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IndyCar test times & quotes

Pos, Car, Driver, Team, Mph

1. (9) Scott Dixon, Ganassi, 211.372

2. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Penske, 210.793

3. (10) Dario Franchitti, Ganassi, 210.603

4. (5) Mario Moraes, KV, 210.151

5. (3) Will Power, Penske, 210.138

6. (26) Marco Andretti, Andretti Green, 209.696

7. (06) Robert Doornbos, Newman/Haas/Lanigan, 209.584

8. (11) Tony Kanaan, Andretti Green, 209.067

9. (02) Graham Rahal, Newman/Haas/Lanigan, 208.802

10. (7) Danica Patrick, Andretti Green, 208.720

11. (12) Raphael Matos, Luczo Dragon, 208.694

12. (20) Ed Carpenter, Vision, 208.672

13. (13) E.J. Viso, HVM, 208.637

14. (24) Mike Conway, Dreyer & Reinbold, 208.568

15. (27) Hideki Mutoh, Andretti Green, 208.029

16. (23) Milka Duno, Newman/Haas/Lanigan, 207.403

17. (34) Jaime Camara, Conquest, 207.378

18. (14) Vitor Meira, A.J. Foyt, 207.184

19. (18) Justin Wilson, Dale Coyne, 206.843

20. (98) Stanton Barrett, 3G, 205.834

QUOTES

SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, quickest): "We're pretty pleased with the results so far. A lot of our focus was making the car better on older tires. Balance was another thing we spent quite a bit of time on. Overall we're just trying to pick up where the team left off at the end of last season and start the year off on the right foot."

RYAN BRISCOE (No. 6 Team Penske, second): "It was great to get back in the Team Penske car this afternoon. We had a lot of time to test several things, and the session also gave me the perfect opportunity to work with my new race engineer. Today was a lot about learning to understand each other. All in all I'm happy with how the day went, and I think we were able to make a lot of gains."

MARIO MORAES (No. 5 KV Racing Technology, fourth): "It was great to be back in a race car after five months and to be with KV Racing Technology for the first time. Today it was not about speed but to try and get a good setup for races. I think it went well, and I felt comfortable with the No. 5 car and will come back tomorrow to try out other setups and to learn more about the car."

WILL POWER (No. 3 Team Penske, fifth): "The day went well. It was just getting back into the groove. I haven't been on an oval in a while, so we went through a number of things and we were able to get the car better. I'm really just trying to learn the car and the team as quickly as I can. We're not trying to set the world on fire in practice, we just want to learn and get better."

RAPHAEL MATOS (No. 12 Luczo Dragon Racing): "It was a good day. We learned a lot and the whole crew did a really good job. I am still getting used to (engineer) Ray (Leto) and he's getting used to me. Developing our communication is key. We have lots of room for improvement and that's a good thing. We really are close, not far off at all, but we're still p11. We will talk some more tonight and see what kind of adjustments to make tomorrow and go from there. Overall I'm pretty happy."

E.J. VISO (No. 13 HVM Racing): "It's great to be back in the car. I think today went pretty well. We didn't run as many laps as we wanted, but tomorrow we have another clean day. Today was a good base to start building up and working tomorrow."

JUSTIN WILSON (No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing): "I feel we made a great deal of progress in the opening session. For me, today was all about getting comfortable in the car and to begin a line of communication with team engineer, Bill Pappas. I'm looking forward to tomorrow to build upon the gains we made in today's test."

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Written: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:57:48