FASTEST SPEEDS OF DAY
Pos. Car Name C/E/T Speed
1 16 Danica Patrick P/H/F 227.633 mph
2 11 Tony Kanaan D/H/F 227.525 mph
3 55 Kosuke Matsuura P/H/F 227.375 mph
4 26 Dan Wheldon D/H/F 227.114 mph
5 17 Vitor Meira P/H/F 227.037 mph
6 27 Dario Franchitti D/H/F 226.908 mph
7 6T Sam Hornish Jr. D/T/F 226.724 mph
8 8 Scott Sharp P/H/F 226.505 mph
9 9T Scott Dixon P/T/F 226.183 mph
10 70 Richie Hearn P/C/F 225.691 mph
11 37 Sebastien Bourdais P/H/F 225.653 mph
POST-PRACTICE QUOTES:
DANICA PATRICK (No. 16 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer Panoz/Honda/Firestone): “It was a really good day. We went in the right direction the whole time, which doesn't always happen. Sometimes you take steps back, but we made the car better and better. I'm happy with it. I told them to take notes on however the car came back to the garage.” (About competing at Indy one year after an announcement at IMS): “This has kind of been our timetable and what we've been wanting to do since we met. Indy has always been the goal, and the way the contract was structured. I'm glad it's working out for everybody."
(About not running late in the day): “We stopped at about 4 p.m., or 4:30 p.m. maybe. I was happy with the car. We also ran the first two days of Rookie Orientation doing quite a few laps, and we used up our tires a little bit, and we don't want to short ourselves in the end, so we just stopped. The guys had enough work to do in the garage with just taking notes and making sure that everything is perfect on the car. We decided that we'll just make sure everything is done thoroughly and stop right there.”
BOBBY RAHAL (Co-owner, Rahal Letterman Racing): (About Danica being quick so soon):
“I think the thing I'm most pleased with is that we've been methodically, and she's been methodically going through it, through the setup changes, and been very focused. I left her a phone message this morning. I had to go to Washington on some business, and I said, 'Just stay focused, stay quiet, and just keep thinking about what you're doing,' and she's
doing that, obviously very well. Did I know she'd be fastest? No, but the last couple of days she's been right up where the fast guys are. I wasn't surprised when Scott (Roembke) told me as I was getting off the plane that she was quickest. I think everybody is trying to foresee what might happen this weekend, I think we're just going to take it one step at a time just like we've been doing all week. We'll do that again tomorrow. What happens on Saturday or Sunday, we'll just see what happens.”
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