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Given the attitude of Dixon, Power, and Veekay, regarding this event at Thermal, I wonder if the 20 laps with a break (sounds like the 10 min on, 10 min off in practice at St Pete's) is just IndyCar taking a very conservative view about the race portion of the test because no one in the teams, drivers nor owners, is particularly enthralled about risking their cars and equipment for a race that promises nothing of any meaningful value to them.
Ok, it's a testing opportunity, fine. But a test with some prize money at the end of it, but not really enough of an incentive to count for very much.
A 100 mile race would actually mean something but two ten lap sprints is like a warm up and a cool down.
The twenty laps is really nothing. If the thermal residents aren't particularly enthralled, nor the drivers or teams, then twenty laps seem very much like a token to the whole idea, which is unlikely to ever be repeated.
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