2010 IRL Rd.5--RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300

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After four rounds(Sao Paulo, St. Pete, Barber and Long Beach) on road and street courses, the stars of the IZOD IndyCar Series head to their first oval-track event. Set just west of the Kansas/Missouri state-line, Kansas Speedway is a fast, 1.5-mile oval that has seen some great races over the years. It also, for the fourth consecutive year, will be the "lead-in" to the month of May and the Indianapolis 500. Do well here and the momentum could carry you straight to victory lane there...............


----Past Pole/Race Winners.............
2001: Scott Sharp/Eddie Cheever
2002: Tomas Scheckter/Airton Dare
2003: Scott Dixon/Bryan Herta
2004: Buddy Rice/Buddy Rice
2005: Danica Patrick/Tony Kanaan
2006: Dan Wheldon/Sam Hornish, Jr.
2007: Tony Kanaan/Dan Wheldon
2008: Scott Dixon/Dan Wheldon
2009: Graham Rahal/Scott Dixon

-----Event Schedule
note...........all times listed are US CDT(-1 hr EDT/-5 hrs GMT)
Practice Session 1: 10-11am, 30 April 2010
Practice Session 2: 1-2pm, 30 April 2010
PEAK Pole Qualifying: 4pm, 30 April 2010
RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300, 1pm, 1 May 2010, ABC Sports

----Broadcast Info........
~~Domestic TV: ABC Sports
~~Domestic Radio: IMS Radio Network
~~Satellite Radio: Sirius XM Radio
~~International Simulcast courtesy of the United States Armed Forces Network

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Track Map of Kansas Speedway

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RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 Entry List

Raphael Matos, #2 HP-Symantec
Helio Castroneves, #3 Team Penske
Dan Wheldon, #4 National Guard
Takuma Sato, #5 Lotus-Cosworth
Ryan Briscoe, #6 Team Penske
Danica Patrick, #7 GoDaddy.com
E.J. Viso, #8 PDVSA-JetAmerica
Scott Dixon, #9 Target
Dario Franchitti, #10 Suave
Tony Kanaan, #11 Team 7-11
Will Power, #12 Verizon Wireless
Vitor Meira, #14 ABC Supply Co.
Milka Duno, #18 CITGO
Alex Lloyd, #19 Boy Scouts of America
Justin Wilson, #22 Charter Communications
Mike Conway, #24 RollCoater-DRR
Marco Andretti, #26 Team Venom Energy
Mario Moraes, #32 PanAmericano-KVRT
Mario Romancini, #34 Conquest Racing
Bertrand Baguette, #36 RAC Belgium
Ryan Hunter-Reay, #37 IZOD
John Andretti, #43 Window World
Jay Howard, #66 Tire Kingdom
Sarah Fisher, #67 Dollar General
Alex Tagliani, #77 Bowers & Wilkins
Simona de Silvestro, #78 Team Stargate Worlds
Hideki Mutoh, #06 Panasonic-ARTA

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two runner-up finishes have helped push Justin Wilson to 4th in the points going into Kansas



Q. Justin, you're off to a strong start to 2010 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. You're fourth in points and have a pair of runner-up finishes at St. Petersburg and Long Beach. Has the year started off the way you had hoped?
A. It's been a great start to the season and exactly what I was hoping for. The Z-Line Designs 22 car has been pretty quick. We had a strong showing in qualifying in Brazil, but had everything happen to us in that race. I was disappointed with 11th, but I knew the potential was there.

Q. Next weekend is the first oval of the season at Kansas Speedway. Are you looking forward to that race, the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300?
A. I actually really like the way the series is laid out at the minute with the four road courses then four ovals then back to the road courses then back to the ovals to finish the season off. It's divided up really nice so you can apply yourself and learn from weekend to weekend. You spend so much time focusing on one thing and you want to put into practice what you've just learned. It's really good. I'm looking forward to Kansas and seeing what the Dreyer & Reinbold car is like on an oval. From what I remember last year, they were pretty strong. Looking forward to working with them, and seeing if we can move our championship along. Obviously after that we have Indy, so hopefully, we can learn something at Kansas that will help us for Indy.

