01.JUN
Report
from the Milwaukee Practice
Practice for the Miller
Lite 225 was a harried affair for all the CART
teams, including the Ariciero Blair team. Rain wiped out the first session-Champ Cars can't run in the wet
on an oval. As a result there was one two-hour practice session held
on Friday afternoon.
Since CART rules preclude in-season testing this practice session
served as the initial shakedown for the newly reorganized team and
their Lola with the newly acquired Ford Cosworth powerplant.
Rookie driver Max Wilson completed 55 laps on the Milwaukee oval
and between learning the circuit and coping with heavy traffic in
the busy session, he turned a best lap of 23.753 seconds, for a
156.410 mph average.
Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves had the quickest time at
22.845s. and 162.626 mph.
Saturday's practice session was rained out so there would be no
chance to further improve the time and the car's setup
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