It should be an interesting weekend. I'd really like to see some of these new teams take another step up in competitiveness.

Some of them looked stronger at Indy, but they did have a lot of practice time there. That won't be the case at the Mile, though I did notice they are having rookie-only practice on Friday, which is a cool move.

It's more of a driver's oval, so that will allow some of the talent to make up for inexperience with setting up the cars, but the two really are inseparable. And some of these guys have been on this track before. Also, there are fewer moving targets as the rules are a little more strict.

Still, this is the sort of oval Dixon, Kanaan, and Castroneves eat for breakfast and it is only a mile. Any of these transition teams stay on the lead lap and that's a great accomplishment, I think--especially if it's a hot, slick, one-groove day.

Hope there are fewer wrecks than at Indy.