Q. Do you think the aerodynamic changes made for last year will make this year's race at Kansas more exciting?
A. I think so. You never can tell. The slightest little changes on the ovals sometimes make the biggest differences. It's not like the cars are changed that much to reduce the racing. After a few races last year, the (IZOD) IndyCar Series made some changes and you saw the differences at Kentucky and Chicagoland where we going wheel-to-wheel again. I hope we are going to be able to race (like that) at Kansas, but it seems to me that the wind has a bigger effect than anything. It blows the cars around and makes it a bit of a handful. I'm looking forward to getting out there and giving it a try.

Q. You have Larry Curry in your pit, who obviously has had a lot of success with drivers such as Tony Stewart and Ed Carpenter on ovals. Do you think having him calling your races is an ace up your sleeve?
A. Larry has a lot of experience and done this for years and he's seen it all. It's good to have him working with myself and also working with (engineer) Matt (Curry). We have a really good combination and I'm looking forward to learning from them on the ovals. That's their background. My background is road racing and theirs is on the ovals. I think all in all we have a mix between the three of us and that is what has so being so competitive this year.

(Question #5 courtesy of Twitter) Mike in Iowa wants to know about your biking. You regularly tweet photos from his rides. Just how much bike training do you do?
A. I do quite a bit and I enjoy it. Living here in Colorado I have the benefit of doing road cycling and also mountain biking. Usually I take a picture and post it on Twitter when I get to the top of one of my climbs. It's a great view looking out at the mountains or back at the plains. It's fun. I really enjoy it. I'd like to do more, but obviously as we get into the season and the weather picks up, we're not here. Just try to make the most of it whenever I can.

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Few cautions could be key
The most caution flags during an IZOD IndyCar Series race at Kansas Speedway was six in the inaugural race in 2001and the low was two in 2004. Last year’s race was interrupted three times – the same as in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Long periods of green flag racing means green flag pit stops will be vitally important -- or at least the timing of the final yellow flag, which could give teams an opportunity to play fuel strategy.

Winning pass could come much earlier
Lately, the winner of this race usually makes the decisive pass well before the checkered flag. The exception is Buddy Rice, who nipped Vitor Meira by 0.0054 of a second in 2004 when he made the pass on the final lap. Sam Hornish Jr. (2006) passed Dan Wheldon with two laps remaining while Eddie Cheever (2001), Airton Dare (2002) and Tony Kanaan (2005) each led the final three laps. But when this race was moved from Independence Day weekend to late April in 2007, the game began to change. Wheldon made his race-winning pass 35 laps from the checkered flag that year and 48 laps from the finish in 2008. Last year, Scott Dixon led the final 45 laps to score the win. But that was before the Honda overtake assist was available so expect a much closer race.

Early start and different day
After getting a late-afternoon start the past three years at Kansas, this year it’s 2 p.m. ET. But it’s a new day as this race will be held on Saturday for the first time. The angle of the sun won’t be a factor as it has been in past years but engineers and crews will have to deal with changing track conditions that come in a day race on the ovals.

New faces
There are 27 cars entered, the most so far this season. Among the drivers making their season debuts are Sarah Fisher, Jay Howard and John Andretti. While Fisher and Howard are open-wheel racers, Andretti has started five NASCAR Cup races at Kansas with a highest finish of 14th in 2002. He also has a Nationwide Series start in 2006 and a Camping World Truck Series start in 2005.

Return to the ovals can scramble the front-runners
Justin Wilson and Ryan Hunter-Reay are off to spectacular starts as both have benefitted from starting the season with four street and road course races. Hunter-Reay is third in points and Wilson fourth. But as the series head to the ovals, will there be other drivers more proficient at running around in circles back in front? One of those drivers is Danica Patrick, who is currently 16th in points and acknowledges she can’t wait to get back to the ovals to get her season turned around. Also, keep an eye on Dixon, Wheldon, Marco Andretti and Ryan Briscoe as oval aces.

