By Anne Proffit
Greetings from soggy, sweaty, hot and – yes – sunny South Florida, where initial practice is just complete for Saturday evening’s season closing Firestone Indy 300. The 22 – of 23 – entered Indy cars completed 1009 laps in the one hour, thirty-minute session on Homestead-Miami Speedway’s 1.5-mile banked oval, and guess what? The top three drivers in contention for season honors were at the head of the timing sheets.
As is customary for the 2009 season, the first half-hour was for designated rookies and entrants outside the top 10 in points, while the balance of the session was an all-skate affair. New for this race, Firestone has made special white sidewall “Championship Ring” Firehawk race slicks for protagonists Scott Dixon (570 points), Dario Franchitti (565) and Ryan Briscoe (562).
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