Indy Japan: The Final - Practice Day

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Lots of fans turnout for the autograph sessions -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela A very excited Japanese fan awaits her autograph from Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Danica Patrick -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Some hardcore Team Penske fans at Twin Ring Motegi -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato poses for a photo with a fan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Danica Patrick signing autographs for fans in Motegi -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe gives a thumbs up to his young fan in Japan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Hideki Mutoh -- Photo by: Chris Jones EJ Viso showing some Japanese spirit -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon poses for a photo with his one of his youngest fans -- Photo by: Chris Jones Dario Franchitti gets ready for practice 1 -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela JP de Oliveira -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Will Power on-track in the #12 -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Takuma Sato in his homeland Japan -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Graham Rahal -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Takuma Sato gets ready to hit the track -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela Will Power is strapped into the #12 -- Photo by: Daniel Incandela James Hinchcliffe climbs into the #06 -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Jakes in the #18 -- Photo by: Chris Jones JP de Oliveira makes his debut in the IZOD IndyCar Series -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato on track in Japan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mike Conway goes a little off track at Twin Ring Motegi -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mike Conway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Hideki Mutoh makes his return to the IZOD Indycar Series -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Jakes -- Photo by: Chris Jones Oriol Servia -- Photo by: Chris Jones First practice on the Twin Ring Motegi road course -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan on track -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Hunter-Reay -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato and Hideki Mutoh before practice -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power and Dario Franchitti -- Photo by: Chris Jones Joao Paulo de Oliveira -- Photo by: Chris Jones Hideki Mutoh -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power -- Photo by: Chris Jones Charlie Kimball -- Photo by: Chris Jones JP de Oliveira -- Photo by: Chris Jones E.J. Viso -- Photo by: Chris Jones JR Hildebrand -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Chris Jones Sebastien Bourdais -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Chris Jones Vitor Meira on track in Japan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Briscoe showing off a new side pod -- Photo by: Chris Jones Dario Franchitti during practice. -- Photo by: Chris Jones Danica Patrick in action. -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power slightly off track. -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon on Friday. -- Photo by: Chris Jones An IZOD IndyCar Series driver photo shoot. -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato is honored at a school in Japan -- Photo by: Steve Shunck Takuma Sato shakes hands with young students -- Photo by: Steve Shunck A nice show car at Twin Ring Motegi -- Photo by: Chris Jones Fan's send some personal messages to Takuma Sato -- Photo by: Chris Jones A big crowd on hand for the charity auctions -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe poses for two photos at once -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power draws quite a crowd in Japan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Alex Tagliani and Hideki Mutoh entertain some students at Twin Ring Motegi -- Photo by: Chris Jones Giorgio Pantano explains the functions of the steering wheel -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ana Beatriz poses with some excited fans -- Photo by: Chris Jones JR Hildebrand poses with Speedways sister city's students -- Photo by: Chris Jones Some interesting entertainment in Japan -- Photo by: Chris Jones Twin Ring Motegi Girls -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato and Hideki Mutoh answer questions for the fans -- Photo by: Chris Jones