INDIANAPOLIS May 5, 2009 He grew up hearing stories of Arie Luyendyk’s victories in the legendary Indianapolis 500 and during an open test Tuesday at the Indianapolis, Junior Strous got to run his first laps on the track where his fellow Dutchman scored his biggest victories.The driver of the No. 18 Shell VPower Dallara was one of 21 drivers in the Firestone Indy Lights series who took advantage of five hours of open testing on the famed 2.5mile oval. He will get to race there on May 22 when the Speedway hosts the fifth round of the 2009 championship, the Freedom 100.The 23yearold rookie from Wassenaar, The Netherlands, ran scrubbed tires in his first few stints to get acclimated to the track and then ran his ckest laps in the heat of the afternoon to wind up 10th fastest overall. Strous recorded 70 laps with a top lap average speed of 189.576 miles per hour 44 seconds. Fellow series rookie Sebastian Saavedra set the quick time of the day 47.0520 seconds in the morning under cooler, more ideal itions.

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