The testing provision for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season include a two-day promoter test at Phoenix International Raceway in preparation for the series' return to the historic one-mile oval. Scheduled for 26-27 February, five weeks in advance of the Phoenix Grand Prix on 2 April, the test will mark the first IndyCar event in eleven years at PIR, which hosted 61 Indy car races from 1964-2005. In all, IndyCar has scheduled eight promoter test days in 2016, open to all entrants and mandatory for Leaders Circle members. Promoter test days do not count against the usual eight-day team test allotment. The Phoenix test is the only one not being run in conjunction with a typical race...
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