Raceway Magazine's Tim Baker is in Indianapolis for the 88th running of the Indy 500 and sends these photos of Sunday's starting field.  Missing is Al Unser, Jr. who turned only a few practice laps and escaped Tim's lens.  Tim will be posting more photos after "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

ROW ONE

Buddy Rice earned the pole for Rahal-Letterman Racing with a run of 222.024 mph.

Englishman Dan Wheldon starts from the middle of row one.

Scot Dario Franchitti completes the front row.

ROW TWO

Bruno Junqueira rolls off inside row two.

Tony Kanaan is sandwiched in row two.

Adrian Fernandez rounds out the all-foreign second row.

ROW THREE

Vitor Meira makes it two Rahal-Letterman cars in the top seven.

Helio Castroneves hopes to capture his third Indy 500 win in four years.

Kosuka Matsuura is the leading Japanese driver.

ROW FOUR

South African Tomas Schekter rolls off tenth.

Sam Hornish Jr.'s switch to the powerful Penske team could pay off in the 500.

Roger Yaukawa drives the third Rahal-Letterman entry.

ROW FIVE

Defending IRL series champ Scott Dixon will start from inside row 5.

Rookie Mark Taylor has the experienced Menards team behind him.

Brit Darren Manning puts the second Chip Ganassi car in the same row as his teammate.

ROW SIX

Ed Carpenter will make his first Indy start from the sixteenth position.

Al Unser Jr. is a two-time Indianapolis 500 champion.

Robby Gordon will again attempt the Memorial Day double beginning in this car Sunday afternoon.

ROW SEVEN

Fan favorite Sarah Fisher begins the seventh row.

Scott Sharp puts the second Kelley Racing car right next to teammate Sarah Fisher.  Note the sparks behind the car.

AJ Foyt IV hopes to carry on the family tradition at the Brickyard.

ROW EIGHT

Larry Foyt makes his first Indy 500 start with some help from NASCAR Nextel Cup car owner Beth Ann Morgenthau, the BAM behind Ken Schrader.

Bryan Herta rolls off 23rd in the 88th Indy 500.

Alex Barron drives the second Eddie Cheever entry in the field.

ROW NINE

Felipe Giaffone drives the Dreyer and Reinbold Purex entry.

Tora Takagi placed Mo Nunn's Toyota in the middle of row nine.

Texan Greg Ray has started from the pole before, but will watch the start of this year's 500 from a little further back.

ROW TEN

1996 Indy winner Buddy Lazier starts from inside row number ten.

Rookie Jeff Simmons will begin the 500 directly behind teammate Takagi.

Veteran Richie Hearn drives the Sam Schmidt entry.

ROW ELEVEN

Inside the last row is PJ Jones, son of former 500 winner Parnelli Jones.

Marty Roth starts from the center of the last row.

Robby McGehee was this year's slowest qualifier at 211.631 mph.