IndyCar will have only one open test before the season starts. Teams will test at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama on February 24-26th. The Firestone Indy Lights will also be testing at this time. The season begins March 14th in Brazil for IndyCar and March 28th for the Indy Lights.
IndyCar teams will also test May 4th at Kentucky Speedway. The Firestone Indy Lights will test on May 3rd at Kentucky Speedway.
IZOD IndyCar Series teams are allowed up to six private testing days and a minimum of 800 miles testing depending on the number of full-time cars fielded by the team, in addition to the Open Test dates. Teams can earn an additional 300 bonus testing miles by testing a Firestone Indy Lights driver at least 600 miles for a maximum of three private test days. Three teams will test at Sebring International Raceway next week.
Next week a few drivers will be testing at Sebring International Raceway. The dates and drivers are..
Jan 18th & 20th -
Sarah Fisher and Jay Howard will join Alex Tagliani's team, FAZZT for testing. Will Power will be testing for Penske Racing. Will's first time in a race since his accident at Infineon during practice last year.
Jan 19th - Firestone Indy Lights drivers, Martin Plowman and Charlie Kimball with Andretti Autosport.
IndyCar Series tests at Barber Motorsports Park this week, February 24-25th.
Here is a list of the participating drivers at this time..
#2 Raphael Matos / DeFerran Luczo Dragon Racing
#3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske
#5 Takuma Sato / KV Racing Technology
#6 Ryan Briscoe / Team Penske
#7 Danica Patrick / Andretti Autosport
#8 EJ Viso / KV Racing Technology
#9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 Dario Franchitti / Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Tony Kanaan / Andretti Autosport
#12 Will Power / Verizon Team Penske
#14 Vitor Meira / AJ Foyt Enterprises
#22 Justin Wilson / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#24 Mike Conway / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#26 Marco Andretti / Andretti Autosport
#32 TBA / KV Racing Technology
#34 TBA / Conquest Racing
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Andretti Autosport
#67 Sarah Fisher / Sarah Fisher Racing
#67 Jay Howard / Sarah Fisher Racing
#77 Alex Tagliani / FAZZT Race Team
#78 TBA / HVM Racing
#06 Hideki Mutoh / Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
Due to the colder than normal temperatures predicted at Barber this week, FAZZT have opted out of the open tests. They will be at the media day today but no testing. They say they are satisfied with the testing done at Sebring and Homestead in January.
I also heard that Dan Wheldon with Panther Racing will be testing at Sebring Friday and Saturday this week instead.
Well, the testing is over at Barber. Dario had a crash in turn 12 after running only a couple laps so that is why he finishes so low on the chart. Im sure he would of been in the top 10.
Here are the results of the 3rd practice session..
Rank / Car# & Driver / Lap Time / Speed / Best Lap / Total Laps
