IMS Road Course Test Open to Public April 30

Via IndyCar.com
April 22, 2014

This would have been a prime opportunity for Tony Kanaan to be cheeky with Target Chip Ganassi Racing engineers Eric Bretzman and Chris Simmons, who piled into the back seat of the Chevrolet Camaro convertible for a spin on the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

But the reigning Indianapolis 500 champion’s reconnaissance lap of the 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit was tame compared to how hard he’ll push the No. 10 Chevrolet-powered car April 30 during a Verizon IndyCar Series Open Test in preparation for the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 8-10.

The 10 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. (ET) sessions are free and open to spectators to watch from the South Terrace grandstand and Turn 2 mounds off West 16th Street.

All but peripheral work in the massive stadium’s infield ceased as Kanaan – and later Simon Pagenaud of Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports – made mental notes of sightlines and placing of curbing on the road course that has undergone a $5 million reconfiguration and enhancement project begun last fall.

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