Upcoming IndyCar test dates

UPDATE ZOD IndyCar Series teams are fitting in the final rounds of on-track sessions before the Dec. 14 close of testing.

Drivers participating in a Chevrolet day Dec. 3 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., include reigning series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport, championship runner-up Will Power and Helio Castroneves of Team Penske, Sebastien Bourdais of Dragon Racing and Ed Carpenter of Ed Carpenter Racing.

Fifteen drivers are scheduled to be on the Sebring International Raceway short course either on Dec. 12 or 13 or both, including Hunter-Reay and teammate James Hinchcliffe, Power and Castroneves, Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Charlie Kimball, Tony Kanaan and Simona de Silvestro of KV Racing Technology, Josef Newgarden of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, JR Hildebrand of Panther Racing, Oriol Servia of Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Alex Tagliani of Barracuda Racing, Simon Pagenaud of Sam Schmidt Motorsports, A.J. Foyt Racing with a driver to be named, and Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Pagenaud tested Nov. 26 at Barber Motorsports Park, but the scheduled Nov. 27 date at Barber that included Rahal was rained out. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will make up the date Dec. 11 at Sebring.

The testing window re-opens Jan. 5, 2013. INDYCAR will announce its Open Tests schedule soon.
11/27/12
November 27th – Barber Motorsports Park

Graham Rahal – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Simon Pagenaud – Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports

December 3rd – Auto Club Speedway

Ed Carpenter – Ed Carpenter Racing
Marco Andretti – Andretti Autosport
Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Autosport
Sebastien Bourdais – Dragon Racing
Will Power – Team Penske
Helio Castroneves – Team Penske

December 12th – Sebring International Raceway

Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Autosport
JR Hildebrand – Panther Racing
Graham Rahal – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Tony Kanaan – KV Racing Technology
Simona de Silvestro – KV Racing Technology
Josef Newgarden – Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
Will Power – Team Penske
Helio Castroneves – Team Penske

December 13th, Sebring International Raceway

James Hinchcliffe – Andretti Autosport
Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing
Charlie Kimball – Chip Ganassi Racing
JR Hildebrand – Panther Racing
Josef Newgarden – Sarah Fisher Racing
Will Power – Team Penske
Helio Castroneves – Team Penske