MAY 3, 2005
First Indy Test - Preparing for the 500 Weekend
CHRIS FESTA (No. 19
SpacePak/CareCentric/SSM Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone): "It went
pretty well. It took a little longer than we wanted to get up
to speed. But once we did and we started running, we started
ticking off a little faster, a little faster each time out. We
made some real progress on the car, so when we come back at
the end of the month, it will be a lot better for us, and
we'll have a good starting package. I figured the line out
around this track at the end of the day. I won't have to do
that when we come back. All we will have to do is adjust the
car for the condition of the track at that time."
IPS test times from Indy
Fifteen Menards Infiniti Pro Series cars will participate in
today's test. Sixteen drivers are present. Ten of those
drivers have never driven on the 2.5-mile oval at IMS (Mishael
Abbott, Marco Andretti, Nick Bussell, Jaime Camara, Wade
Cunningham, Chris Festa, Travis Gregg, Imran Husain, German
Quiroga and Al Unser). Husain and Quiroga have never competed
in a race in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series.
A total of 1,415 incident-free
laps were turned during the one-day test. Festa turned 147
laps, or 367.5 miles, more than any other driver.
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INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY OPEN TEST
PRACTICE 1 MENARDS INFINITI PRO SERIES RESULTS |
| Pos |
No |
Driver
Name |
Best Time |
Best Speed |
| 1 |
1 |
Jamie
Camara |
47.2568 |
190.449 |
| 2 |
33 |
Wade
Cunningham |
47.3661 |
190.009 |
|
3 |
19 |
Chris Festa |
47.3854 |
189.932 |
| 4 |
26 |
Marco
Andretti |
47.4001 |
189.873 |
| 5 |
4 |
Marty Roth |
47.4961 |
189.489 |
| 6 |
7 |
Travis
Gregg |
47.5423 |
189.305 |
| 7 |
20 |
Jay Drake |
47.9839 |
187.563 |
| 8 |
24 |
Jeff
Simmons |
48.0334 |
187.370 |
| 9 |
3 |
Al Unser |
48.0739 |
187.212 |
| 10 |
21 |
Nick
Bussell |
48.0900 |
187.149 |
| 11 |
6 |
Jon Herb |
48.3286 |
186.225 |
| 12 |
11 |
German
Quiroga |
48.3981 |
185.958 |
| 13 |
23 |
Taylor
Fletcher |
48.4045 |
185.933 |
| 14 |
11 |
Tom Wood |
48.4996 |
185.569 |
| 15 |
91 |
Mishael
Abbott |
48.5762 |
185.276 |
| 16 |
36 |
Imran
Husian |
48.8877 |
184.095
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The Menards
Infiniti Pro Series drivers will return to IMS on Thursday,
May 26 for practice and qualifying for the third annual Futaba
Freedom 100. The 100-mile race starts at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) on
Miller Lite Carb Day, Friday, May 27.
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