Max Papis getting up to speed

Max Papis, driver of the No. 44 car for the Rubicon Race Team, owned in part by actor Jason Priestley and working with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, had an encouraging, but short practice session on Wednesday.
His best lap was at 219.654 mph, the 13th fastest of the day and the eighth fastest among the drivers who have not qualified for the race.
If he can turn four consistent laps at the speed during qualifying, he would be 19th on the starting grid, inside the seventh row.
Qualifying continues Saturday for the final 22 spots in the Indy 500.
"We had a very short but very productive day," Papis said. "That was the best the car has felt so far. I think we were 13th fastest overall. We have a very good race car in our hands. We made a couple of small adjustments to see where the car was going and it responded exactly the way we wanted it to."