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Day 1: Giaffone leads the pack

Brazilian Felipe Giaffone set the pace on the first day of the IRL IndyCar Series' annual Test in the West at California Speedway yesterday (Tuesday). The Mo Nunn Racing driver set a fastest lap of 31.8988s, 0.36s faster than the second place driver, Ganassi Racing's Tomas Scheckter

Both Giaffone and Scheckter were powered by Toyota engines, which claimed seven of the 10 fastest times. Andretti Green drivers Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti set the third and fourth fastest times using Honda engines. The fastest Chevrolet runner was Vitor Meira, who set only the twelfth fastest time.

"My car was very good out of the box, and I had two big drafts," said Giaffone. "Tony [Kanaan] gave me the first one, and Tomas [Scheckter] gave me the second one. The timing was just right; I had new tyres, and I was lucky to have everyone in front of me, and I just happened to have a good lap."

The team's now move on to the Phoenix speedway, where testing will resume on Friday and Saturday.


Pos Driver Car Chassis/Engine Time
1 Felipe Giaffone Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Panoz GForce-Toyota 31.8988s
Tomas Scheckter Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz GForce-Toyota 32.2601s
Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 32.3527s
Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda 32.3546s
Gil de Ferran Marlboro Team Penske Dallara-Toyota 32.3559s
Scott Dixon Target/Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz GForce-Toyota 32.4429s
Tora Takagi Pioneer/Mo Nunn Racing Panoz GForce-Toyota 32.4679s
Al Unser Jr Corteco/Kelley Dallara-Toyota 32.5747s
Helio Castroneves Marlboro Team Penske Dallara-Toyota 32.5779s
Kenny Brack Miller Lite/Pioneer Dallara-Honda 32.6351s
A.J. Foyt IV Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing Panoz GForce-Toyota 32.7172s
Vitor Meira Johns Manville/Menards Dallara-Chevrolet 32.7189s
Sam Hornish Jr Pennzoil Panther Dallara-Chevrolet 32.7417s
Jaques Lazier Johns Manville/Menards Dallara-Chevrolet 32.8207s
Dan Wheldon Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Chevrolet 32.8473s
Eddie Cheever Jr Red Bull Cheever Racing Dallara-Chevrolet 32.8831s
Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems Dallara-Toyota 32.9059s
Roger Yasukawa Fernandez Racing Dallara-Honda 33.1316s
Robbie Buhl Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Chevrolet 33.3197s
Sarah Fisher Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Chevrolet 33.5278s

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