Ex-CART drivers dominate Indy Car practice

UPDATE "It's pretty wild, pretty fast. It's only my fourth time in an Indy car on a road course, so I'm very much a rookie at this," said Sarah Fisher, back racing a complete schedule for the first time since 2003. "But we're trying to learn a lot and have Buddy to look up to and compare to and learn from. It's a big challenge to take on," Fisher said. "My background is World of Outlaws sprint cars, not road courses like all these other guys, so I'm at a bit of a disadvantage there."

[Editor's Note: If she is an oval track driver then why are the ex-CART road racers eating her lunch on ovals too?]

07/06/07 The best drivers in the IRL, the ex-CART drivers, topped the timesheets Friday at Watkins Glen, with Helio Castroneves just beating Scott Dixon. The bottom half of the field are pretty much out to lunch with Sarah Fisher being so slow it's almost comical. As a comparison, 2 seconds covers the Champ Car field in Toronto, while at Watkins Glen it's 6.6 seconds. At The Glen this weekend it's not a 100% throttle no talent required track so the times show just how weak the Indy Car grid is.

Pos Driver Diff Best Time
1 Helio Castroneves (3) … 1:30.1192
2 Scott Dixon (9) 0.0395 1:30.1587
3 Tony Kanaan (11) 0.3194 1:30.4386
4 Dario Franchitti (27) 0.5824 1:30.7016
5 Kosuke Matsuura (55) 0.7456 1:30.8648
6 Dan Wheldon (10) 0.8250 1:30.9442
7 Marco Andretti (26) 1.0277 1:31.1469
8 Buddy Rice (15) 1.0573 1:31.1765
9 Vitor Meira (4) 1.1205 1:31.2397
10 Sam Hornish Jr (6) 1.1581 1:31.2773
11 Darren Manning (14) 1.4722 1:31.5914
12 Danica Patrick (7) 1.6800 1:31.7992
13 Tomas Scheckter (2) 1.9791 1:32.0983
14 Jeff Simmons (17) 2.2014 1:32.3206
15 Scott Sharp (8) 2.4875 1:32.6067
16 AJ Foyt IV (22) 3.6301 1:33.7493
17 Ed Carpenter (20) 4.6718 1:34.7910
18 Sarah Fisher (5) 6.5913 1:36.7105