MidgetCar Champ gets IPS taster.

2002 North American Auto Racing Series (NAMARS) Regional MidgetCar Champion Aaron Pierce got his first taste of an Infiniti Pro Series car on Monday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, hoping it'll prove to be a preview of things to come.

Pierce, who is exactly the type of driver the second year series is hoping to attract, drove a car prepared by Bowes Seal Fast Racing, a company with a long standing grass-roots Indy Racing heritage.

"It went really good," Pierce said. "The car was a little tight at the beginning, but the guys did a good job in freeing it up. We were able to go fast."

Pierce, from Muncie, Indiana, indicated there was a difference in driving an Infiniti Pro Series car with aerodynamics and an engine behind the driver and a midget with an engine in the front, more horsepower with no aerodynamics.

"It's a little different, there's a little bit less horsepower," Pierce said. "You've got to be able to free up the car and go right to the edge."

In the future, Pierce said he'd like to compete in the Infiniti Pro Series and eventually climb to the Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500.

"Oh, yeah," Pierce said about the "500." "That's something I've wanted to do for a long time.