid during the race.