Wheldon tops opening day of IRL testing
UPDATE Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske and Andretti Green Racing topped a six-hour test session Wednesday night on the 1.5-mile oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Dan Wheldon led the way with a lap of 25.0619 seconds—213.312 mph—in the Ganassi No. 10 Dallara-Honda.
| Rank | Car | Driver Name | Time | Speed | Best Lap | Total Laps |
| 1 | 10 | Wheldon, Dan | 25.0619 | 213.312 | 116 | 136 |
| 2 | 9 | Dixon, Scott | 25.0660 | 213.277 | 107 | 136 |
| 3 | 3 | Castroneves, Helio | 25.1211 | 212.809 | 115 | 148 |
| 4 | 11 | Kanaan, Tony | 25.1227 | 212.796 | 13 | 94 |
| 5 | 6 | Briscoe, Ryan | 25.2127 | 212.036 | 82 | 160 |
| 6 | 2 | Foyt IV, AJ | 25.2179 | 211.992 | 21 | 103 |
| 7 | 26 | Andretti, Marco | 25.2465 | 211.752 | 6 | 109 |
| 8 | 27 | Mutoh, Hideki | 25.2476 | 211.743 | 81 | 114 |
| 9 | 20 | Carpenter, Ed | 25.2691 | 211.563 | 29 | 68 |
| 10 | 15 | Rice, Buddy | 25.3716 | 210.708 | 57 | 104 |
| 11 | 17 | Hunter-Reay, Ryan | 25.3934 | 210.527 | 44 | 102 |
| 12 | 4 | Meira, Vitor | 25.3987 | 210.483 | 52 | 93 |
| 13 | 7 | Andretti, Marco | 25.4632 | 209.950 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 23 | Duno, Milka | 25.6276 | 208.603 | 65 | 68 |
| 15 | 14 | Manning, Darren | 25.6369 | 208.528 | 12 | 85 |
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| Ryan Briscoe |
02/27/08 Fifteen IndyCar Series drivers tested under the lights at Homestead-Miami Speedway in preparation for the start of the 2008 season. A 16th driver, Andretti Green Racing's Danica Patrick, sat out the first night of testing due to illness.
Testing from 4-10 p.m. (ET) on the high-banked, 1.5-mile oval marked the first official on-track activity of the year. The series will continue testing at the facility Feb. 28 before returning for the season-opening race on March 29.
Nineteen Indy Pro Series cars also will test at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Feb. 28.