Bryan Herta
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"Bryan John Herta" is an United States/American race car driver. He currently runs his own team, Bryan Herta Autosport in the IndyCar Series/Verizon IndyCar Series. His team won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon.

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It helps a little, especially in the beginning of the session. But those guys learn the track very quickly, and I haven't been there for four or five years myself so it isn't like I've been running around there lately.

Some drivers have more experience on road courses than others, but as time goes by, it all levels out.

To me, going to a race, it's an event. It's almost like going to a movie. Just because you went to a movie last week doesn't mean you don't want to go again this week, if it's a good movie, if it's something you want to see.

As a driver, you want to race in great venues in front of big crowds. It brings dollars into the area.

Obviously it's not very nice to lose somebody like we did this morning. Right now I'm just doing my job. I don't really feel like racing.

We were really struggling. I'm much, much happier now so I'm going to St. Pete in a much more confident frame of mind.

It's been such a competitive season. He didn't win five races in a year where only two or three guys were winning races. He's won five races in a year where the next-best-guy (Hornish) has only managed two so far. That's very impressive.

I definitely have the experience to be the favorite, which is cool, and I'm comfortable with that. But it's going to take a lot to win this one, and if we do, it will certainly be a fairy-tale finish.

It looks like a lot of fun and I'd be interested.