Today’s schedule

Install laps 10 am

Veteran drivers: 10:05 a.m.-noon
Rookie Orientation Program and refresher tests: noon-2 p.m.
All drivers: 2-6 p.m.

Streaming on IndyCar You Tube channel; live timing and scoring on IndyCar app.

Turn 2 mounds and SE Vista open for viewing.

Parking in Lot 3A.

Weather will not be an issue, with temperatures reaching 80 both today and tomorrow.\

As testing gets underway this morning, I’m looking for a few things over the next two days.

How will PREMA perform in their first big oval run?

Is RLL back in the game?

Will hybrid slow qualifying speeds?

Tomorrow morning’s high boost qualifying sims should provide answers to the last question, but we need to keep in mind that this April, not qualifying weekend.

PREMA will get lots of track time as Robert Shwartzman runs his rookie test. I think today will be a shakedown for them.

How RLL will stack up is another question. The team has struggled the last two years at the 500. I want to see them be competitive again.

It will be nice to see cars on the oval for the first time in 2025. I wish they could tack these days onto the May schedule.

I will be onsite and provide updates during the course of the day, There were some more livery reveals yesterday, and Team Penske is having a press conference in a few minutes.

I’l be back with details in a bit. If you’re coming to the track, be safe, hydrate, and wear sunscreen.