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Dale Coyne Racing tests young drivers on Texas High-Speed oval

Posted by AR1 staff

One day after 17 IndyCar drivers were on track, Dale Coyne Racing took two for their Honda powered IndyCars to Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday to run two of their inexperienced drivers on the high-banks of Texas Motor Speedway.

Pietro Fittipaldi (shown above) and Cody Ware each ran over 190 laps without 17 other cars being in the way to give the rookies a chance to get used to the high-speeds and to pass their rookie test for ovals.

Fittipaldi ran a fast lap of 23.995s to beat NASCAR driver Ware who turned a fast lap of 24.39s.

For Ware, who has never driven these cars, it was a chance to prove he might be capable of racing in the Indy 500 and prepare hm to take his Rookie test at IMS.

Fittipaldi is due to race the #51 Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing-Honda in the four oval races on the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series schedule, subbing for Romain Grosjean who will compete in the 13 road and street course races.

Cody Ware, son of Rick Ware, will attempt to qualify a third Coyne car, the #52, for the Indy 500 and will also race 3 or 4 other IndyCar races.

The combined times of Day 2 and Day 3 are shown below.

Day 2 and 3 Combined Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Laps Speed Engine Team
1 5 Pato O’Ward 23.3256 0.000s 0.000s 146 222.245 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
2 27 Alexander Rossi 23.4738 0.1482 0.1482 178 220.842 Honda Andretti Autosport
3 60 Jack Harvey 23.5057 0.1801 0.0319 205 220.542 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
4 22 Simon Pagenaud 23.5155 0.1899 0.0098 224 220.450 Chevy Team Penske
5 12 Will Power 23.5202 0.1946 0.0047 247 220.406 Chevy Team Penske
6 7 Felix Rosenqvist 23.5560 0.2304 0.0358 136 220.071 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
7 26 Colton Herta 23.6040 0.2784 0.0480 197 219.624 Honda Andretti Autosport
8 21 Rinus VeeKay 23.6087 0.2831 0.0047 208 219.580 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
9 2 Josef Newgarden 23.6808 0.3552 0.0721 219 218.912 Chevy Team Penske
10 14 Sebastien Bourdais 23.7002 0.3746 0.0194 166 218.732 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
11 20 Ed Carpenter 23.7077 0.3821 0.0075 162 218.663 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
12 3 Scott McLaughlin 23.7620 0.4364 0.0543 233 218.163 Chevy Team Penske
13 30 Takuma Sato 23.8006 0.4750 0.0386 184 217.810 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 23.8071 0.4815 0.0065 167 217.750 Honda Andretti Autosport
15 29 James Hinchcliffe 23.8387 0.5131 0.0316 160 217.462 Honda Andretti Autosport
16 15 Graham Rahal 23.8957 0.5701 0.0570 207 216.943 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
17 4 Dalton Kellett 23.9226 0.5970 0.0269 140 216.699 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
18 51 Pietro Fittipaldi 23.9953 0.000 0.000 190 216.042 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing
19 52 Cody Ware 24.3896 0.3943 0.3943 199 212.550 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with RWR