Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway - Friday, June 6th, 2014

Friday, June 06, 2014

The UFD Girls walk into the Texas Motor Speedway paddock -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud prepares for practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Paganaud prepares for practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ed Carpenter on pit lane prior to practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato enters the course for practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Briscoe on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato leaves his pit stall for practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan talks with his team during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Charlie Kimball poses for a photograph on pitlane at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Graham Rahal and his girlfriend, Courtney Force, on pitlane prior to practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Cars line up on pitlane prior to practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe chats with his team following practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ed Carpenter sits in his car during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Graham Rahal on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Jack Hawksworth and Charlie Kimball go side-by-side during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud go wheel-to-wheel during practice for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Josef Newgarden on course during practice for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mikhail Aleshin on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Helio Castroneves on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Helio Castroneves and James Hinchcliffe go side-by-side during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden to nose-to-wing during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan and Sebastian Saavedra go wheel-to-wheel during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Justin Wilson flashes into Turn 1 during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones The steering wheel of Tony Kanaan sits idle prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens A cockpit view from Juan Pablo Montoya's car prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens A cockpit view from Justin Wilson's car prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens James Hinchcliffe slides into his #27 United Fiber & Data car prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais's car sports a smile at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens The Verizon IndyCar Series cars begin rolling out to pitlane prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Justin Wilson waits on pitlane prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Justin Wilson waits on pitlane prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais waits in his pit stand prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais in his pit stand prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Carlos Munoz prepares for the Friday morning practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens James Hinchcliffe begins preparing for practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Will Power chats with his team prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden gets strapped into his car prior to practice at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais's car with a meaner look for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden go side-by-side during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Justin Wilson gets focused prior to practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Graham Rahal chats with his team prior to practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Graham Rahal focuses down track prior to practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Bobby Rahal looks on his team's work during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens James Hinchcliffe and Tony Kanaan go nose-to-tail during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Takuma Sato on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti looks over to his crew during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Charlie Kimball on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Simon Pagenaud on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden and Will Power go side-by-side during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Mikhail Aleshin on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Scott Dixon on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Teammates Helio Castroneves and Will Power go wheel-to-wheel during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Carlos Huertas and Ed Carpenter go nose-to-tail during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Justin Wilson on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Carlos Munoz on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Juan Pablo Montoya on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Teammates Simon Pagenaud and Mikhail Aleshin on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Scott Dixon on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Graham Rahal on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Juan Pablo Montoya on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Will Power on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Tony Kanaan on course during practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Simon Pagenaud prepares for qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe and Mario Andretti pose for a photo prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Jack Hawksworth looks on prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti chats with teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power wins the pole for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power wins the pole for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power affixes the Verizon P1 Award emblem for winning the pole for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power wins the Verizon P1 Award for winning the pole for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power with the Verizon P1 Award flag for winning the pole position for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power accepts the Verizon P1 Award for winning the pole for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power wins the Verizon P1 Award for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power wins the Verizon P1 Award for winning the pole for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power wins the Verizon P1 Award for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan looks on before his qualification attempt for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Charlie Kimball looks on prior to his qualification attempt for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan and team owner Chip Ganassi chat prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato on pit lane during qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Josef Newgarden on pit lane during qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Carlos Huertas on pit lane during qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mikhail Aleshin prepares to qualify for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Rick Mears and Team Penske on pitlane during qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Juan Pablo Montoya on pitlane during qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power on pit lane prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones The Andretti Autosport transporters are lined up at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens The Target Chip Ganassi Racing team for Scott Dixon work on his car in the Texas Motor Speedway paddock -- Photo by: Chris Owens Team Penske go to work on Helio Castroneves' car in the Texas Motor Speedway paddock -- Photo by: Chris Owens The Andretti Autosport tam go to work on Marco Andretti's car in the Texas Motor Speedway paddock -- Photo by: Chris Owens Tony Kanaan and Ryan Briscoe chat on pit lane prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Takuma Sato on pit lane prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Tony Kanaan works on steering wheel adjustments prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens The UFD Girls pose with the Firestone Firehawk during qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Will Power reviews data with his team after qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Signage at the Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastian Saavedra reviews data with his team following qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastian Saavedra in his pit stand following qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Juan Pablo Montoya on pit lane prior to qualifications for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Mikhail Aleshin prepares for his qualification attempt for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Justin Wilson signs an autograph in the INDYCAR Fan Village at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Ryan Briscoe signs autographs in the INDYCAR Fan Village at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens The #77 of Simon Pagenaud at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Cars lined up for the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Mouse rockin' out on the back of Mikhail Aleshin's helmet at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti waits on pit lane prior to the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais gets strapped in before the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Charlie Kimball on course during the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Carlos Munoz on course during the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Cars take to the Texas Motor Speedway during the evening practice session for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon & Ryan Briscoe go nose-to-tail during the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Track action heats up during the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone 600 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Hunter-Reay and Ed Carpenter barrel into Turn 3 during the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato go side-by-side into Turn 3 during the evening practice session at Texas Motor Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones