Adapted from press release
After four sessions on track at Barber Motorsports Park, Canadian Alex Tagliani has his sights set on victory lane in 2013.
The Quebec driver turned a total of 105 laps during the two days on the scenic, 2.3-mile permanent road course. The Barracuda Racing No. 98 Dallara-Honda had a fastest lap time of 1m08.0116, set in the fourth session.
In addition, Barracuda Racing unveiled Oasis sponsorship and branding. Lassonde and Oasis Juices will join the team as an associate sponsor for the season.
"It was good to get back in the Barracuda Racing car after three months," said Tagliani.
"I think we started where we left off last season. We're very pleased with the two days of testing here at Barber. The guys worked hard. We tried a lot of things and learned a lot of things too. I'm very happy that we can have a good car here when we come back for the race.
"The Barracuda Racing car will be competitive and overall I'm very excited. There are little things to fine tune before the first race but if we can come back solid after this two-day test on a track where we didn't run the complete race last year, that's the only thing I can ask for. It's going to be a good season for us."
Lead engineer Todd Malloy added that Tagliani's perception of the test was indicative of the results. He added, "We're really pleased to be able to come and test here at Barber because we didn't have many laps here last year. We're glad to be back with the Honda family and managed to get through a lot of setup changes that we've wanted to try for a while.
"At the end of the day, Alex is really happy with the car. Normally, Alex is a pretty good gauge of where we're at. If he's happy, we're pretty good. If he's not, we're not. And he's happy."
The 2013 will begin next weekend in the streets of St. Petersburg for the Honda Indy Grand Prix.
After four sessions on track at Barber Motorsports Park, Canadian Alex Tagliani has his sights set on victory lane in 2013.
The Quebec driver turned a total of 105 laps during the two days on the scenic, 2.3-mile permanent road course. The Barracuda Racing No. 98 Dallara-Honda had a fastest lap time of 1m08.0116, set in the fourth session.
In addition, Barracuda Racing unveiled Oasis sponsorship and branding. Lassonde and Oasis Juices will join the team as an associate sponsor for the season.
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| Photo: Barracuda Herta Racing |
"It was good to get back in the Barracuda Racing car after three months," said Tagliani.
"I think we started where we left off last season. We're very pleased with the two days of testing here at Barber. The guys worked hard. We tried a lot of things and learned a lot of things too. I'm very happy that we can have a good car here when we come back for the race.
"The Barracuda Racing car will be competitive and overall I'm very excited. There are little things to fine tune before the first race but if we can come back solid after this two-day test on a track where we didn't run the complete race last year, that's the only thing I can ask for. It's going to be a good season for us."
Lead engineer Todd Malloy added that Tagliani's perception of the test was indicative of the results. He added, "We're really pleased to be able to come and test here at Barber because we didn't have many laps here last year. We're glad to be back with the Honda family and managed to get through a lot of setup changes that we've wanted to try for a while.
"At the end of the day, Alex is really happy with the car. Normally, Alex is a pretty good gauge of where we're at. If he's happy, we're pretty good. If he's not, we're not. And he's happy."
The 2013 will begin next weekend in the streets of St. Petersburg for the Honda Indy Grand Prix.