Papis wants a little more

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."



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