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Three rookie drivers have been invited to a practice session at the daunting Texas Motor Speedway in order to prepare them for the upcoming Indy 500 Rookie Orientation Program at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
AJ Allmendinger, Tristan Vautier and Carlos Munoz will be in action this week to get a feel of driving an IndyCar Dallara DW12 on a high-banked oval such as the one in Texas.
Although the three drivers are rookies, they each have experience on driving on ovals. For Allmendinger, his most recent oval appearance in a single-seater came when he finished fourth in the Champ Car race at Milwaukee in 2006.
Vautier, as well as Munoz, who is scheduled to make his series debut at Indianapolis in May in a fifth Andretti car, have both experienced ovals in the Indy Lights series.
Ed Carpenter, Simon Pagenaud, Takuma Sato, Graham Rahal and James Jakes are scheduled to take part in a private test at Texas later in the day.
AJ Allmendinger, Tristan Vautier and Carlos Munoz will be in action this week to get a feel of driving an IndyCar Dallara DW12 on a high-banked oval such as the one in Texas.
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| AJ Allmendinger. (Photo: LAT/IndyCar) |
Although the three drivers are rookies, they each have experience on driving on ovals. For Allmendinger, his most recent oval appearance in a single-seater came when he finished fourth in the Champ Car race at Milwaukee in 2006.
Vautier, as well as Munoz, who is scheduled to make his series debut at Indianapolis in May in a fifth Andretti car, have both experienced ovals in the Indy Lights series.
Ed Carpenter, Simon Pagenaud, Takuma Sato, Graham Rahal and James Jakes are scheduled to take part in a private test at Texas later in the day.