Papis wants a little more

| | Comments (0) |

max2.jpg

Max Papis had a fast lap of 219.920 mph during Thursday's practice session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The top three drivers not qualified for the race -- Will Power, John Andretti and Bruno Junqueira -- had speeds over 222 mph.
Papis, driving the No. 44 car for Rubicon Race Team, owned in part by actor Jason Priestely and working with Sam Schmidt Motorsports, turned 81 laps on the track on Thursday.
"It was a good day to run and we took our time, and made a lot of changes," Papis said Thursday. "Most of them were for race day. We tried to take off a little downforce, and we didn't get that extra speed we wanted."
Papis said he wants to get a little more speed out of the car before qualifying begins on Saturday.
"It is what it is. We have a solid race car but we need to see if we can get that extra mile per hour," Papis said. "That will make a really, really big difference in qualifying."

Leave a comment

About Haddock
in the Paddock


Tim Haddock covers motorsports — including stock-car and open-wheel racing — for the Los Angeles Daily News.

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Tim Haddock published on May 16, 2008 11:42 AM.

Yasukawa needs to find some speed was the previous entry in this blog.

More races for Kyle Busch is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Recent Comments

Powered by Movable Type 4.1

NASCAR Standings

Advertisement

Other blogs

Coliseum comparison in Inside USC with Scott Wolf
More races for Kyle Busch in Haddock in the Paddock
Kai Maiava transferring to UCLA in Inside UCLA with Brian Dohn
Open forum in Inside the Kings
Friday Football: Waiting for the Weekend in 100 Percent Soccer