Rocketsports Racing drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and Timo Glock headed out on the streets of Long Beach, California today for the first day of on-track action in preparation for the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford's season opener source: Rocketsports Racing A small black cloud hovered over the #31 Rocketsports Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone as Hunter-Reay experienced a problem with the fuel pump. Only able to run eight laps during the morning session as they worked on solving the problem, the American posted his fastest lap of 1:13.013 (97.035 mph). The afternoon session looked to be a challenge for the #31 car being unable to run laps in the morning session. "We didn't get to practice this morning because of a fuel pump problem and we were pleasantly surprised how we went in the first run," stated Hunter-Reay with an optimistic outlook for the weekend. "We knew we were not going to set a good time today because of the problem this morning, but we have a pretty good setup and we should have a good day tomorrow." Hunter-Reay was able to improve his time in the afternoon posting a provisional qualifying time of 1:09.852 (101.426 mph). Rookie Glock, 23, adventured out on his first Champ Car venue taking the morning session to familiarize himself with the 1.968-mile temporary street course. He posted a morning time of 1:11.007 (99.776 mph) to wrap up his morning session in the top-ten.
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