Portland Testing

[icemachine]

PORTLAND, Ore. (April 12, 2006) - Justin Wilson (#9 CDW Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) was the man to beat last year when the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford visited Portland, as the RuSPORT driver had everyone covered until an oil pump failure ended his race day.

Wilson literally picked up where he left off Wednesday at Portland International Raceway, leading an 17-driver field on a full day of testing on the 1.964-mile PIR road course. Wilson started the day with the same setup he had on the car last June and built on it from there, eventually posting a best time of 57.680 seconds (122.580 mph).
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First day results:

1) Justin Wilson - #9 - 57.680 seconds (72 laps completed)
2) Sebastien Bourdais - #1 - 57.962 (43 laps)
3) A.J. Allmendinger - #10 - 57.987 (47 laps)
4) Paul Tracy - #3 - 58.411 (31 laps)
5) Bruno Junqueira - #2 - 58.535 (54 laps)
6) Oriol Servia - #6 - 58.568 (57 laps)
7) Mario Dominguez - #7 - 58.640 (46 laps)
8) Dan Clarke - #14 - 58.771 (64 laps)
9) Nelson Philippe - #4 - 58.829 (62 laps)
10) Alex Tagliani - #15 - 58.882 (67 laps)
11) Katherine Legge - #20 - 59.030 (69 laps)
12) Will Power - #5 - 59.084 (70 laps)
13) Cristiano da Matta - #19 - 59.513 (47 laps)
14) Nicky Pastorelli - #8 - 59.685 (99 laps)
15) Charles Zwolsman - #34 - 59.817 (33 laps)
16) Ryan Briscoe - #34 - 59.841 (46 laps)
17) Jan Heylen - #11 - 60.041 (49 laps)

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http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_story.asp?id=162256

Ranger absent from Mi-Jack's Portland test

TSN.ca Staff

4/12/2006 8:09:50 AM

Andrew Rangers Champ Car career at Mi-Jack/Conquest may be put on hold as the search for more sponsorship continues.

The team has hired Ryan Briscoe to test for them this week in Portland. He will join Mi-Jack rookie Charles Zwolsman, who will see limited duty at the test due to a back injury sustained during the opening laps of the race in Long Beach. The Dutchamn is also recovering from wrist injuries suffered in a pre-season test at Fontana.

[SALEEN S7R]

Great to see Wilson at the top of the times, perhaps he can win next time out at Houston. Also nice to see Katherine Legge steadily improving, she put in a good performance at Long Beach and now she is performing well in testing too.

[Knowlesy]

Wilson dominant at Portland, rather like last year.....until his car said goodnight.

[marcus]

so if ranger cant come up with funds whats the likelyhood of us seeing Bricsoe in the car at the next race ??

[SALEEN S7R]

Bourdais has topped the 2nd and final day of testing beating the time set by Justin Wilson by just under 2 tenths of a second. Here are the final results from the 2 days.

Leading performances (13-14 April) - Portland:

Sebastien Bourdais Newman/Haas 57.335s 138 laps
Justin Wilson RuSPORT 57.532s 141 laps
Oriol Servia PKV 57.631s 137 laps
Paul Tracy Forsythe 57.663s 112 laps
AJ Allmendinger RuSPORT 57.689s 135 laps
Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas 57.842s 124 laps
Mario Dominguez Forsythe 58.220s 90 laps
Will Power Team Australia 58.251s 114 laps
Nelson Philippe CTE-HVM 58.273s 132 laps
Dan Clarke CTE-HVM 58.346s 153 laps
Alex Tagliani Team Australia 58.471s 126 laps
Katherine Legge PKV 58.583s 111 laps
Cristiano da Matta Coyne 58.650s 137 laps
Antonio Pizzonia Rocketsports 58.723s 91 laps
Ryan Briscoe Mi-Jack Conquest 59.080s 76 laps
Jan Heylen Coyne 59.200s 135 laps
Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports 59.368s 185 laps
Charles Zwolsman Mi-Jack Conquest 59.817s 51 laps

[D.R.T.]

The 2 CTE cars are running rather well. Cars look awesome aswell.

[nabz]

i noticed Ryan Briscoe Testing for Mi-jack conquest?? Is there any races for him planned in the future, He shared a car with Zwolsman and was almost a second quicker.

[mac]

Originally Posted by marcus

so if ranger cant come up with funds whats the likelyhood of us seeing Bricsoe in the car at the next race ??

Very slim if the ride is based on cashflow.

[StickShift]

If I recall correctly, the people behind the Mi-Jack team (Not Eric Bachelart) are operating the Houston race. I suspect that they would like to have two of their cars in the race.

[luke]

It seems that Dan Clarke really could impress quite a few people this year. He has been around the middle of the the pack for a rookie with not much testing, I think that's pretty impressive compared to the other rookie of the year contenders for me.

[luke]

Originally Posted by nabz

i noticed Ryan Briscoe Testing for Mi-jack conquest?? Is there any races for him planned in the future, He shared a car with Zwolsman and was almost a second quicker.

Welll Ranger is contracted for only a few rounds and Ryan Briscoe wants to be in Champ Car. I hope he takes Ranger's place as Ranger wasn't all that impressive in 2005 well not as much as he was hyped.