Will Power, Dario Franchitti, Simon Pagenaud and Marco Andretti all drove the Pocono tri-oval Wednesday and they were quite impressed with the quality of the track.
The four drivers were invited by Firestone to test tire compounds at the tri-oval. They came away as impressed with the track as they were with the speeds.
Franchitti, who was the only driver on hand to have competed on the Pocono track back in 2008 when driving in the Sprint Cup series, was able to make comparisons and, one thing for sure, he was running about 35mph quicker.
"I got to Turn 1 a lot quicker in an Indy car than a Cup car and I went through there flat out. I was flat all the way around and coming off Turn 3 at 217 mph so that's pretty impressive," said Franchitti.
Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka, sponsor of Ed Carpenter, is offering a $1 million bonus to any driver winning Indy, Pocono and Fontana.
In the history of Indy car racing, only Al Unser Sr. managed to pull off the hat trick of winning Indy, Pocono and Ontario (California), back in 1978.
The four drivers were invited by Firestone to test tire compounds at the tri-oval. They came away as impressed with the track as they were with the speeds.
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| Specific aero package for Pocono. (Photo: LAT/IndyCar) |
Franchitti, who was the only driver on hand to have competed on the Pocono track back in 2008 when driving in the Sprint Cup series, was able to make comparisons and, one thing for sure, he was running about 35mph quicker.
"I got to Turn 1 a lot quicker in an Indy car than a Cup car and I went through there flat out. I was flat all the way around and coming off Turn 3 at 217 mph so that's pretty impressive," said Franchitti.
Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka, sponsor of Ed Carpenter, is offering a $1 million bonus to any driver winning Indy, Pocono and Fontana.
In the history of Indy car racing, only Al Unser Sr. managed to pull off the hat trick of winning Indy, Pocono and Ontario (California), back in 1978.