source:
crash.net
Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing and driver Paul Dana are to miss the next round of
the Indy Racing League this weekend in St Petersburg.
The team has elected to miss the opening street race of the IRL season to focus
on its oval programme and to ensure it is as prepared as possible for the
Indianapolis 500 in May.
"We are going to do a few days of oval testing to try to get our program sorted
out, and since the other two road course events aren't until later in the year,
hopefully we'll have some time to get our road course car put together and
tested before then," Dana said. "I started out in road racing up in Canada so
I'm really excited that the series is going in this direction. It's frustrating
to have to sit out one of the early events, but we've gotten such a late start
to the season we've got to pick our battles a little bit."
Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing will be back in action on 30 April as the team heads
overseas for the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi.