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December 11, 1997

Boat Fastest For Second Day In A Row


LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA., -- Billy Boat turned a fast lap at 22.132 seconds, 162.660 miles an hour, during the second day of a rain-shortened Indy Racing League open test at Walt Disney World Speedway. Eleven drivers circled the track for a total of 156 laps during the one hour of on track time. Testing began at 2 p.m. and ended at 3 p.m. due to rain.

Billy Boat
Billy Boat At Indy (May, 1997)

Brian Barnhart, IRLdirector of racing operations, said that the IRL's open test, scheduled to conclude on Thursday, would be extended an extra day due to the rain. Thursday will be open to all teams for testing, with Friday reserved for private Goodyear and Firestone tire tests.

At 2:40 p.m. Greg Ray, in the Thomas Knapp Motorsports car, went high in Turn 2, spun and hit the Turn 2 wall with the left rear of the car. The car sustained extensive rear end damage. Ray was examined and released to drive by IRL Medical Director Dr. Henry Bock.

TelX Sports will provide a satellite uplink with IRL open test highlights from 2 - 2:15 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, December 11 on TelStar 5, Transponder 24.

QUOTES:

BUDDY LAZIER: "We went out today, warmed the car up and then came back in to check everything. We made some changes, and were getting ready to go back out when the crash occurred. Then it started raining. We weren't even working on going fast today -- just making set-up changes."

ROBERTO GUERRERO: "Our increase in speed today was quite simple actually. Yesterday we were working on the car and making a lot of changes but the speed was still far away. At the end of the day we looked at the data and were six miles an hour slower than we were here last year, so we changed the engine and went back out today. It was a huge difference, we actually never got a clear lap so we have the potential to do much more tomorrow."

TOP SPEEDS OF THE DAY FROM IRL TIMING AND SCORING

Driver     Team                 Car/Engine             Laps     Time    Speed
Boat       AJ Foyt Enterprises  Dallara/Aurora           8      22.132  162.660
Lazier     Hemelgarn Racing     Dallara/Aurora          12      22.268  161.667
Guerrero   Pagan Racing         Dallara/Aurora          16      22.568  159.518
Brack      AJ Foyt Enterprises  Dallara/Aurora          16      22.680  158.730
Luyendyk   Treadway Racing      GForce/Aurora           29      22.994  156.563
Wattles    Metro Racing         R&S/Aurora              26      23.616  152.439
Kite       Team Scandia         Dallara/Aurora          15      23.844  150.981
Ward       ISM Racing           GForce/Aurora           24      23.853  150.924
Ray        Thomas Knapp Mtrspt. Dallara/Aurora          5       23.855  150.912
Stewart    Team Menard          GForce /Aurora          3       (warm up)
Miller     AMS/Crest Racing     Dallara/Infiniti        2       (warm up)
Editors Note: The images displayed in this article (plus many more) are available for larger viewing in the IRL Photo Gallery from The Callahan Racing Page.

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