Indy NXT

IPS: Michigan: Pre-race quotes, schedule

WHAT: Paramount Health Insurance 100, seventh race in 12-race 2004 IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series season. WHERE: Michigan International Speedway, 2-mile D-shaped oval WHEN: 12:30 p.m. (EDT), Sunday, Aug. 1 DISTANCE: 50 laps/100 ...

Edited: Mar 27, 2008, 11:54 PM

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

WHAT:
Paramount Health Insurance 100, seventh race in 12-race 2004 IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series season.

WHERE:
Michigan International Speedway, 2-mile D-shaped oval

WHEN:
12:30 p.m. (EDT), Sunday, Aug. 1

DISTANCE:
50 laps/100 miles

CARS:
Dallara chassis; Infiniti V8 engines; Firestone tires

TV:
ESPN2, 4 p.m. (EDT), Aug. 2

SCHEDULE: (all times local; subject to change)

Friday, July 30
12:45 p.m. -- Menards Infiniti Pro Series practice (all cars/30 minutes)
4:30 p.m. -- Menards Infiniti Pro Series practice (all cars/30 minutes)

Saturday, July 31
10:15 a.m. -- Menards Infiniti Pro Series practice (all cars/30 minutes)
3:15 p.m. -- Menards Infiniti Pro Series qualifying
5:15 p.m. -- Menards Infiniti Pro Series warmup (all cars/15 minutes)

Sunday, Aug. 1
12:30 -- Paramount Health Insurance 100 Menards Infiniti Pro Series race (50 laps/100 miles)

PRE-RACE QUOTES:

P.J. CHESSON (No. 76 Mo Nunn Racing Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone): "We had a terrific result last week in Milwaukee. While we didn't necessarily have the fastest car there, as a team, we learned what it means to stay focused and not give up. Avoiding trouble on the track is as important as finding your speed. We look forward to riding the momentum into Michigan and finishing strong again. For the most part, all of these tracks are brand new to me, so I'm going to continue to rely on Butch (Winkle), Brian (Welling) and the rest of the crew to get me through it."

PAUL DANA (No. 91 Ethanol/Hemelgarn Johnson Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone): "The Hemelgarn Johnson guys have given me a great car for the big tracks all year, so we expect to be up front. That track is weird. It's one of the biggest tracks we go to. Seems like it would be easy flat out for our cars. But last year at least after the Craftsman Trucks ran, we had kind of hot and windy conditions during the race, it was real slick during the race, it ends up a driver's track and handling track. It will be interesting to see what the track does this year. It's not as easy as it seems given how big a place it is. You got to have everything working to do well."

THIAGO MEDEIROS (No. 11 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara/Infiniti/Firestone): "It was a frustrating weekend for the team. We know we'll be competitive at Michigan. We've been competitive everywhere we've went. It was just a bad weekend. I'm just trying to forget about and think about the next race ones. The bigger tracks are more competitive, and they aren't about driving and setup. They are just about who's in the right place. We've won four of the first six races and I hope we'll be just as good in the other half of the season too."

-irl-

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Read also :

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Previous article IPS: Indy Racing League teleconference - Paul Dana

Next article IPS: Dana finally takes victory

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

More from

Sam Schmidt



Schmidt, Arrow still inspiring with latest SAM Corvette

IndyCar

IndyCar

Schmidt, Arrow still inspiring with latest SAM Corvette



Arrow Schmidt Peterson race report, Round 1 – St. Petersburg

IndyCar

IndyCar

St. Pete

Arrow Schmidt Peterson race report, Round 1 – St. Petersburg



Schmidt inducted into Southern Nevada Hall of Fame

IndyCar

IndyCar

Schmidt inducted into Southern Nevada Hall of Fame

Latest news



Barcelona set to host IndyCar race in 2027 under multi-year deal

IndyCar

Indy IndyCar 2 h

Barcelona set to host IndyCar race in 2027 under multi-year deal



Winners and losers from a Chase-altering NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Phoenix II

3 h

Winners and losers from a Chase-altering NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix



Heart of Racing rules Valkyrie GTP step next year ‘too soon’ for IMSA standout Barrichello

IMSA

IMSA IMSA 3 h

Heart of Racing rules Valkyrie GTP step next year ‘too soon’ for IMSA standout Barrichello



Sergio Perez: Debut Cadillac season "without a doubt one of my best years"

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

4 h

Sergio Perez: Debut Cadillac season "without a doubt one of my best years"

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts

Subscribe