New IndyCar Series owner-driver Sarah Fisher has admitted that the unification of US open-wheel racing has made it tougher for her to make the show at Indianapolis this year, but insists that her rookie operation is good enough to be in the field.
Fisher only revealed details of her plan to form her own team to contest the 500 and a handful of other races this season in February, and has been hard at work ever since to ensure that she is ready to hit the track for refresher sessions at the Brickyard on Sunday and Monday.
"It certainly has been busy," she said of the past few months, "The last month has kicked up quite a bit, as we prepare to move into the Speedway the end of this week, but there's been a lot going on just trying to chase everything so that we've got all of our ends tied up before we get on track on Tuesday. You know, it just takes time, but the good thing for me is that I don't do the day-to-day operations around here. So I come in and make a couple of decisions and that's about it."
Asked if she would be able to relax and concentrate on driving at Indianapolis, the eight-year veteran admitted that she still had a habit of getting too involved in the off-track business of running a team.
"It's hard to say until you experience it," she said of her first time at Indianapolis as an owner-driver, "But the driving part of it will be the relaxing part for me now that we've worked so hard to make happen. I'm definitely going to enjoy myself and make sure that happens, but my biggest problem is that I don't delegate well enough, and try to do everything myself. I've got some really great people around me that I've got to learn to delegate to and help us get through the month."
With maybe as many as 40 cars trying to grab one of the 33 starting slots guaranteed at the Brickyard, Fisher admitted that the 2008 edition was shaping up to be more competitive than any of her six previous events, but insisted that nher start-up operation had what it took to make the cut.
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