Milwaukee Mile Saturday IndyCar recap, Sunday preview
DANICA PATRICK LEADS THE FINAL PRACTICE FOR THE ABC SUPPLY/A.J. FOYT 225 INDYCAR SERIES EVENT Second-year IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick led the final practice session late Saturday afternoon, in preparation for Sunday's 12:45 p.m. green flag of the ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225. Pos Car Driver Owner Time Speed 1 16 Danica Patrick Rahal Letterman Racing 22.165 164.852 2 6 Sam Hornish Jr Marlboro Team Penske 22.256 164.180 3 4 Vitor Meira Rahal Letterman Racing 22.295 163.890 4 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing 22.378 163.279 5 5 Helio Castroneves Marlboro Team Penske 22.446 162.646 6 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 22.511 162.316 7 2 Tomas Scheckter Vision Racing 22.604 161.651 8 8 Scott Sharp Delphi Fernandez Racing 22.621 161.531 9 17 Jeff Simmons Rahal Letterman Racing 22.627 161.485 10 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 22.761 160.533 11 27 Dario Franchitti Andretti Green Racing 22.768 160.487 12 7 Bryan Herta Andretti Green Racing 22.790 160.331 13 20 Ed Carpenter Vision Racing 22.886 159.659 14 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 22,923 159.403 15 55 Matsuura Kosuke Super Aguri Fernandez Racing 23.091 158.237 16 15 Buddy Rice Rahal Letterman Racing 23.122 158.031 17 14 Jeff Bucknum A.J. Foyt Enterprises 23.239 154.460 18 5 Ryan Briscoe Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23.656 154.460 Patrick will start alongside 2004 Indy 500 champion in the seventh row, in a solid field of Indy 500 stars. For the second straight year, Marlboro Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves and 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish, Jr. will share the front row for tomorrow's 12:45 p.m. start of the ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225 IndyCar Series race. The first 10,000 fans through the grandstand gates starting at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning will receive a Danica Patrick figurine collectable. The Wisconsin-born Castroneves set a new Milwaukee Mile track record Saturday in qualifying, at an average speed of 172.477mph, taking 21.1854 seconds to encircle America's Legendary Oval. Hornish, the defending Milwaukee Mile race winner was one of five drivers to best his year-old record. Marco Andretti backed up his Friday practice times by timing in fourth quickest, and will start next to Andretti Green Racing teammate Tony Kanaan, the 2004 IndyCar Series champion. Scott Dixon, the most recent race winner in the Indy Car Series in Nashville, Tenn., will line up tenth, one spot better than his Target Chip Ganassi teammate Dan Wheldon, the defending series champion. The fastest driver on Friday was Dario Franchitti, who qualified 12th. The Scot has a first and second place finish in the last two Mile IndyCar events. Here's how the IndyCars will line up on Sunday: Pos Car Driver Hometown Entrant 1 3 Helio Castroneves Sao Paulo, Brazil Marlboro Team Penske Pole Time- 21.1854 Pole Speed- 172.477 2 6 Sam Hornish Jr. Defiance, Ohio Marlboro Team Penske 3 26 Marco Andretti Nazareth, PA. Andretti Green Racing 4 11 Tony Kanaan Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Andretti Green Racing 5 4 Vitor Meira Brasilia, Brazil Panther Racing 6 17 Jeff Simmons Hartford, Conn. Rahal Letterman Racing 7 20 Ed Carpenter Indianapolis, IN. Vision Racing 8 2 Tomas Scheckter Cape Town, South Africa Vision Racing 9 7 Bryan Herta Valencia, CA. Andretti Green Racing 10 9 Scott Dixon Auckland, New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi Racing 11 10 Dan Wheldon Emberton, England Target Chip Ganassi Racing 12 27 Dario Franchitti Edinburgh, Scotland Andretti Green Racing 13 15 Buddy Rice Phoenix, AZ. Rahal Letterman Racing 14 16 Danica Patrick Roscoe, IL. Rahal Letterman Racing 15 55 Kosuke Matsuura Aichi, Japan Super Aguri Fernandez Racing 16 14 Jeff Bucknum Glendale, CA. A.J. Foyt Enterprises 17 8 Scott Sharp Norwalk, Conn. Delphi Fernandez Racing 18 5 Ryan Briscoe Sydney, Australia Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Sunday race day kicks off with a 100-mile USAC Silver Crown event at 10:45 a.m. Californian Josh Wise, driving an A.J. Foyt-owned racecar will lead the field to the green flag. The national champion University of Wisconsin men's hockey team will be participating in pre-race festivities, the Eddie Butts band will perform on the fan midway, and among the many at-track activities, Miss ABC Supply / A.J. Foyt 225 will be crowned and have a chance at winning $10,000 and other prizes in the Miss Milwaukee Mile contest. Reserved grandstand seats are available Sunday at the ticket booths on Grandstand Avenue, beginning at just $19.00. For complete event details, visit www.milwaukeemile.com <http://www.milwaukeemile.com/> . Photos 2871copy.jpg Teammates Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish pose with their crews after their 1-2 qualifying effort 2740.jpg Helio Castroneves on his way to a new track record in qualifying Photo Credit: Russ Lake/Milwaukee Mile Jim Tretow Director of Media & Communications The Milwaukee Mile 414.453.5761 x2222 jtretow@milwaukeemile.com