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Conquest Racing's Mario Romancini is one of four drivers this weekend who will make their IndyCar Series oval debut at Kansas; the others are KV Racing's Takuma Sato, HVM's Simona de Silvestro and Romancini's Conquest teammate, Bertrand Baguette


Former F1 pilot Takuma Sato said it best in oval testing earlier this week at Kansas Speedway.........

It was so different.

That could be the understatement of the year.

Sato was among four IZOD IndyCar Series rookies to participate April 28 in an orientation/test on the 1.5-mile, variably-banked Kansas Speedway oval. He was smiling afterward, which was the best indication that all (well, maybe a few points under 100 percent) went well under the watchful eyes of IZOD IndyCar Series technical director Kevin Blanch and Indy Racing League consultant Al Unser Jr..

“Everyone ran about 125 laps, which is a nice day’s work,” Blanch said. “We were able to get them running in traffic, and getting in and out of pit lane and getting back up to speed. They all did a nice job responding to what we talked with them about prior to running. It didn’t take them long to get up to speed and understand what they needed to do.

“They started to gain a respect for oval racing, which requires a lot of thinking ahead. You have to drive three or four laps ahead of yourself. It was interesting to see how they were figuring out things like not wanting to catch a guy in a corner, why you want to pass on the straightaway, how to hustle into the pits.”

Sato, Mario Romancini (pictured above) and Bertrand Baguette of Conquest Racing and Simona De Silvestro of Team Stargate Worlds/HVM Racing will compete in their first IZOD IndyCar Series event this weekend – the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300.

Romancini, who competed on several ovals last season with Andersen Racing in Firestone Indy Lights, was the only driver with oval racing experience. He won at The Milwaukee Mile and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Last season at Kansas Speedway, he started sixth and finished third.

“I am really looking forward to the start of oval racing this season and competing in an (IZOD) IndyCar (Series car),” he said. “I got used to the ovals very quickly last year, and I am hoping to have some good performances this year as well. The race in Kansas last season was my first time competing on an oval and I was able to finish third, so for sure I have some good memories of that place.”

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Kansas Practice Times
L-R: position, car #, driver, team, time, gap, gap to 1st, speed[mph]


1. 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 25.7271 212.694
2. 6 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 25.7987 0.0716 0.0716 212.104
3. 4 Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 25.8148 0.0161 0.0877 211.971
4. 32 Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 25.8545 0.0397 0.1274 211.646
5. 12 Will Power Team Penske 25.8571 0.0026 0.1300 211.625
6. 10 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 25.8758 0.0187 0.1487 211.472
7. 14 Vitor Meira A.J. Foyt Enterprises 25.8822 0.0064 0.1551 211.419
8. 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 25.8964 0.0142 0.1693 211.304
9. 77 Alex Tagliani FAZZT Race Team 25.9107 0.0143 0.1836 211.187
10. 3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske 25.9115 0.0008 0.1844 211.180
11. 2 Raphael Matos de Ferran Luczo Dragon Racing 25.9581 0.0466 0.2310 210.801
12. 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Autosport 25.9604 0.0023 0.2333 210.783
13. 8 E.J. Viso KV Racing Technology 25.9638 0.0034 0.2367 210.755
14. 24 Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 25.9660 0.0022 0.2389 210.737
15. 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 26.0033 0.0373 0.2762 210.435
16. 43 John Andretti Richard Petty/Andretti Autospo 26.0246 0.0213 0.2975 210.263
17. 06 Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 26.0318 0.0072 0.3047 210.204
18. 67 Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher Racing 26.0338 0.0020 0.3067 210.188
19. 66 Jay Howard* Sarah Fisher Racing 26.0438 0.0100 0.3167 210.108
20. 22 Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 26.0484 0.0046 0.3213 210.070
21. 5 Takuma Sato* KV Racing Technology 26.0539 0.0055 0.3268 210.026
22. 34 Mario Romancini* Conquest Racing 26.1003 0.0464 0.3732 209.653
23. 78 Simona De Silvestro* Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 26.1198 0.0195 0.3927 209.496
24. 37 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 26.1469 0.0271 0.4198 209.279
25. 19 Alex Lloyd* Dale Coyne Racing 26.1570 0.0101 0.4299 209.198
26. 36 Bertrand Baguette* Conquest Racing 26.1952 0.0382 0.4681 208.893
27. 18 Milka Duno Dale Coyne Racing 26.3099 0.1147 0.5828 207.983

* Series rookie

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-----A six-month oval respite didn’t necessary impact Ryan Briscoe or the No. 6 Team Penske car. Briscoe, who closed the 2009 IZOD IndyCar Series season with a victory and runner-up finish in two of the final three ovals, will start from the front of the 27-car field in the first oval of this season.

