Kansas - Preview source: irl-live.com - ORS / CAPSIS International Very different results last time out for the AGR duo The IndyCar Series' ride home from Japan was over 6000 miles and across the International Date Line, but less than a week later the cars are in Kansas Speedway for round four of the 2007 championship chase. Twin Ring Motegi winner Tony Kanaan knows his Andretti Green Racing team has not completely caught up to 2006 dominators Penske and Ganassi, but he is confident a strong run at Kansas Speedway is very possible. "I really enjoy driving at Kansas," said Kanaan of the 1.5mile D-shaped oval nearly on the border between the states of Kansas and Missouri. "It's exciting side-by-side racing that has resulted in some very good finishes, including a win, for the 7-Eleven team. We're carrying a lot of momentum and confidence into this race coming off the victory at Motegi. My engineers and the entire engineering team at AGR worked incredibly hard to get our cars to the front again. We've still got some work to do but we're right there." Keeping Kanaan from overconfidence is the fact while both Kansas and Twin Ring Motegi are 1.5mile ovals, they are vastly different race tracks. Motegi is egg shaped and the different corners at each end place a premium on handling, whereas the D-shaped Kansas track is all about flat out speed and for over a year, those tracks have belonged to Ganassi and Penske. The season opener was on a paperclip shaped high speed oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and Dan Wheldon of Ganassi Racing dominated by scoring a 6.4second victory over team-mate Scott Dixon, with Penske driver Sam Hornish, Jr., a distant third.
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