In his latest Motorsport.com column, Pietro Fittipaldi talks you through his competitive IndyCar debut and his first-ever single-seater race on an oval track at Phoenix. Last weekend I made my IndyCar debut at Phoenix, on the ISM Raceway oval track. We had three days of testing in February at the track and I used those to get up to speed, learn as much as I could and that is what prepared me the most. I had some oval experience in the past when I raced Late Models in NASCAR in 2011 and 2012, but it was very different. I only drove a NASCAR on half-mile tracks, very short ovals. In an open-wheel car, you are going super-high speed and compared to the NASCAR you have to be a lot more precise....
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