On day one of practice, Team Samax had an up and down day.  The number 11 car qualified 3rd, while the number 7 car spun in qualifying loosing a chance at the top 5.  Tomas Enge did a great job of getting the car back into the pits without any damage.

The team did not drive the morning practice session because of rain.  In the second session, Chris got in the car for the first time since the testing two weeks ago.  In only 7 laps, he beat his practice time from the last test by over 2.0 seconds and was second quickest driver on the team. 

Chris said, "it was a great practice session, even though we only got 7 laps.  The car is quick and I'm keeping pace with Tomas everywhere, but the Bus Stop corner.  You can do a lot damage in there, so I'm a bit cautious since it's only practice and I only have 17 laps on the track and in this car.  Still, we're 2.0 seconds quicker and on pace with the front running teams." 

Night practice went without incident and the team's other two drivers got some quality time in the car under the lights.  Temperatures were dropping at night limiting speeds a bit because the tires were having trouble coming up to full temperature.