USAC Release - JONES FASTEST IN FRIDAY'S DOUBLE SESSION

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Twelve-time Silver Crown Series presented by K&N
Engineering starter P.J. Jones scored a best 171.401 mph (31.190 seconds)
during Friday’s second session, the fastest in the series’ three practice
days at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Jones’s fast lap came on his 13th of the second session and was less than a
tenth of a second fastest than that of Wayne Reutimann Jr. and his fast lap
of 170.892 mph (31.283 seconds), the second quickest lap of the day.

“Our car’s good; we’ve just got to get it freed up a little bit more,” Jones
said. “We ran full tanks this morning to see what we had. This afternoon we
tried to run quick. I felt we could run in the 30-second bracket, but we
were a little bit too tight, and we wanted to conserve our tires for
tomorrow.”

Bud Kaeding was the leader in the afternoon’s first session, clocking in at
170.309 mph (31.390 seconds). A final practice session is scheduled for
tomorrow prior to qualifying and the 67-lap, 100-mile race.

Thiago Medeiros spun near the end of the second session and hit the outside
wall with the right side of his car. The status of the car was not available
as of Friday evening.


Overall Friday Testing Speeds

1.	P.J. Jones			171.401 mph
2.	Wayne Reutimann Jr.	170.892 mph
3.	Bud Kaeding			170.309 mph
4.	Aaron Pierce		170.044 mph
5.	Brian Tyler			169.984 mph
6.	Dave Steele			168.505 mph
7.	Pablo Donoso		167.934 mph
8.	Tim Barber			167.261 mph
9.	Pete Shepherd III		166.729 mph
10.	Thiago Medeiros		166.221 mph
11.	Rich Tobias Jr.		165.076 mph
12.	Greg Furlong		162.824 mph
13.	Bryn Gohn			155.960 mph
14.	Rodney Weesner		139.067 mph