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Session one of tonights IndyCar test has been completed.  It has been brought to my attention that tonight we have the most cars on track at an open test since 2002.  Many of the teams are running pretty fast and the speeds overall have leveled off speed wise.  The big surprise has to be Bobby D.  Robert Doornbos placed himself in P4 before the end of the first session.  That is definitely something to talk about since his speeds last night during the IndyCar rookie session.  The yellow has been called out numerous times already for cut rubber.  During the break teams grabbed dinner and made adjustments to the cars while team mates and engineers collaborated on car setups. Testing will end at 10 p.m. tonight.  Stanton Barrett of team 3G has been consistanly the slowest in the field with a fast speed that just over 201 mph which is 10 mph slower than P1 Scott Dixon.

Good Morning from Homestead Miami Speedway where we are on day 2 of open testing.  The rookies and veterans of the Firestone Indy Lights took to the track at 9 a.m. and are scheduled to run up until 3:45 p.m.  Then it will be time for the IndyCars to take to the 1.5 mile oval.  Rookie Pippa Mann is continuing to show she has what it takes to run in the Firestone Indy Lights She is currently running the second fastest speed of the day behind Ali Jackson  of Guthrie Mayer Racing.  Bruno Junqueira might make a surprise visit at Dale Coyne driving at tonights IndyCar open test.  Members of Dale Coyne Racing could not confirm at this time.  The IndyCar teams are hard at work preparing the cars to run at tonights test.  They will join Robert Doornbos, Mike Conway, Raphael Matos, and Stanton Barrett who tested late into the evening last night.  Check back to IRLblog.com during the course of the day for more updates from Homestead.

The IndyCar garages are beginning to come to life with the ballet of hauler parking as well as the unloading of cars and equipment.  The majority of the teams are still missing most of their crew and they are expected to be coming into south Florida late this evening.   The only crew that appears to be fully staffed at the moment is Target Chip Ganassi Racing. They are already hard at work at setting up the #9 of Scott Dixon and #10 of Dario Franchitti.  Robert Doornbos is already making his presence known in the garage area even though he is not present himself. (picture above)  Most of the garage and pit stall areas are already set up with equiptment.  Newman Haas Lanigan Racing has brought three haulers.  The 06 McDonalds sponsored car of Graham Rahal is already unloaded and in its designated garage space.  Members of N/H/L have confirmed to me that Milka Duno will be driving at the IndyCar open test scheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday evening. Vision Racing was seen hard at work on a car with Versus logos on it. This car has no number so I don’t see Vs. network being a potential car sponsor. As diligently as the crew was working on it, you would think that it was being prepped for testing.