MAVTV 500 preview: Teams on track for testing

Via IndyCar.com
August 26, 2014

Five-hundred miles in the heat of an August night, with dust clogging radiators and competitors clinging to the steering wheel so tight they can’t even relax during a lightning-quick pit stop.

Ed Carpenter wouldn’t have it any other way to close the Verizon IndyCar Series season, and 21 other drivers who aren’t in unison on the shade of red in the series logo would agree with the team/owner driver on that point.

Carpenter, who’s finished first and second in the past two trips to Auto Club Speedway in the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka car, is obviously looking forward to competing on the 2-mile oval Aug. 30 and hopefully taking an extended bow in Victory Circle. First, though, all the drivers will make preparations for the two-day show with a test session Aug. 27.

“Test days are always important because you can always go with what’s worked in the past and see if it still works or see if we have to adapt to new conditions,” said Carpenter, whose Ed Carpenter Racing team was on the track in February.”

Fans can watch from 4:30-10:30 p.m. (local) from the infield Terrace Suite rooftops above pit road. They’ll be admitted free with a ticket (or proof of purchase) for the MAVTV 500 or by making a $10 donation to the Auto Club Speedway Foundation benefiting local schools.

Fans can purchase race weekend tickets HERE.

As part of regular maintenance, the seams in the racing surface recently have been re-sealed.

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