VALENCIA'S HERTA NEEDS TUNE-UP BEFORE INDY 500.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 MOTOR SPORTS The first day of practice for the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 didn't meet the expectations of Valencia's Bryan Herta Bryan Herta (b. May 23 1970, Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Andretti Green Racing, which is co-owned by former CART and IRL driver Michael Andretti, in the ALMS, although his career has primarily been spent in open-wheel cars , driver for 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 . Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate, will be attempting to make his fifth career start in the Indy 500 and his third for Andretti Green Racing. He has yet to finish outside the top five in his previous Indy 500s for Andretti Green Racing. He was 11th fastest on the first day of practice, Tuesday, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest . Herta completed 32 laps with his best at 222.414 mph. ``We expected to be higher on the chart,'' Herta said. ``We realize we have time to do the work we need because the worst thing you can do at this place is to be in a hurry to do anything.'' Andretti Green Racing is expected to have five cars in the race. 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 , Dario Franchitti, Marco Andretti and Herta are regular drivers for Andretti Green in the 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 . Michael Andretti, part owner of Andretti Green Racing and the driver who has led the most laps in the Indy 500 without winning the race, will be entered in a fifth car. Jeff Bucknum, originally from Glendale, will make his first track appearance Monday in the No. 92 Honda-powered entry for Carmelo Hemelgran Racing. Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. . ``What he (Chesson) learns from the car, Iwill be able to apply to my car after this weekend,'' Bucknum said. Sam Hornish Jr., driver for Marlboro Team Penske, was the fastest in the first practice session with a top lap at 224.881 mph. His teammate, Helio Castroneves, was second fastest at 224.206 mph. Hornish was also the fastest driver Wednesday, the second day of practice. He posted a fast lap of 226.056 mph during the rain-shortened session. He continued to post fast times, turning the fastest lap Thursday. Herta improved to fifth fastest on his second day of practice with a top lap at 224.292 mph. Kanaan also broke the 224 mph barrier during Wednesday's session. ``We made a small step forward, but we still have some work to do to reach the speed of some of the fastest cars we've seen,'' Herta said. ``Tony had a good day with his speed, so we need to look to him and some of the changes he made.'' Qualifying for the Indy 500 begins today and continues Sunday. Time trials will also be run May 20-21. The 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 is May 28. Irwindale Speedway: Kevin Thompson of Bakersfield won his second NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Super Late Models race of the season last Saturday night but lost ground in the standings. Van Knill of Tucson, Ariz., leads the Super Late Models division, which is slated to run its fourth race of the year tonight at Irwindale Speedway. Canyon Country's Rod Johnson posted his third top-10 finish, coming in sixth, and Canyon Country's Cory Fancy was ninth in the last Super Late Model race. The NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, Pure Stocks, Legend Cars and ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and Speed Truck Challenge also are scheduled to race tonight. Canyon Country's John Watkinson won the Grand Am season opener March 18. Gerrit Cromsigt of Saugus is third in points in the Grand Am division and Zach Foster of Canyon Country is sixth. Gates open at 4 p.m. Races start at 7. timothy.haddock(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3715 CAPTION(S): box Box: Indy Racing League |
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