Marco Andretti didn’t predict an assault on Arie Luyendyk’s 20-year-old record lap at Phoenix International Raceway during next April's Phoenix Grand Prix, but it was understood during a manufacturer test at the track on Wednesday. Luyendyk holds the track-record lap of 19.068 seconds (183.599mph), set during qualifications for the March 1996 Indy car race. "I actually ran here at PIR in 2012, so I ran the new configuration [after the repaving] and I think we ran pretty conservative with a lot of downforce then. Today, we're starting to peel some off. It allows us to go pretty quick and you get the armlock in the middle and the steering gets pretty heavy in the middle of 1 and 2...
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