Tougher Time In Texas For The T-Team Ten

Qualifications of Round 7 of 18 in Texas for the Bombardier Learjet 550 were pretty tough for the Transition Team Ten. Unlike the good representation of having five drivers make it onto the grid in five of the top ten positions, only one driver was able to crack the top ten. Will Power driving for KV Racing Technology/AU-Australia was only able to notch eighth in the grid followed next closest by his teammate Oriol Servia in position sixteen. The one thing that can be pointed out as a positive is that all through the practice sessions, Mario Dominguez in the Pacific Coast Motorsports/Visit Mexico City Dallara was only able to post times that would place his car 28th in a 28 car field. In his qualification run, Mario and PCM were able to place the car 24th on the grid right behind Justin Wilson of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing/McDonalds and ahead of onetime INDY 500 winner, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver, Buddy Rice. The balance to the T-Team Ten fared as follows: Pos.Driver - Team 18 Graham Rahal - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 20 Enrique Bernoldi - Conquest Racing 21 Jamie Camara - Conquest Racing 22 Mario Moraes - Dale Coyne Racing 23 Justin Wilson - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 26 Bruno Junqueira - Dale Coyne Racing 28 EJ Viso - HVM Racing This is the kind of performance that most of the established IRL pundits had prophesized … a bunch of "Rookies" cruising along at the bottom of the grid. At the one-third point in the championship points season after the Milwaukee Mile, we find the T-Team Ten holding on and hoping for some road courses to pop-up in the schedule. Oriol Servia is leading the points needed for "Rookie" of the year (140) followed hotly by IRL Established Team driver, Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing/Panasonic (131) and Oriol's KV Racing Technology teammate, Will Power (130). The overall leader in points one-third the way through the season is currently held by the 2008 INDY 500 winner, Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing at 234 points Points Standings Link At Source>>