Marco Andretti (No. 26 Team Indiana Jones presented by Blockbuster): “Obviously, the weather is the same for everyone, but it’s still disappointing to get so little time on track in the Indiana Jones/Blockbuster car. We still need a couple of days of full-tank runs to get a good handle on the race setup. It has been good, though, because the rain has given us some extra time to sign autographs and talk to the fans who paid to come out and didn’t get to see any action.”
Tony Kanaan (No. 11 Team 7-Eleven): Hideki Mutoh (No. 27 Formula Dream): “Assuming it will rain again tomorrow, it was good that we got some track time today. We were able to try some of the setup changes on Formula Dream car, and we were able to get a pretty balanced car. So we are happy with what we were able to accomplish in such a short time.”
Will Power (No. 8 Aussie Vineyard-Team Australia): “I was able to get a longer run at the end and get a better feel for what the KV Racing Technology Aussie Vineyards – Team Australia car does over a number of laps. The conditions were pretty cool conditions, and the track was green, so I wasn’t able to get up to speed. These rain days have been frustrating, but we only have a certain number of tires and a certain number of miles we can do on the engine anyway. But it has definitely been more rain than we need.” “We know that the 7-Eleven car will be ready for Race Day, but it would still be nice to get as many full-tank runs in as possible. Hopefully the weather will cooperate tomorrow.”
Alex Lloyd (No. 16 Rahal Letterman with Chip Ganassi): “It was nice to get in the car and get in at least a few laps today with the way the weather was looking. We were basically just doing leak-checks, having had the accident and put the car back together again. We wanted to make sure everything was OK. We got what we needed to accomplish today. The car is OK, and we know what we need to do. Hopefully if we get some running in tomorrow, we can get a couple more laps at speed and see what we can do.” (How are you feeling after your accident last week?): “I feel fine, absolutely perfect. One-hundred percent.”
Max Papis (No. 44 Rubicon Race Team/Lifelock): “Even though we had a short day, it was still great to be out there on the racetrack. We went out in our race configuration, and I was really pleased since every time we go back to our known quantity, the car is good. We just hope we can get it to work with a bit more consistency so that we will be able to get a bit more of the speed that we think the car is capable of. Considering we just did short runs, I am pretty happy. With the track conditions as they are, it is crazy for us to try any qualifying runs today. Over Turns 3 and 4 there were huge dark clouds, and I was just waiting for it to pour down. We will have plenty of time Friday to get the car up to speed and where we want it for qualifying, so I am not concerned as they pay you the big bucks to race, not qualify.”
Danica Patrick (No. 7 Motorola): “I wish the weather would have allowed the Motorola team some more practice time today, but I am happy with the time that we did get. My crew was able to make a couple of changes that made the car feel real balanced. Hopefully we can get a full day of practice in tomorrow.”
Ed Carpenter (No. 20 Menards/Vision Racing): “I’m going to guess that the trucks out there have done more laps than any Indy cars this month. I think we’ll get some running in this week, and all three cars will be focusing on the race. We’ll certainly have plenty of tires. We’ve missed so much track time that we’ll be using Saturday and Sunday to run, as well, when there are breaks in the qualifying line. I think you are going to see a lot of people taking advantage of as much track time as possible. You want to get out there when there are a bunch of other cars out there to run race setups, but when that track does goes green, with the limited amount of time we have had, I’m going to bet that everyone will be out there at the same time.”
A.J. Foyt IV (No. 2 Vision Racing): “I’m not going to get too worried or get too frustrated because the way we unloaded the car on Opening Day, we had a basic race setup, and we know what that felt like. We haven’t been able to do full-tank and long runs, but I think we still know what direction to go to. The one thing we can’t control is Mother Nature, so you might as well not get too upset or frustrated about it.”
Davey Hamilton (No. 22 Hewlett-Packard/KR Vision Racing): “This has been a very different week than I have ever had at Indy with all this rain and such short amount of track time. I guess the good thing is that it gives us plenty of time to do a lot of strategizing, and we know where we want to be and what we’re going to do when we go out there. It’s just a little frustrating, to be honest with you, especially in my situation where I haven’t had a lot of track time. Thank God I’m with this Vision team with guys that run full time, engineers that do this full time, so I’m ahead of the game a little bit. Hopefully the rest of the week will be clear, but we won’t hold our breath just yet.”
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