Speedway, Ind. – The heavy rain at the track left it pretty green as the No. 91 car driven by Buddy Lazier took to the track for the first time in preparation for the running of the Indianapolis 500.
“There second weekend deals are tough especially if you are one car team,” said Buddy Lazier. “The reality here is that it is very difficult. Today was an interesting day. Our first day was one of the slowest days I believe of the month just in terms of a slippery racetrack. I guess that is good and bad. It is good because it helps us work on our race setup but it is bad because we can’t really see what we have got for speed. Hopefully the qualifying days will be fast.”
Lazier turned a speed pf 217.936 mph category in the car’s maiden voyage in 2009.
“I would feel really good with 222mph. That is my target but I have a feeling high 20’s will make the race. I have a lot of respect for this place. It can be real elusive but we are not there yet.”
Buddy Lazier and the No. 91 Hemelgarn Johnson Motorsports team are scheduled to take to the track for the final day of practice before second week qualifying Friday at 12pm eastern.
Buddy Lazier speaks with Honda Engineer, John Proctor about the days run.
More media are reporting about Buddy Lazier and the team.
Dave Lewandowski of IndyCar.com has a feature story on Buddy Lazier and the Hemelgarn Johnson Motorsports team on their website http://www.indycar.com/news/?story_id=13958
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This weekend’s qualifying will be live on VERSUS from 12-6:30pm (eastern) on Saturday May 16th and 12-6:30pm (eastern) on Saturday May 17th. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network will also have live coverage.
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