AUTO RACING: KANAAN, CASTRONEVES FASTEST IN DAYTONA TESTING.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK Staff Writer Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series drivers Tony Kanaan Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho (born December 31, 1974) is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese Christian heritage from Salvador, Brazil. Kanaan is an IndyCar driver who holds the unique distinction of being the only driver in the long and storied history of the Indianapolis and Helio Castroneves were the fastest two drivers in two days of testing at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. this week. Kanaan, a driver for the four-car Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IRL IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. Early years in CART Founded in 1993 by Barry Green and Gerry Forsythe as Forsythe Green Racing team, posted the fastest lap In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some series, like A1 Grand Prix and the GP2 series, award bonus points to the driver/team with the fastest lap. of the two-day test, at 135.549 mph around the 2.72-mile road course at the speedway. Castroneves, who drives for the two-car Team Penske, was the fastest driver during the two sessions on Wednesday. His fastest lap was 135.335 mph during the afternoon session. The IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. does not race at Daytona, but the 17 drivers and teams that tested Wednesday and Thursday were preparing for the five road and street course events on the IRL schedule. All of the IRL team use Honda engines that are developed at Honda Performance Development in Valencia. ``Can we learn anything? Yeah, we can,'' said Andretti Green Racing's Dario Franchitti. ``In a perfect world, we would go run down the streets of St. Pete or up at Mid-Ohio just now. I think that's under snow, so that could be a problem.'' Castroneves said he was pleased with the test. ``At the end of the day we were able to test quite well,'' Castroneves said. ``We tried a lot of things that usually take a long time. Both Sam (Hornish Jr.) and I were trying to discuss everything so it was a great and productive test for teammates.'' Dan Wheldon, who drives for Chip Ganassi's Team Target, and Hornish Jr., the other driver at Team Penske, were `among the fastest drivers in the test sessions. Danica Patrick, the newest addition to the Andretti Green Racing team, was among the slowest during the sessions. ``It's been a tough couple days, for sure,'' Patrick said. ``It's just all part of the learning process. We're taking a new team's car and learning what we need to get it right.'' The IRL season opens March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. timothy.haddock(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3715 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Team Penske's Helio Castroneves was the fastest driver during the two test sessions at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday. His fastest lap was 135.335 mph during the afternoon session. Shawn Payne/Indy Racing League |
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