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It's a wrap, Marty
Roth "wins" the week impressively, running a top-speed of
212.8-mph.
Time to go Racin' Guys and Gals... |
(10:30 EDT) This testing session
has ended. Once I saw on T&S that there was a prolonged caution
with a little more than 90 minutes of running left, and the car
of Graham Rahal continued to be shown not in the pits, I assumed
he had made contact. I called a friend in the Media Center and
she confirmed that Graham had indeed backed the car into the
wall somewhere, but he was uninjured. I have no more details at
this time. Martha Meacham will have further information in her
recap, but that won't be until tomorrow morning. She lives in
the East, and it is close to 11:00 p.m. there as I write this.
I'm working in MDT, so I'll wrap it up.
Once they got back to running, several drivers made some
impressive gains in speed. Marty Roth ended up with a very
respectable best speed of the test running 212.818-mph and late
in the session Roth Racing teammate Jay Howard improved to
111.672-mph. Enrique Bernoldi became the 2nd driver on a former
CCWS team to run a 210-mph lap. Here is the final T&S result.
|
|
Pos |
Driver |
|
Best Time |
Best Speed |
Best Lap |
|
|
Last Lap |
|
|
1 |
Marty Roth (25) |
|
25.1200 |
212.818 |
49 |
|
|
60 |
|
|
2 |
Jay Howard (24) |
|
25.2560 |
211.672 |
58 |
|
|
101 |
|
|
3 |
Oriol Servia (5) |
|
25.4360 |
210.175 |
48 |
|
|
95 |
|
|
4 |
Enrique Bernoldi (36) |
|
25.4470 |
210.084 |
116 |
|
|
132 |
|
|
5 |
Will Power (8) |
|
25.4840 |
209.779 |
114 |
|
|
145 |
|
|
6 |
Graham Rahal (06) |
|
25.4920 |
209.713 |
26 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
7 |
Justin Wilson (02) |
|
25.4930 |
209.705 |
76 |
|
|
99 |
|
|
8 |
Franck Perera (34) |
|
25.5560 |
209.188 |
57 |
|
|
93 |
|
|
9 |
Ernesto Viso (33) |
|
25.5680 |
209.089 |
96 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
10 |
Bruno Junqueira (18) |
|
25.6230 |
208.641 |
72 |
|
|
82 |
|
|
11 |
Mario Moraes (19) |
|
25.8420 |
206.873 |
56 |
|
|
129 |
|
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INDYCAR PHOTO
BY RON MCQUEENEY |
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Here's Bruno... |
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INDYCAR PHOTO
BY RON MCQUEENEY |
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For the first time in more than 12
years Paul Newman was seen at an IndyCar event, a sure sign of
peace at last in Indy style racing. |
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*** |
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(The 8:00 p.m. Report) For
the first time in two days of testing we have finally gotten all
11 eligible drivers on the premises out on the track. In a
thrash all day to get a replacement car ready for Bruno
Junqueira, Dale Coyne Racing finally got the job done, and in
doing so, found time to get Bruno's teammate Mario Moraes up and
running as well. Rookie driver Moraes was the only driver
yesterday not to get into the 200's, but he got there today. Jay
Howard now has posted the fastest speed in two days of testing,
barely besting his team owner Marty Roth. Oriol Servia is the
first former CCWS driver to break into the 210's. Look for more
speed in the next two hours as the drivers begin to pack-up and
work the "tow's." |
|
Pos |
Driver |
|
Best Time |
Best Speed |
Best Lap |
|
|
Last Lap |
|
|
1 |
Jay Howard (24) |
|
25.3160 |
211.171 |
36 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
2 |
Marty Roth (25) |
|
25.3490 |
210.896 |
16 |
|
|
36 |
|
|
3 |
Oriol Servia (5) |
|
25.4360 |
210.175 |
48 |
|
|
60 |
|
|
4 |
Graham Rahal (06) |
|
25.4920 |
209.713 |
26 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
5 |
Will Power (8) |
|
25.5470 |
209.261 |
43 |
|
|
81 |
|
|
6 |
Enrique Bernoldi (36) |
|
25.6310 |
208.576 |
36 |
|
|
64 |
|
|
7 |
Franck Perera (34) |
|
25.6690 |
208.267 |
18 |
|
|
21 |
|
|
8 |
Justin Wilson (02) |
|
25.7910 |
207.282 |
14 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
9 |
Ernesto Viso (33) |
|
25.8390 |
206.897 |
18 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
10 |
Bruno Junqueira (18) |
|
25.9850 |
205.734 |
7 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
11 |
Mario Moraes (19) |
|
26.1620 |
204.342 |
14 |
|
|
38 |
|
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We are now under the yellow,
with T&S showing Graham Rahal still on the track through several
refresh cycles, that usually indicates a car stalled on the
track or worse. More as soon as I hear something. I know one
person at the track and I am trying to reach her by cell phone.
(Confirmed, Graham Rahal has made contact,
report to follow). |
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*** |
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(6:00 p.m. EDT) Here is the 2-hour
update. I didn't expect Marty Roth would run today, I was wrong,
Roth and Jay Howard are again atop the T&S chart. |
|
Pos |
Driver |
|
Best Time |
Best Speed |
Best Lap |
|
|
Last Lap |
|
|
1 |
Marty Roth (25) |
|
25.3490 |
210.896 |
16 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
2 |
Jay Howard (24) |
|
25.3660 |
210.755 |
29 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
3 |
Will Power (8) |
|
25.5470 |
209.261 |
43 |
|
|
60 |
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