Milwaukee: Panther Racing qualifying notes

In Firestone Indy Lights, Panther teammates Pippa Mann and Martin Plowman will start ninth and 13th, respectively. Mann will lead the team to the green flag after posting a speed of 145.176 mph. Plowman registered a qualification effort of 142.334 mph.

Martin Plowman, No. 15 Firestone Indy Lights

"To be honest I'm not too happy with the qualifying run. We were suffering with a loose car in practice and we left for qualifying with some new adjustments but I believe that we went too far the other way, so I had a lot of push on the two laps on the exit of the corners. I'm sure that we will be stronger for the race. We'll have 100 laps, 100 miles, and I know we will be better."

Pippa Mann, No. 16 Firestone Indy Lights:

"I'm very happy with the run. The Panther crew gave me a great car; I think they did a good job. We missed the test here that a lot of the other teams did after the Kansas race because my car was still in bits (after the Kansas crash with Battistini), so I'll take this qualifying as a good one. We had a tough break in Indy when we had a very fast car and got caught in a wreck and since then the guys have been working non-stop to put the cars together. Hopefully we will be up there tomorrow".

-credit: pr