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Tony
George, President of the Speedway, shared his view on the "State
of the Series" with the media present.
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Northern
Lights CEO, David Seuss, explained to the media how important racing
and the IRL where to the strategy of his Internet company.
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A visit
to the Reynard and Riley & Scott development center were chassis
design is taken to the next level with testing equipment pictured
here.
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One of the unique features
of the Reynard and Riley & Scott development center is this
state-of-the-art wind tunnel during an actual test shown here.
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Treadway
Racing showed off the new colors on the #5 racer which will be piloted
by Robby McGehee, 1999 IRL Rookie of the Year.
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A special
presentation on the evolution of an Indy Racing car by the top technical,
operations and medical directors of the IRL added much to the tour.
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An Infiniti
Motorsports presentation on the new 3.5 liter engine highlight differences
between it and the old 4.0 liter engine showed on the left.
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Wim
Eyckmans' #77 race car, prepared by Dick Simon Racing, is readied
for another test run during an open test session.
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A special
demonstration on racing tires by Firestone gave the media great
insight into how the power meets the pavement at Indy.
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Most
impressive were the hundreds of tires waiting to be used by the
IRL racers during up coming test sessions before the Indy 500 event.
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