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Papis and Brack lead the way

Team Rahal drivers Max Papis and Kenny Brack headed the times at the end of the opening day of Spring Training at Homestead, near Miami.

Brack, who will be making his CART race debut next month, was quickest in the morning session, while team mate Papis lapped half a second faster in the afternoon to top the time sheets.

Canadian Patrick Carpentier continued the strong showing of the Ford-powered cars with third fastest time, and Champion Juan Montoya showed the promise of Ganassi's all-new Lola-Toyota package with fourth fastest time.

The day ended 15 minutes early when Dario Franchitti crashed his Team Green Reynard into the wall at Turn Three.

The Scot was taken to the medical centre for examination.

In all 26 cars ran on the first day of Spring Training, many of the teams concentrating on running in new equipment rather than aiming for a time.

Testing continues on Thursday.

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Pos


Driver


Car


Time


1


M Papis


Rahal Reynard-Ford


26.243


2


K Brack


Rahal Reynard-Ford


26.483


3


P Carpentier


Forsythe Reynard-Ford


26.576


4


J Montoya


Ganassi Lola-Toyota


26.646


5


A Tagliani


Forsythe Reynard-Ford


26.656


6


C Fittipaldi


Newman-Haas Lola-Ford


26.719


7


P Tracy


Team Green Reynard-Honda


26.808


8


J Vasser


Ganassi Lola-Toyota


26.894


9


M Gugelmin


PacWest Reynard-Mercedes


26.898


10


M Blundell


PacWest Reynard-Mercedes


26.911


11


A Fernandez


Patrick Reynard-Ford


26.987


12


D Franchitti


Team Green Reynard-Honda


27.016


13


C da Matta


PPI Reynard-Toyota


27.322


14


R Hearn


Della Penna Reynard-Toyota


27.567


15


R Moreno


Patrick Reynard-Ford


27.569


16


H Castro-Neves


Penske Reynard-Ford


27.613


17


T Kurosawa


Coyne Lola-Ford


27.749


18


M Andretti


Newman-Haas Lola-Ford


27.912


19


G Salles


Coyne Lola-Ford


27.921


20


O Servia


PPI Reynard-Toyota


27.984


21


S Nakano


Walker Reynard-Honda


28.073


22


B Herta


Forsythe Swift-Honda


28.114


23


M Jourdain Jr


Bettenhausen Lola-Mercedes


28.304


24


G de Ferran


Penske Reynard-Mercedes


34.131

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