Practice: Redon surprise quickest
There was an unusual look to the head of the times after Friday practice for the IRL round at the Kansas Speedway with rookie Laurent Redon heading the times from Richie Hearn
Redon lapped the 1.5-mile oval in 25.0019s seven hundredths up on Hearn and a full tenth ahead of Eddie Cheever who was third. All of the top three cars were Dallara-Infinitis.
Penske Gil de Ferran was the first of the championship contenders in fourth, just fractions quicker than Sam Hornish Jr. Helio Castroneves was seventh.
"The first session we were not very good, so we changed the set-up quite a lot," said Redon. "It was much better, and hopefully we have a good car for tomorrow. We still have work to do. On my quick lap, I had a good tow, so it's not really my time. We're pretty close I think. The race is going to be pretty difficult. I tried a few times to overtake, and it was not that easy. We're going to see."
Qualifying for the Ameristar 200 takes place later today (Saturday).
Laurent Redon Dallara-Infiniti 25.0019s
Richie Hearn Dallara-Infiniti 25.0739s
Eddie Cheever Dallara-Infiniti 25.1183s
Gil de Ferran Dallara-Chevrolet 25.1188s
Sam Hornish Jr Dallara-Chevrolet 25.1389s
Scott Sharp Dallara-Chevrolet 25.1508s
Helio Castroneves Dallara-Chevrolet 25.2109s
Tomas Scheckter Dallara-Infiniti 25.2221s
Jeff Ward G-Force-Chevrolet 25.2484s
Felipe Giaffone G-Force-Chevrolet 25.2498s
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