Two Infineon and Beyond

Photo: Jim Haines

A Road Course Win For Bia?
For the first time in series history, a female driver could walk away with the Firestone Firehawk Cup. Brazil's Ana Beatriz, who is fifth in points, became the first female driver to win in the Firestone Indy Lights on July 12 at Nashville Superspeedway. Beatriz, benefits from the championship experience of Sam Schmidt Motorsports, which has won two of the last three races at Kentucky.

Schedule (local time):
Aug. 22
10-10:45 a.m. - Firestone Indy Lights practice
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - IndyCar Series practice
1:45-2:30 p.m. - SWE Pole Qualifying
2:45-3:45 p.m. - IndyCar Series practice

Aug. 23
9-9:15 a.m. - Firestone Indy Lights warm-up
9:30-10:30 a.m. - IndyCar Series practice (two groups)
11:15 a.m. - Carneros 100 pre-race
11:45 a.m. - Carneros 100 (30 laps/67.35 miles)
1:15 p.m. - PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award Qualifying presented by Pep Boys

Aug. 24
9:45-10:15 a.m. - IndyCar Series warm-up
11 a.m. - Valley of the Moon 100 pre-race
11:30 a.m. - Valley of the Moon 100 (30 laps/67.35 miles)
1:05 p.m. - PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County pre-race
2:30 p.m. - PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County (80 laps/180 miles)

A hard night at Kentucky

That´s what Bia said after the race at Kentucky.

#20 HEALTHY CHOICE/Sam Schmidt Motorsports Driver Ana Beatriz On race: "In the race, the car started to develop under-steer in turns three and four and over-steer in one and two. I started to be a little bit slower than the other guys. Hildebrand got a run on me and stayed on the outside. Suddenly, he just ran into me in the middle of the front straight, and we crashed. It was the stupidest thing I've ever seen in my life. I'm not sure if he has a death wish, but I'd wish he'd leave me out of it. We're both fighting in the championship, and someone fighting in the championship shouldn't do something stupid like that. I have to thank the Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt crew for their hard work. It's just a pity that someone took a good result away from us." On championship: "I don't know where we are in the points. We probably got passed. It's just do disappointing. Let's take a step back, look at everything, hope this situation doesn't happen again, and score as many points as we can from here on out." Finished 16th

Video from indy500.com

http://www.indy500.com/videos/watch/1308-Ana_Beatriz_And_J_R__Hildebrand_Make_Contact_At_Kentucky