No one bumped from the grid source: irl-live.com - ORS / CAPSIS International Even though there were enough cars, drivers and sunshine, the field was not filled on the third day of qualifying for the 2007 Indianapolis 500. Ten drivers did qualify to take their provisional spot in what should be a thirty-three car field, but for the first time in 2007, no one was bumped from the provisional grid. Roger Yasukawa was the quickest of the second weekend qualifiers, followed by John Andretti, and Al Unser, Jr., who were also able to comfortably place their cars into the field - the trio will now start the race 23rd, 24th, and 25th, respectively. "Last year I was thrown in to the deep end," said Yasukawa who climbed into Jon Herb's Panoz after he was unable to get it up to speed. "This year has been so much easier because we have that much track time. Last year it was like in and qualifying. This is the race I need to be in every single year. Hopefully I can do more. It's just so special to me that I just can't miss it." Also qualifying today was rookie Milka Duno who turned in a solid four- lap average of 219.228miles per hour. She had crashed prior to the first weekend of qualifying and when she returned to the track this week, appeared to struggle to find her line for several days. "After what happened last week, we recovered. We have a very good car," said Duno who is leaning heavily on driver coach Pancho Carter and her entire SAMAX team. "The team did something fantastic with the car. I (had) such a good car for qualifying. We lost laps because they were fixing the car, but they did something amazing. I am so pleased with my engineers." Duno will join Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher in the Indy 500, marking the first time in series history that three women have competed in the same race. "I think the women show that they can do anything that they want. You see women like presidents, ministers, economists, engineers, doctors, race car drivers. Always I say when you talk about a profession, it doesn't matter if you are a woman or a man. The importance is how good you are in the same activity."
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