Briscoe, the penultimate qualifier, ripped of a four-lap average of 212.145 mph on the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway to earn the PEAK Performance Pole Award for the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300. He unseated Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon (211.298) -- who led a field-high 134 laps in winning at Kansas Speedway last year.

“I was listening to Dixon’s stats before he was going out and they said he was going for (pole) No. 17 and I thought, ‘That’s too many. I need to take that from him,’ ” said Briscoe, who earned his ninth IZOD IndyCar Series pole (the fourth in the past 14 events). “I’m glad I did. It’s great to win the pole. Team Penske has picked up from where it left off at Homestead last year.”

In that Oct. 10 season finale, Briscoe battled Dixon and teammate Dario Franchitti for the race victory and series championship. Franchitti prevailed in both on the 1.5-mile oval after a season-long contest.

“We made some changes to the car after practice and the car was really strong,” Briscoe said. “It was a picture-perfect qualifying run. The gearing is critical, especially when it’s windy like this. When you get it right – like we did today – it makes a big difference. But there are a lot of good cars out there, including my teammates, so I expect a really competitive race.”

Dixon, who started from the pole at Kansas in 2008 and ’03, extended his series-record streak to 37 races in the top 10. Also having a strong finishing kick in ’09 (second at Chicagoland, first at Twin Ring Motegi and third at Homestead), he also expects a lot of side-by-side racing to the finish.

“The car didn’t seem to have the speed it should have,” said Dixon, who topped the speed chart in the lone practice after rain earlier in the day re-arranged the schedule. “Not sure where we lost the speed, but Briscoe seemed to stay consistent and fast. The car was good in traffic and it drove well. Since we only had one practice session, it was harder to find and make any changes before the qualifying session. Kansas has been a stand out for our team the last 3 or 4 years. We come into this event with confidence and it is a nice place to race.”

Franchitti (211.236 mph) in the No. 10 Suave car and Hideki Mutoh (211.039), driving the No. 06 Newman/Haas Racing entry, will share Row 2. Dan Wheldon, driver of the No. 4 National Guard Panther Racing car, had qualified third (211.242) but the effort was disqualified because he drove beneath the white line ringing the inside of the track. Marco Andretti in the No. 26 Team Venom Energy car for Andretti Autosport also was sent to the rear of the field for the same infraction.

“We were expecting to have a good car in qualifying because the team was very strong in qualifying here last year,” said Mutoh, noting the pole start by Graham Rahal. “I knew the car would be good and I think I had four good, consistent laps so I am very happy.”

Alex Tagliani (210.887) in the No. 77 FAZZT Race Team car and Vitor Meira (210.675), driving the No. 14 ABC Supply car for A.J. Foyt Racing (the team’s best qualifying at Kansas Speedway since 2002), will be on Row 3. Team Penske’s Will Power and Helio Castroneves will share Row 4, and Danica Patrick of Andretti Autosport and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Mike Conway will be on Row 5.

“I think we're pleasantly surprised at how well we did today and it was like Brazil where we showed up and didn't know where we would stack up,” Tagliani said. “After Brazil we thought ‘OK, we're all right’ but coming here the oval was a big unknown. Even with the rain delay today we had enough time to practice and the car was good right off of the truck.”

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Leading 150 of 200 laps Saturday, no one had anything for the Kiwi as he took his first victory of 2010


It wasn't exciting, it didn't generate many passes, and it was almost too predictable. But after 200 laps of racing at Kansas Speedway, Scott Dixon wasn't concerned about the manner by which he earned his first victory of 2010. After taking a commanding win today in Round 5, all the Kiwi cared about was getting his championship aspirations back on track as the series heads to Indianapolis.

