The Champ Car World Series' newest team, Pacific Coast Motorsports, completed its first test at the Motorsports Ranch in Houston, beginning the journey to next year's championship debut. source: crash.net The team's sportscar regulars, Alex Figge and Ryan Dalziel, both got a chance behind the wheel, although PCM had to contract existing Champ Car outfit Rocketsports to provide cars and crew for the test as it continues to build up its own operation. "Alex and Ryan have been driving much heavier prototype cars the past two years and, until we will take delivery of the new Panoz early next month, we want to give both drivers the opportunity to get used to the horsepower and the differences of the Champ Car prior to our limited testing with the 2007 car," commented PCM president Tyler Tadevic, "This will allow us to get right to work developing the new car. "Rocketsports did a good job tutoring us on Monday and our engineers - Burke Harrison and Tim Lewis - took over on Tuesday. Both drivers completed well over 350 miles and their fastest laps were within two-tenths of a second of one another. There were a few spins and a couple of offs, but no damage to either car and we all learned a lot. "As a new team, it is great for us to go into the Thanksgiving holiday already having completed our first Champ Car test, with both drivers confident and encouraged by their performance." Both Figge and Dalziel have previous Champ Car experience, although the American's is limited to a single testing appearance, making his return to the cockpit a welcome opportunity.
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