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HVM Racing Watkins Glen International Friday Practice Report: First Practice Ranking: 15 Notes: HVM Racing had two practice session on Friday, making their first laps at Watkins Glen. Driver E.J. Viso and the No. 33 PDVSA Honda Dallara completed a total of 36 laps in practice on Friday under sunny skies. The team was 20th in practice, but are looking to improve results for Saturday. The team will have one 30 minute practice session on Saturday morning. Qualifying is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time. Teams will qualifying in two groups with the fastest six lap times of each group moving into a second round of qualifying. The top six times from that session will then move into a final round of qualifying. HVM Racing Collects Data After Friday Practice Session Comments from team owner Keith Wiggins after Friday’s practice sessions at Watkins Glen International: “It’s like all these things, coming to new tracks, we just have to work through the motions. We tried a couple of different setups today and we are extracting the data. We’ll look through it and get ready for Saturday’s qualifying runs. “We wanted to be further up in the standings today, but tomorrow is the day that counts for speed. We’re focused on gaining the best results. Today is for E.J. and the team to learn the track. The proof of how well we did will be tomorrow when we see where we end up after qualifying.” Comments from team driver E.J. Viso after Friday’s practice sessions at Watkins Glen International: “I think we need to work really hard for tomorrow. We are not where we want to be in regards to the setup. I don’t know if we’ve found our baseline to start with yet. But, we have time tomorrow morning to work it out. The track isn’t difficult. It’s a very fluid track, mostly at very high speed. You need to ask a lot of the car to be quick. You need perfect balance and downforce. We’re working on getting the best setup that will work for qualifying.” Contact: For more information on HVM Racing visit www.hvm-racing.com HVM is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. In its 7 years of competition in the Champ Car World Series, the team has earned 6 wins, 2 pole positions, and an additional 16 podiums since 2001 when Keith Wiggins took over Bettenhausen Motorsports. They finished 4th and 3rd, respectively, in Championship standings in 2006 and 2007 and drivers Mario Dominguez and Robert Doornbos were named Rookie of the Year in 2002 and 2007, respectively. |