Red Bull Cheever Racing News: Homestead-Miami Speedway Open Test-Day 2
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As the second and final day of IndyCar Series open testing concluded on
Homestead-Miami Speedway¹s road course Red Bull Cheever Racing once again ended
the day with the sixth fastest speed.
The day started off well for Patrick Carpentier as he, and the crew of the No.
83 car maneuvered their way into another solid sixth-place standing.
Although his rank stayed the same he was able to improve his speed by .8 mph
from the previous day bringing his fastest lap of the day up to 112.540 mph
(1 minute, 10.6949 seconds). He completed 167 laps in the two days of his first
ever IndyCar open test.
Although we wanted to get farther ahead today we made some great strides,²
Carpentier said. Later in the day the track kept getting hotter and greasier
leaving us with some uncertainty about how far we could push the car. Overall
this test was really great. I am getting used the car and
each test is getting better and better. Red Bull Cheever Racing plans on
giving everyone a great run towards the winner¹s circle.²
For Alex Barron it was a great start to another long day. During the first
session he quickly secured a place in the top ten. The engineers and crew made
considerable adjustments to the car and things were running smoothly. However,
by lunchtime the No. 51 car experienced more mechanical problems.