"Winning at Kansas going into the month of May is a big deal. Team Target has had a slow start to the season, but this is what we need and jump back into points table. It's certainly good to get that momentum going to Indy."

Dixon sat back in the early going and shadowed polesitter Ryan Briscoe, but as the race reached Lap 31, the 2008 IZOD IndyCar Series champion pounced on the Team Penske pilot and never looked back. It was a classic Dixon oval performance: No dramas, no risk taking, and no chance for the competition to make their way past.

Dixon's teammate, reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti, had no answer for the No. 9 car, and was forced to settle for second place. With the Scot seemingly resigned to watch Dixon gather the spoils, he improved from fourth to second in the final laps, despite a difficult car and a strong attack by Tony Kanaan to wrest the runner-up spot from the No. 10 Ganassi car.

"[Dixon] was a little bit quicker than I was, especially toward the end of the stint. He was probably .2 or .3 mile-per-hour every lap. My balance was very good, but he was just quicker. It went on for a quite a while then Tony and I were very close on the restart as well. Then the yellow came out just as we finished pitting and that put tons of cars between Scott and myself. I got past Helio and then I could see Tony coming on pretty strong. The last few laps, the car was really oversteering but I kept it flat and managed to jump him. I think second was a fair result for us."

Kanaan was visibly excited to have run so competitively once he got out of the car. "I have to thank the whole 7-Eleven crew for the great stops. It was a great race. We did what we could. We definitely didn't have the fastest car out there so we tried to maximize the result. Qualifying really doesn't matter at this place. I hope the fans enjoyed it. I want to thank them for coming and it's a good way to lead into Indianapolis."

Dixon cruised home with a 3.05-second advantage over Franchitti, while Kanaan crossed the start/finish line just .168 seconds behind Franchitti in third after an impressive march up the order from 15th.

The day started out looking like Ryan Briscoe was poised to join his teammates Helio Castroneves and Will Power in the win column, but for the first time in 2010, the three-car Team Penske armada was off their game.

Briscoe's time in the lead lasted just the first 1/8th of the race before the Ganassi train blew by. The Aussie hovered between third and eighth for the remainder of the race, but had to settle for a distant sixth, 6.7 seconds behind Dixon and two places behind Castroneves.

If Briscoe's day went slightly sour, Will Power's reintroduction to oval racing was entirely forgettable. A touch of oval rust reared its head on the Aussie's first pit stop as he overshot his stall. With the refueling hose stretched to its limits, his crew struggled to get fuel in the car, causing the stop to take an excruciatingly long time.

While Power was at fault for going too deep in his pit box, his crew failed to react to the mistake, and never pushed the No. 12 Verizon Wireless car back the two feet necessary to properly engage the fuel hose. Even with the car on the ground after its tires had been changed, the No. 12 wasn't rolled back and the refueler continued to struggle. Both errors saw the winner of the first three rounds go a lap down and drop out of contention. Power would eventually finish two laps down in 12th.

After taking a quality win at Barber Motorsports Park, Castroneves rebounded from a quiet seventh at Long Beach to take fourth at Kansas. Engaged in a late battle with Kanaan, the former Indy Lights teammates fought hard for third, but the three-time Indy 500 winner couldn't match Kanaan's speed.

With the Month of May set to start in two weeks, the two Brazilians looked ready to move the battle to the Brickyard where Kanaan will hunt for the one major win that continues to elude him.

Kanaan's new teammate (and new best friend), Long Beach winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, proved what persistence can do for a driver when a weekend starts off badly. Buried in 22nd place after qualifying, the IZOD-sponsored driver worked with his team overnight to develop a new setup for the No. 37 car, and it clearly worked.

While a crack at the lead looked too far out of reach, RHR spent most of the day at the sharp end of the field after passing 17 cars on the way to his fifth-place finish.

KV Racing Technology's Mario Moraes impressed once again on the ovals, taking seventh, followed by Alex Tagliani in the B&W-sponsored car. Tagliani held his starting spot of fifth early on, but struggled to hold that position after he and Milka Duno came together during a pit stop. For his team's first oval race, an eighth is still a major accomplishment.

