IndyCar Series teams will conduct an Open Test at Kansas Speedway on June 13. Most full-time teams, with the exception of Delphi Fernandez Racing and driver Scott Sharp, are expected to participate in the test, which will be the only IndyCar Series activity before the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 on July 2.

Sharp, who tested privately for Firestone at the 1.5-mile oval, and Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon turned laps for Firestone, while Eddie Cheever took to the track to shake down a car for Indy Pro Series™ driver Chris Festa.

Festa tested at Kansas on June 12 as part of IndyCar Series rookie testing with Cheever Racing under the supervision of three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford.

It’s not the only testing Festa will do this week. He’ll join 12 other Indy Pro Series drivers for an Open Test at The Milwaukee Mile on June 14.

For most of the nine rookies in the group it will be their first time on a short oval in an Indy Pro Series machine.

“I’ve never been on a short oval in one of these cars before, and I hear Milwaukee is one of the toughest,” said Bobby Wilson, driver of the No. 24 Kenn Hardley Racing entry who won the series’ most recent race at Watkins Glen International and ranks second in points. “I just want to get comfortable in the car, get a feel for what it’s doing there. I also want to work well with my engineer to make sure it’s a good car for the race.”

The visit to The Mile will also be a homecoming for Wilson, an Oconomowoc, Wis., native whose parents and sister still live in the area.

“It will nice to be home for a couple of days,” Wilson said. “I haven’t been back since Christmas. Coming off a win, my family and friends are pretty pumped up about it.”

Previously this season, the Indy Pro Series has competed on the high-banked, 1.5-mile oval at Homestead-Miami, the 2.5-mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the street/road courses at St. Petersburg, Fla., and Watkins Glen.

The third Milwaukee 100 will be July 22.