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U.S. F2000 Thursday Test Notes from Road America

Thursday Test Notes from Road America

- No. 3 Bell had a large crash in the first session. the car flipped end
over end and then barrell rolled after exiting turn three. The car was
extensively damaged, but the driver was uninjured. The team prepared another
car and Bell ran in the afternoon session.
- No. 69 Asaro swapped engines during the test after an engine failure in
the first session.
- No. 81 Russo damaged a rear wheel in the second session after going off
course.
- No. 15 Rojas is ran an extension to the exhaust during the test day.
- No. 13 Kahne suffered carburation problems in the first session.
- Asaro lost second gear late in the afternoon session.
- No. 59 went off course in Canada corner early in the afternnon session.
The car suffered some minor damage due to gravel.
- No. 87 Potekhen impacted the tire wall heavily in the afternoon session.
Extensive damage was done to the left side of the car.

Top-10 Times from Test Day

Kasemets 2:14.772
LaPoint 2:15.246
Gray 2:15.311
Dismore 2:15.654
Dyer 2:15.725
Harrison 2:15.802
Constantine 2:15.991
Asaro 2:16.046
Kahne 2:16.155
Potekhen 2:16214

All better than existing lap record

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