The four students, members of the school's Formula SAE program, and a faculty advisor were guests of Firestone Indy Lights, The Milwaukee Mile and Bryan Herta Autosport during practice and qualifying for the Husar's House of Fine Diamonds 100 at The Milwaukee Mile. The students, Jake Fredrick, Tony Mente, Brandon Klos and Steve Bosshart spent time with Bryan Herta Autosport team co-owner Bryan Herta and observed interaction between driver Daniel Herrington and engineer and team co-owner Steve Newey. They also got a tour of the team's transporter and met with Vision Racing engineer Lee Dykstra and team data ...Read More
Daniel qualifies 11th at Milwaukee
Daniel Herrington - No. 28 Le Bleu/BHA Dallara/Honda/Firestone Qualifying Position: 11th Qualifying Speed: 143.569 mph Top Speed in Practice: 143.558 mph Overall Rank in Practice: 7th on speed chart Laps in Practice: 88 On qualifying: "So far it's been a bit of a rough start. We tested the No.28 Le Bleu car here two weeks ago and it went pretty well but we've been chasing our tail here a little bit today. We haven't quite figured out what it is that we're missing so qualifying didn't go very well. The important thing is to have a good car for Sunday's race so we'll ...Read More
Daniel has a clean race and finishes 7th
Daniel Herrington - No. 28 Le Bleu/BHA Dallara/Honda/Firestone Finishing Position: 7th Points Standings: 7th with 130 points On race: "We came home in seventh place which really isn't too bad for the no.28 le Bleu car. Bryan (Herta) was just telling me how this is Indy. One day your car can be perfect and then the next day and we're miles off. Unfortunately we got one of those other days where we were a little ways off of where we wanted. This is Indianapolis and this is a tough place but I can't wait to be back here and try again." Bryan ...Read More
Herrington Qualifies 9th at Indianapolis
Daniel Herrington qualifies 9th for the Firestone Freedom 100 with a two lap average of 188.412. Daniel: "We made a bunch of changes before qualifying to try and get a bunch of speed out of it. Track conditions are definitely hotter than they were this morning or the test earlier this month. On new tires it's not that big an issue but for the race it will likely be a bigger issue. We're looking forward to seeing what we can do." Bryan: "We qualified about where we were expecting based on practice this morning. I don't think we have yet unlocked ...Read More
