Honda Grand Prix of Long Beach Practice Report

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Long Beach, CA - Apr 17 — Circuit: The Streets Long Beach (1.97-mile temporary street circuit) Long Beach, CA 2008 Winner: Will Power (KV Racing Technology) 92.964 mph average (Champ Car event) Weather: Mostly sunny, mild, 78 degrees F Combined Practice Results: Ps. Driver Team Chassis Best Time Best Speed 1. Will Power Team Penske Honda Dallara 1:10.5486 100.424 mph 2. Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Honda Dallara 1:10.6678 100.255 3. Rafael Matos-R Luczo Dragon Racing Honda Dallara 1:10.8247 100.033 4. Dan Wheldon Panther Racing Honda Dallara 1:10.9033 99.922 5. Mike Conway-R Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Honda Dallara 1:10.9981 99.789 6. Dario Franchitti Target Chip Ganassi Honda Dallara 1:11.0218 99.755 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Vision Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.0263 99.749 8. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.1238 99.612 9. Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Honda Dallara 1:11.1416 99.587 10. Graham Rahal Newman Haas Lanigan Honda Dallara 1:11.1768 99.538 11. E.J. Viso HVM Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.2220 99.475 12. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.2319 99.461 13. Darren Manning Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.2441 99.444 14. Robert Doornbos-R Newman Haas Lanigan Honda Dallara 1:11.2545 99.430 15. Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology Honda Dallara 1:11.2702 99.408 16. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.5538 99.014 17. Alex Tagliani Conquest Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.5771 98.981 18. Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 1:11.7980 98.677 19. Vitor Meira A.J. Foyt Racing Honda Dallara 1:12.1896 98.142 20. Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing Honda Dallara 1:12.2254 98.093 21. Ed Carpenter Vision Racing Honda Dallara 1:12.5171 97.698 22. Stanton Barrett-R Team 3G Honda Dallara 1:14.0743 95.645 Power Looks to Repeat at Long Beach Team Penske's Will Power, winner of the 2008 Long Beach Champ Car "finale", got off to a strong start Friday in his attempt to win Sunday's inaugural IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Long Beach, setting fastest time in today's opening practice sessions. But Power set that time in the #3 Team Penske entry, which will be taken over on Saturday by series veteran Helio Castroneves, who will return to driving duties following his acquittal today on six income tax evasion charges in a Miami Federal Court. Power will move to a new #12 entry, also fielded by the Penske organization. Activities continue here Saturday with final practice and "Firestone Fast Six" qualifying. Sunday's 85-lap race starts at 4:30 p.m. EDT, with live television coverage on the Versus Network starting with a pre-race show at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Will Power (#3 Team Penske Honda) quickest in practice today: "I feel good. We got the car to a very nice, consistent balance. Tomorrow I'll be in a different car, but the guys are really good here and will transfer everything over from this car to my new car, the No. 12 Verizon Wireless car. They're ready for Helio (Castroneves) to drive and are in very good shape. I look forward to a good weekend, and I'm happy the way everything has turned out for Helio. I can't imagine what it would be like to go through that considering what a good career he's had. I'm looking forward to tomorrow." More...

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