Texas : Preview of the Bombardier Learjet 500
source: irl.racing-live.com The IRL IndyCar® Series continues its 10th season of competition with the Bombardier Learjet 500k on Saturday, June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. This will be the IndyCar Series' 16th visit to Texas, but for the first time since 1997 it will be the only stop the IndyCar Series will make at the 1.5-mile oval this season. The track's unique 24-degree banked turns has produced some of the tight racing that has been the hallmark of the IndyCar Series over the last 10 seasons. It's that close racing that presents a challenge to the 22 drivers, team engineers and Firestone engineers as described in the following first-person narratives: Scott Sharp enters the Bombardier Learjet 500k as one of three multiple winners at Texas Motor Speedway. Sharp is one of the most successful drivers at Texas, recording wins in the June event in 2000 and 2001. Sharp, who has finished in the top five five times and the top 10 eight times at Texas, is the only entered driver to compete in each of the previous 15 races. "Texas is really our Talladega. The track at Texas Motor Speedway was literally built for the Indy Racing League cars. With our downforce levels and the banking at Texas, we are able to put on an unbelievable show of three-wide and sometimes three and four rows deep. It is a different track for us. A real premium is placed on the raceability of the car. You don't have to have the fastest car out there. You don't have to qualify at the front of the field.
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