Position         Driver                           Fast Lap                     Total Laps
1                         Marco Andretti               228.978 mph                      61
11                       Ed Carpenter                   224.738 mph                      69
14                       Josef Newgarden           224.495 mph                      69
23                       J.R. Hildebrand             222.901 mph                      41

JR HILDEBRAND, NO. 6 PREFERRED FREEZER SERVICES CHEVROLET: “It feels good. I think with there being some inclement weather throughout this week it’s important that we make good use of the time. We were able to get out there and work some traffic. With Josef, myself, and Ed I think we all know what we’re looking for. Having three cars out there is enough to generally get a sense of what’s going on. We were able to run with the Penske guys for a little bit. It’s good for other people to feel comfortable running with us right away and we’re comfortable running with them and we can kind of get with the program. At the end of the day qualifying is really important but it’s all about the race. You can make a lot of stuff happen from a lot of places if the car’s good in race trim. That’s the focus right now.

ED CARPENTER, No. 20 FUZZY’S ULTRA PREMIUM VODKA CHEVROLET: “Pretty happy with our first day. I felt like we came in with a pretty good plan as a team from the last test we had and we felt like we had a good idea of what we were going to face today. Things seemed like we thought they would as far as what we thought we would need to be working on today, which was nice because the things we had planned were things we really needed to focus on. I feel like on the 20 car, we got through a good amount of test items today. They made the car better, so good Day 1. As far as where we ultimately want it to be, its not there yet, but I feel like we’re on the right track. I feel like we’re in a good place.”

JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 21 PREFERRED FREEZER SERVICES CHEVROLET: “It was a good first day. Good, clean laps. I think all of us, JR, Ed and me, had a fairly clean day, which is good for starting the month. I think we’ve got some fast cars. Its cool to get out here and I’m excited to represent Fuzzy’s and Preferred Freezer and have a good run this month