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Sunday,  May 24

• 6 am-6 pm - Public Gates Open
• 8 am - Spectacle of Bands
• 11:15 am - "On the Banks of the Wabash" - Purdue University Band
• Noon - Pre-Race Ceremonies begin
• 12:31 pm - Driver Introductions
• 12:45 pm - "America the Beautiful" sung by Miss America, Katie Stam
• 12:48 pm - General McKinley
• 12:51 pm - "God Bless America" sung by Florence Henderson
• 12:54 pm - National Anthem and Flyover
• 12:56 pm - "Drivers to Your Cars"
• 12:58 pm - Invocation by Archbishop Daniel Buechlein
• 1 pm - "Taps"
• 1:02 pm - "Back Home Again in Indiana" sung by Jim Nabors with Balloon Spectacle
• 1:03 pm - "Ladies and Gentleman, Start Your Engines" by Mari Hulman George
• 1:04 pm - Parade Lap
• 1:09 pm - Pace Laps
• 1:11 pm - Green Flag for the 2009 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

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