It was one of the most fun days I have had at the Indianapolis motor Speedway. Since i’ve seen every race since 1921, that is saying a lot. But I exaggerate.

The IMSA Weather Tech series held their foist of two test days today. Ir was fun seeing sports car onn the road course again. I was taking to some other medi people about the 2012-2014 Grand Am series races. Today;’s cars are faster, msleeker than the DPi cars of that era. The sports car merger has turned out to be a good thing, but I still miss the American LeMans Series. I thaought the cars in that series were beasts.

A stormy morning caused a two hour delay. The temperatures rose quickly, and by mid afternoon the heat at the track was as hot as I have ever felt there.

The heat kept the spectator count down. On my brief visit to the turn 2 mounds this afternoon I saw seven spectators. Saturday looks to be a much milder day temperature wise, and I expect the mounds will have a lot more people out there.

In the GTP class, the day belonged to Porsche. The morning session the Penske Porsche number 7 on top with a lap of 1:15.636. Matt Campbell drove the quick lap. In the afternoon session, Tijmen van der Helm had the day’s best lap, 1:15.244 in the number 5 JDC Miller Porsche.

In the Michelin Pilot Challenge series, Robert Wickens led the TCR class in a Hyundai Elantra with a time of 1:33.315.

The test continues tomorrow from 9 am-6 pm. The entire series returns for the race September 15-17.

To view the full results, go to results.imsa.com