Eleven Verizon IndyCar Series drivers are scheduled to test Aug. 7 at Sonoma Raceway in preparation for the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma on Aug. 22-24.
The event — the 10th for the Verizon IndyCar Series on the 2.385-mile, 12-turn road course — is the penultimate race on the schedule. Series championship points leader Will Power, who won in 2013 for the third time at the track, is among the drivers participating in the 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (local) session that is open to the public for free.
Fans who purchase a ticket during the day to the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma or have already purchased tickets will be given a free pit tour for an up-close look at the race cars. Fans also can take in a news conference with the selected drivers during the lunch break. For race weekend tickets, call 800-870-RACE (7223) or visit racesonoma.com/indycar.
Joining Power will be Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya. Also attending will be Ryan Hunter-Reay and Carlos Munoz of Andretti Autosport; Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Charlie Kimball of Chip Ganassi Racing; Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Josef Newgarden of Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing.
Kanaan won the inaugural Verizon IndyCar Series race at Sonoma Raceway in 2005. Dixon is coming off a startling last-to-first win at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 3.
Also on Aug. 7, Simon Pagenaud, driver of the No. 77 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports car, and Mikhail Aleshin, driver of the No. 7 SMP Racing car for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, will test at Chicagoland Speedway.
