Barnhart gets to wear his birthday cake

Brian Barnhart, president of the Indy Racing League competition and operation division and chief official of tonight's race, is celebrating his birthday today. At the conclusion of the drivers' meeting, while the attendees were singing "Happy Birthday" drivers Helio Castroneves and Marco Andretti attacked Barnhart with birthday cake, a prank which is commonly pulled on drivers celebrating their birthdays. Barnhart joked he may look into the incident to see if any drivers were involved.