Briscoe still on top at Sebring

Heavy rain brought an end to the final day of an Open Test at Sebring International Raceway about 45 minutes early, but not before Ryan Briscoe turned in a quick lap of 52.4202 seconds, 114.689 mph to top the speed chart. He edged Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves by three-hundredths of a second.

Together the two Team Penske drivers were more than a half second quicker than anyone else. Briscoe also led testing on March 5 as the second group of IndyCar Series drivers completed a day and a half of testing. A previous group of drivers tested on the 1.7-mile, 11-turn circuit March 3-4.

“The track was really quick this afternoon; Helio turned a fast lap mid-session, so we had something to shoot for," Briscoe said. “We went out on new tires, but we weren’t quite happy with the car, so I had to come in. We made a change, which proved to be very effective. It is amazing what a small adjustment can do to lap times around this circuit. The Team Penske car was performing very well at the end of the session and I think we made a lot of progress today."

Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon were third and fourth, respectively.

Overall, eight drivers combined for 790 laps.

Combined Full Field Results:

Ps.	Driver	Team	Chassis	Time	Speed
1.	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Honda Dallara	52.4202	113.929 mph
2.	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Honda Dallara	52.4531	114.617
3.	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Honda Dallara	52.8609	113.732
4.	Hideki Mutoh-R	Andretti Green Racing	Honda Dallara	52.9513	113.538
5.	Dan Wheldon	Target Chip Ganassi	Honda Dallara	53.0131	113.406
6.	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi	Honda Dallara	53.0286	113.373
7.	Darren Manning	A.J. Foyt Racing	Honda Dallara	53.0433	113.341
8.	Marco Andretti	Andretti Green Racing	Honda Dallara	53.2452	112.912
9.	Vitor Meira	Delphi Panther Racing	Honda Dallara	53.2467	112.908
10.	A.J. Foyt IV	Vision Racing	Honda Dallara	53.3477	112.695
11.	Buddy Rice	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Honda Dallara	53.3859	112.614
12.	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rahal Letterman Racing	Honda Dallara	53.4570	112.464
13.	Danica Patrick	Andretti Green Racing	Honda Dallara	53.5015	112.371
14.	Jay Howard-R	Roth Racing	Honda Dallara	53.8033	111.740
15.	Townsend Bell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Honda Dallara	54.0505	111.229
16.	Ed Carpenter	Vision Racing	Honda Dallara	54.1869	110.949
17.	Marty Roth	Roth Racing	Honda Dallara	54.4976	110.317
18.	Milka Duno	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Honda Dallara	56.4081	106.580