Ryan Briscoe: (No.6 Team Penske, fastest):
“It’s hard to tell on the test days, because there’s lot of traffic on the circuit. We just have to wait until qualifying when you are the only car on the track. I’m feeling good, though. I think the car is running very solid. We’ve done some non-drafting laps, and the car’s been fast. Tomorrow is another day, and everyone is going to be going for it. Hopefully, there won’t be any surprises and we can stay at the top.” (What do you think the pole speed will be?): “I’m not sure. It depends on conditions. Around this track, with just some humidity or wind change you can lose or gain 2 mph. We’ve gotten in the high 225’s. That will be a good target for tomorrow.” (About winning the pole): “You get a point this year, which is awesome. It’s a big one here at Indianapolis. I was on the front row last year, and I feel like my car is better than last year, so we’re definitely going for it.”
Helio Castroneves (No.3 Team Penske, second):
“It was a great day today. Team Penske is looking really strong, but tomorrow is what counts. It’s all about getting those four consistent laps together - the four most important laps in motorsports. Hopefully we’ll get a good starting position and we can begin to work on our race car.”
Dario Franchitti (No.10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, third):
“I think today was overall a pretty solid day. We worked on the mechanical side of the car this morning and dialed that in, so we have a good direction of where we needed to be aero-wise. We tried a couple things, and at the end of the day the Target car was in a place we liked. On to qualifying tomorrow.”
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Scott Dixon (No.9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing, fourth):
“Yeah, I think tomorrow will be a whole other unique set of conditions for us, really. The weather here in Indianapolis has been quite unpredictable, but we think we have a strong shot at the pole for tomorrow. The Penske cars have been pretty fast, as well, though. Dario has been strong, as well, so we’re optimistic about getting solidly into the race.”
Danica Patrick (No.7 Motorola, fifth):
“It turned out to be a day we could use again just like yesterday. Thank goodness, because yesterday afternoon we weren’t bad, we just weren’t perfectly happy with the balance, and we didn’t feel like we were getting the most out of the car, so we just kept our cool last night and didn’t make big changes. We really just went back to basics and back to what we started with when we were happy. The problem with Indy is that sometimes there’s time and you can confuse yourself just by thinking, ‘I’ve got to make changes because we have another run; let’s make a change.’ But really it’s just a matter of staying cool and keeping up with the conditions a little bit. We got a couple good laps in, and I think that we’re faster than we were yesterday. Penske is pretty fast, though. Ganassi is always going to pose a problem, but Penske looks quickest right now.” (About who she thinks will win the pole): “I would be surprised if one of the Penske’s wasn’t on the pole. They seem to really be quick right now. But anything can happen around here. You can be one small change or two or three small changes away from having a really great car or a really bad car or at least a car that’s not in the ballpark for the front spot. Anything can happen.”
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