IRL: Infiniti Insider Track Report, Texas Motor Speedway
16 October 1999
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
NFINITI INDY INSIDER
*Trackside Report, Mall.com 500, Texas Motor Speedway*
The final round of the 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League championship takes place this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. In practice today for the Mall.com 500, Infiniti Indy driver Eddie Cheever Jr. recorded the 11th and 12th fastest laps in each of the two practice sessions.
The racing action continues on Saturday, Oct. 16 with qualifying at 1 p.m. (EDT). The battle for the PPG Pole will be televised live on Speedvision.
The Mall.com 500 race will be televised Sunday, Oct. 17 on a same-day, delayed basis at 4 p.m. (EDT) on ABC.
Practice Highlights:
Practice #1
1. Scott Goodyear, 214.778
2. Sam Schmidt, 214.444
3. Davey Hamilton, 214.373
4. Scott Sharp, 214.216
5. Mark Dismore, 214.172
11. Eddie Cheever Jr., 212.927
Practice #2
1. Scott Goodyear, 216.045
2. Scott Sharp, 215.627
3. Mark Dismore, 215.069
4. Robby Unser, 213.979
5. Sam Schmidt, 213.770
12. Eddie Cheever, Jr. 212.478
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