Marco Andretti didn’t predict an assault on Arie Luyendyk’s 20-year-old record lap at Phoenix International Raceway during the Phoenix Grand Prix, but it was understood during a manufacturer test Nov. 18.

Luyendyk holds the track-record lap of 19.068 seconds (183.599 mph) during qualifications for the March 1996 Indy car race. Andretti said ticket-holders for the Phoenix Grand Prix on April 2 (8 p.m. ET on NBCSN) will witness another high-speed treat.

“I think the coolest part to relate if you watched the Cup race here (on Nov. 15) is you know Jimmie (Johnson) broke the track record here for qualifying at 25.1 (seconds). We’re going to be sub-20 seconds around here. So that’s enough to get me out to a racetrack,” said Andretti, whose grandfather, Mario, earned eight pole starts and won four Indy car races at PIR.

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The third-generation Indy car driver joined Andretti Autosport teammate Carlos Munoz and James Hinchcliffe of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports on the 1-mile tri-oval for a Honda test of road/street course and short oval aerodynamic components.

A full-scale Verizon IndyCar Series test is scheduled for Feb. 25-26 ahead of the Phoenix Grand Prix to mark INDYCAR’s return to the track after a 10-year absence. PIR hosted Indy car races from its opening in 1964 to 2005.

Andretti, who entered the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2006 with the team owned by his father Michael (who won at PIR in 1986), said laps during the test sessions reminded him most of the .894-mile Iowa Speedway oval.

“I’m thinking we can get a second groove in between (Turns) 1 and 2, which I think is going to really improve the racing. If that happens, I think we’ll put on a heck of a show,” he said.

Six track qualifying records were reset during the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season.