XM Satellite Radio Practice Report, Texas Motor Speedway
June 9, 2006 Fort Worth, Texas XM Satellite Radio Practice Report Bombardier Learjet 500k, Texas Motor Speedway Driver: Bryan Herta Car: #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone Bryan Herta Bryan Herta Practice Session 1 Practice Session 2 Position 19th Position 19th Speed 205.297 mph Speed 209.585 mph Time 25.5143 sec Time 24.9922 sec Laps 4 Laps 22 IndyCar Series Practice Speeds - June 9 1. Sam Hornish Jr. 214.584 mph 2. Helio Castroneves 214.402 mph 3. Dan Wheldon 214.339 mph 4. Scott Dixon 214.020 mph 5. Scott Sharp 213.446 mph 13. Tony Kanaan 212.400 mph 15. Dario Franchitti 211.257 mph 16. Marco Andretti 211.012 mph 19. Bryan Herta 209.585 mphNOTE:
Herta encountered a gearbox problem in the first practice session on Friday, resulting in a damaged engine due to an over-rev. The XM Satellite Radio team was forced to change engines for the second practice, which will move Herta to the rear of the starting field on Saturday.
Bryan Herta, #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"I really have no idea where we're at right now for tomorrow night's race. We missed most of the
first practice because of a gearbox problem and then we had a glitch in the car tonight. It just wasn't
running right, so we spent the whole practice coming in and out of the pits trying to fix the problem.
Unfortunately, I don't think we were able to really learn anything about what kind of car we have. I'm just
really going to need to rely on my teammates."
(ON HIS GEARBOX PROBLEM) "We had just done our installation lap. We had just put a brand new motor in. We just got up to speed and I came up on Danica. She was going really slow, Jeff Simmons slowed down and then pulled out right in front of me. They went two-wide, I slammed on the brakes and tried to downshift. Somehow the car went from fifth gear to second gear and over-revved the motor."