FORMULA DREAM/PANASONIC DRIVER MUTOH 13TH IN PRACTICE FOR THE CAMPING WORLD GRAND PRIX AT THE GLEN

FASTEST: Ryan Briscoe 1:31.4142 132.714 mph
13th: Hideki Mutoh 1:33.0661 130.359 mph

Hideki Mutoh, No. 06 Formula Dream/Panasonic Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It was good to get back on a road course but it was weird at first. The steering is straight now which is good and we are turning right and left again. It’s a different approach definitely. I needed the first two outings to adapt to road course racing again. Still I will improve as I get more track time. We had planned to test many different things but were only able to try one of the things but made some improvements. The track is slower than last year for some reason. It was hard to get a good understanding of how we were doing because of the yellows and the track being slower than last year.”

FAST FACTS: Will be his third IICS event here. In his rookie season he started 20th and finished ninth in 2008. In 2009 he started 12th, ran as high as second and finished 18th after contact on L52 of 60 in Turn 5. He competed in two Indy Lights events here in 2007. In the first of the Twin 100’s he started fourth and finished second. In the second race the following day, he started fifth and finished sixth…His highest IZOD IndyCar Series start on a road/street course is FIFTH at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma in 2009 and best series road/street course finish is FIFTH at Mid-Ohio and Infineon…His highest overall series start is THIRD at Nashville Speedway (oval) and best overall series finish is SECOND (Iowa 2008).

NHR AT WATKINS GLEN: Will be the THIRD race here for the team…In 2008 Justin Wilson lost pole by four-hundredths of-a-second and started second. Gear box oil was found to be leaking on his first stop on Lap 7 under caution and he later retired from the race in 25th place on Lap 22 with gearbox failure. Graham Rahal crashed in the Saturday morning practice which contributed to an 18th place qualifying position but he rebounded to finish eighth. In 2009, Rahal qualified fifth but failed the post qualifying tech inspection for being a few pounds underweight. He was penalized 10 positions and started 15th, ran as high as second on an alternate pit strategy but finished 13th. Robert Doornbos started 17th in the two-day event at Watkins Glen after mechanical problems on Saturday and matched his top finish of ninth place…The Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen will mark the team’s 453rd event since being formed (chart available upon request). Including this race, the team will have entered a total of 801 cars in these 453 events.

TUNE IN: The Camping World GP at the Glen will be televised live on ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. Live timing & scoring and streaming video can be seen free of charge on www.indycar.com.