Check out what some of this year's Indy 500 drivers had to say about our Question of the Day.

How does having a teammate help?

Robbie Buhl Starting Position: 2 "Anytime you have a teammate, it's a good thing. You have someone out there who will work with you rather than against you. We're both going to be on the same program, and we're both doing what we need to do to be in position to win this race. If we can help each other do this, that's great. But when it comes down to the last 20 laps, every person is by themselves at that point."

Sam Hornish Jr. Starting Position: 7 "It's important because you have someone who will help you out. Sometimes they can help you if you are struggling with your setup. Sometimes it's harder to pass your teammates than someone else."

Mark Dismore Starting Position: 33 "From a technical standpoint, I knew a lot more about the cars than my teammate did with Kelley. It was a non-issue. I was kind of on my own, anyway. So it was irrelevant. Eric Bretzman, my engineer with Team Kelley, it was a one-man show between Eric and myself and my crew, so Scott (Sharp) did his deal, I did my deal, so it really wasn't like I had some sort of significant input from that side."

Robby Gordon Starting Position: 11 "I think a teammate definitely can help out, provided there's a team effort. This year, it's been pretty good having Raul and P.J. and everybody else, and we've learned a little bit back and forth. We were able to share the same race car, so I think a teammate does help, but I think you can also do well with a single effort."

Jeff Ward Starting Position: 15 "It doesn't do anything in the race. You're an individual, anyway. It helps to have two quality drivers on the team during the month to get some feedback on different scenarios and different suspension. But usually we all end up with something different, anyway. We all have different styles in what we look for and how we like the car to go during a run. On the track, it doesn't help at all. We're not out there to help one another, we're out there to win. But at the end of the race -- if we can get out of the way easier for (a teammate) than for somebody else, then that's always a plan."

Raul Boesel Starting Position: 3 "I don't think it makes much of a difference during the race. You are on your own. You need to do your strategy and not really worry about anyone else, not even your teammate. Maybe it you are in a position (to help) ... but it's not really a race that a teammate can help you. If he's there to win the race, he'll try for his own."