Chip Ganassi Racing Teams driver Sage Karam thought that Indianapolis 500 winners Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan chipped in to have his Chevrolet Camaro detailed as a gesture of team spirit. C’mon.

It returned pink with large No. 8 decals on the doors, a “Karamo” decal across the top of the windshield, pink fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror and a “Honk if you think I’m sexy” decal across the rear window. Now that's detailing.

“There are so many positives about being a rookie on a team with veterans like Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan, and Scott Dixon, but I’ve got to say that the pranks  are definitely not one of those positives," the 20-year-old Karam said. "I should’ve never let TK take my car to get detailed. They got me for sure with this one. The worst part is that the boss (Chip Ganassi) is saying that I have to drive it around for the rest of May. I guess I’m just going to have to own a hot pink Camaro.”

Franchitti, a team consultant who has been Karam’s driver coach this season, explained it away as a mix-up at the shop between two black Camaros.

TAG Heuer Pit Stop Competition lineup set

The final rounds of the TAG Heuer Pit Stop Competition will be contested on Coors Light Carb Day (May 22) following the Indianapolis 500 practice session.

Competing for the top prize and bragging rights are the crews and drivers from No. 1 Team Penske (driver Will Power), No. 3 Team Penske (Helio Castroneves), No. 7 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (James Jakes), No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (Scott Dixon), No. 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Takuma Sato), No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Graham Rahal), No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold-Kingdom Racing (Townsend Bell), No. 27 Andretti Autosport (Marco Andretti), No. 41 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Jack Hawksworth), No. 43 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Conor Daly), No. 48 A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Alex Tagliani) and No. 83 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams (Charlie Kimball).

Of note

Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist and actress Jordin Sparks will sing the national anthem during pre-race ceremonies May 24. ... Indianapolis 500 qualifiers will join more than 9,200 students from 42 schools at the IPS Field Day on May 20. … Mouser Electronics and Molex Incorporated will be associate sponsors on the No. 11 Hydroxucut/Haus Vaporizer – KVSH Racing Chevrolet driven by Sebastien Bourdais for the Indianapolis 500.