IndyCar tests at the Glen, Road America

Charlie Kimball got a couple of races under this belt during a two-day tire test at Watkins Glen, while four Indy Lights drivers got their first taste of an IndyCar at Road America on Wednesday.

Kimball, in his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, spent six hours testing for Firestone at The Glen on Tuesday and Wednesday, while Will Power represented Chevrolet.

"We figured I ran the equivalent of two races and I'm pretty sore today but I never get tired of being in the car – especially at The Glen," said Kimball, fresh off the first pole of his career at Texas.

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"I can report the New York winter hasn't changed the grip, because it's still a video game out there, and it's still very physical."

Defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud and Ganassi's Max Chilton also tested at the legendary road course in upstate New York, but everyone got a late start because of rain on Tuesday.

And a tornado warning ended the test early at Road America as Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti, Alexander Rossi, Ed Jones and James Hinchcliffe shared the scenic, four-mile circuit and their cars with Lights drivers Nico Jamin, Dalton Kellet, Matheus Leist and Zachary Claman DeMelo.

"Dalton ran 52 laps in my car and did a good job, but I only got in 13 laps before a tornado warning shut things down," said Hunter-Reay, whose season has been plagued by mechanical problems and bad breaks in his Andretti Autosport DHL Honda. "All the Lights guys did a nice job, and it's always good to be back at Road America."

No times were available from Elkhart Lake, but Hinchcliffe never made a lap after the engine expired in his Schmidt Peterson Motorsport Honda.

The Kohler Grand Prix at Road America runs June 23-25, while IndyCar visits The Glen on Labor Day weekend.