John Andretti delivered a salty dog performance, moving from 17th to ninth while looking more than up for the challenge at Indy in one of his cousin's cars. Finishing third amongst the five Andretti Autosport cars was a reminder of the CART and NASCAR veteran's abilities.

The Top 3 Andretti Autosport finishers bettered their starting positions by more cars than almost the entire field combined, with Kanaan's 12, Hunter-Reay's 17 and John Andretti's eight making for 37 total spots of improvement.

Like so many other drivers today, Vitor Meira faded slightly, as his sixth starting spot turned into a finish of tenth by the end of 200 laps. Danica Patrick, someone who many expected to regain her 2009 form once the IZOD IndyCar Series returned to the ovals, failed to impress from the outset and came home two laps down. Starting ninth, Patrick went straight backwards, running in the mid-teens for most of the day, but was thankful to be promoted to 11th when former teammate Hideki Mutoh and oval rookie Takuma Sato crashed out with 14 laps to go.

The reason as to why Patrick is so adrift in open-wheel this year -- on street, road and oval tracks -- remains a mystery.

Marco Andretti, after starting from the back of the field, came home 13th. Dreyer & Reinbold's Mike Conway leapt from tenth at the start to push the Top 6 runners early, but he also faded, falling back to the high-teens before finishing 14th. His teammate, 2009 Watkins Glen winner Justin Wilson, never factored, taking 18th after going three laps down.

Like Marco Andretti, Dan Wheldon also started from the back of the field, moved from 25th to 15th at the finish, but showed nothing like the pace that was expected. With high hopes for Panther Racing's oval program in 2010, limping into Indy from Kansas wasn't what they had in mind.

Rafa Matos led Sarah Fisher home as they took 16th and 17th respectively. Neither driver came close to finding a competitive pace throughout the race, and made sure to stay clear of the faster cars.

Alex Lloyd's struggles this season continued at Kansas, as the Boy Scouts of America-sponsored car could do no better than 19th.

The remainder of the active runners were the rookies. Belgium's Bertrand Baguette took 20th for Conquest Racing, while Simona De Silvestro fell back three spots to finish 21st, and Mario Romancini took 22nd, up five positions from his 27th starting position.

Hideki Mutoh looked like an impressive finish was in order in his Newman/Haas car after hanging onto the leaders all day, but a coming together with fellow Japanese driver Takuma Sato saw the two drop out of near certain Top-10's with the finish line almost in sight. Before the crash, Sato looked like a veteran oval racer in what was his maiden attempt at only turning left. The two finished 23rd and 24th.

Jay Howard also clouted the wall (with 22 laps to go), causing the restart where Mutoh and Sato would end their days.

Milka Duno was the second driver out after contact with Tagliani. She was beaten to the punch of being first out by fellow Venezuelan E.J. Viso, whose quest for consistency continues. A drive-through penalty for speeding on pit lane was compounded by the diminutive driver bringing out the first yellow flag on Lap 75 when he reconfigured the right side of his Dallara against the hard Kansas wall. He would finish 27th and last.

Just like his win here last year, Dixon was untouchable. He lapped almost half of the field by Lap 60, stretched his lead to Franchitti by as much as 5.6 seconds while doing so, and jumped to second in the points standings, just 26 markers behind Power.

With Penske's dominance of the first three road course races, Andretti Autosport's resurgence at Long Beach and again today with two cars in the Top 5, and now with the Ganassi duo going 1-2 in the only oval warmup prior to Indy, the 94th running of the race has all the makings of at least a three-team fight. Let's just hope it isn't as processional as today's race.

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Top-10 from Kansas......................
1} #9 Scott Dixon, 200 laps
2} #10 Dario Franchitti, -3.052 sec
3} #11 Tony Kanaan, -3.221 sec
4} #3 Helio Castroneves, -3.830 sec
5} #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay, -6.113 sec
6) #6 Ryan Briscoe, -6.795 sec
7} #32 Mario Moraes, -1 lap
8} #77 Alex Tagliani, -1 lap
9} #43 John Andretti, -1 lap
10} #14 Vitor Meira, -1 lap