IRL reschedules road test

"We're not going down there to set any track records," said IRL senior technical director Phil Casey. "We're just going down there to make sure everything works properly on a road course. All the parts are built. We just have to see it work on the track like we think it will."


"This is just a shakedown to check for cooling and make sure the cars do cool. That's why we picked Homestead - we tried to find the warmest place. We'll also try to pick a brake package. We're trying several different combinations, using everything from steel rotors to carbon rotors and three different brake calipers. We just want to see how the cars perform on a road course and see if there is enough cooling because there is much slow running on a road course."


"We want to have good transmissions and brakes and don't want to have any unforeseen problems come up," he said, "We just want to make sure everything is okay, so the manufacturers can get going with their package for the rest of their cars. That's why we're only taking five cars. In case we have to make changes, we don't have to change a lot of parts. We want all the work they do down there to work fine."