Schmidt Peterson Motorsport’s James Hinchcliffe says he’s excited that the Verizon IndyCar Series is returning to the 1.25-mile oval at Gateway Motorsports Park, following today’s tire test. Seven Verizon IndyCar Series drivers and eight cars hit the Madison, Ill. short-oval today, in a tire test for Firestone Racing. Sebastien Bourdais took his first laps on his return to Dale Coyne Racing-Honda, and Josef Newgarden made his first oval test for Team Penske-Chevrolet, having tested at Road America on Monday. Alongside them were faces in familiar places – Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport), Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda), Hinchcliffe (SPM-Honda), Tony Kanaan...
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