Vision rebuilds as others look to future.

With the dust still settling after a dramatic Bump Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, those involved have had time to take stock of their respective situations and plan the next step in their seasons.

For some, like AJ Foyt IV, Buddy Lazier and Marty Roth, that means preparing for Carb Day and the Indianapolis 500 itself, while others, such as Pacific Coast Motorsports, Rubicon Racing, Beck Motorsport and American Dream Motorsports have time to lick their wounds and consider the options open to them.

Foyt managed to break into the 500 field on the morning of Bump Day, but then crashed during afternoon practice, and would not have been able to make another attempt had he, in turn, be bumped. His Vision Racing team has said that it will repair the #2 Dallara-Honda rather than turning to the youngster's back-up for the rest of the week.

"We won't have any problem getting the primary car repaired for race day - everything is repairable," team manager Keven Kukulewicz said, before insisting that his driver was also going to be ready to go, "I have every bit of confidence in Anthony. This was a failure on a crew member's part. Anthony is a professional guy, and he processes this stuff well. He's got a bit of a burn on the back of his neck, but he's a good 'ol boy and he's ready to go back at this."

Foyt's burns resulted from him not wearing a protective balaclava and being exposed to the flames that erupted in and around the cockpit after parts of his car's fuel system came loose during a practice run.

"It wasn't until I turned into the corner that I knew stuff was going bad," he admitted, "It was just a mistake; we left something off the car that was supposed to be on it, and it broke loose going into the corner. That's what caused the flames. To feel completely out of control is the worst feeling in the world to me, and that's what happened.

"I'm fine mentally, and crashes like this where you know what happened and what caused it, you can brush those off pretty quick. It's when you snap loose and crash and don't really know what happened, that's what gets to your head. It's just unfortunate. It was a brand new car we brought to Indy, and it's destroyed right now."

The Pacific Coast and American Dream teams also left the Brickyard with badly damaged machinery after Mario Dominguez and Phil Giebler, respectively, suffered encounters with the wall. Neither made the field, but both have vowed to be back on track before too long.

"It's disappointing," PCM owner Tyler Tadevic admitted, "It's our first event in the IndyCar Series. We've had this car all of three weeks, and we just went ahead and picked the Indy 500 as our first event. It's the biggest show on earth, and we didn't get to make it this year, but it's just another race, just like all the other races we do. We'll be in Milwaukee and we'll represent Mexico City - and Mario's still our guy.

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Mario's okay, the car's okay, so we'll be all right. To get here and make rookie orientation, then get out there and be the last car... we were qualified if we could finish those last laps. That's how it goes. We'll be back in Milwaukee."

American Dream owner Eric Zimmerman also confirmed that his team would be back before the end of the year, but was trying to source a Dallara to replace the ageing Panoz that Giebler totalled in his Saturday accident. Despite tapping Jaques Lazier as a possible replacement for Bump Day, Zimmermann was quick to call time on his outfit's ambitions in an effort to ensure the future.

"We're going to make an entry to the Texas race tomorrow, with Jaques," he confirmed, "We're going to acquire a new car and take the team to Texas. We're also doing the Indy Lights programme here on Friday, and we'll take that team to Milwaukee as well.

"We're going to prepare for Texas and three or four more races in the IndyCar Series this year, Chicago for sure. We'll have our sponsor, Gardner Trucking, for the rest of the year and throughout the 2009 season, so we're going to do a full season in 2009."

Despite confirming Lazier for Texas, Zimmermann insisted that his future plans still revolved around Giebler, who was hospitalised overnight Saturday with lung contusions.

"Phil is doing better and he is still our driver, we back him 100 per cent," the owner said, "Until he gets better, Jaques will be in the car, but Phil is our driver.

"This is just the way this game is played, but we are proud of our team. We have a great team and a great bunch of guys. Once we hit 218mph, we were going to take it to the line and put it in the show. American Dream Motorsports is a fantastic team, and I think we are going to show what we can do in the future."