Indy 500: Ganassi and Carpenter cars top Day 2 of practice
Scott Dixon led speed charts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after Day 2’s six hours of practice, as three Chip Ganassi Racing-Hondas and two Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolets filled the top five places.
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Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner and six-time and defending IndyCar champion, turned a 226.829mph lap on his 60th of 108 laps to edge Conor Daly and Ed Carpenter by 0.45 and 0.7mph respectively.
Two of Dixon teammates, Marcus Ericsson and Tony Kanaan completed the top five while the fourth Ganassi car of Alex Palou finished eighth. Sixth fastest was Sebastien Bourdais of AJ Foyt Racing bounced back from his engine failure yesterday to clock sixth fastest ahead of last year’s Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Pato O’Ward in the #5 Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet.
Sage Karam backed up his P4 performance from Day 1 with another Top 10 result, finishing up just ahead of last year’s polesitter Marco Andretti, who led the Andretti Autosport-Honda contingent.
Yesterday’s fastest driver, 2018 Indy winner Will Power, led the Team Penske-Chevrolets in 15th.
Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda, Colton Herta (Andretti), Ed Jones (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan-Honda), Simona De Silvestro (Paretta Autosport-Chevy), Pietro Fittipaldi (Coyne with RWR).
On the fastest no-tow speeds saw Alexander Rossi (Andretti) turn a 221.114mph, ahead of Simon Pagenaud (Penske-Chevy) 221.037, Max Chilton (who ran a qualifying simulation) 220.799mph, Daly 220.715mph and Jack Harvey of Meyer Shank Racing-Honda on 220.657mph.
Top Gun Racing did not appear again after RC Enerson completed his Rookie Orientation Program.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Team |
1 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
39.6774 |
0.000 |
60 |
108 |
226.829 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
2 |
47 |
Conor Daly |
39.7575 |
0.0801 |
34 |
98 |
226.372 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
3 |
20 |
Ed Carpenter |
39.8049 |
0.0474 |
53 |
109 |
226.103 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
4 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
39.8218 |
0.0169 |
2 |
94 |
226.007 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
5 |
48 |
Tony Kanaan |
39.8629 |
0.0411 |
44 |
71 |
225.774 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
6 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
39.9129 |
0.0500 |
9 |
98 |
225.491 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
7 |
5 |
Pato O'Ward |
39.9275 |
0.0146 |
39 |
105 |
225.409 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
8 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
39.9464 |
0.0189 |
79 |
100 |
225.302 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
9 |
24 |
Sage Karam |
39.9467 |
0.0003 |
42 |
67 |
225.300 |
Chevy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
10 |
98 |
Marco Andretti |
39.9968 |
0.0501 |
45 |
90 |
225.018 |
Honda |
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
11 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
40.0013 |
0.0045 |
24 |
111 |
224.993 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
12 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
40.0021 |
0.0008 |
34 |
104 |
224.988 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
13 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
40.0223 |
0.0202 |
70 |
110 |
224.875 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
14 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
40.0333 |
0.0110 |
65 |
127 |
224.813 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
15 |
12 |
Will Power |
40.0382 |
0.0049 |
67 |
93 |
224.785 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
16 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
40.0389 |
0.0007 |
58 |
104 |
224.781 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
17 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
40.1155 |
0.0766 |
87 |
112 |
224.352 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
18 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
40.1222 |
0.0067 |
81 |
120 |
224.315 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
19 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
40.1362 |
0.0140 |
49 |
114 |
224.236 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
20 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
40.1683 |
0.0321 |
86 |
116 |
224.057 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
21 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
40.2063 |
0.0380 |
76 |
126 |
223.846 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
22 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
40.2183 |
0.0120 |
37 |
116 |
223.779 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
23 |
86 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
40.2597 |
0.0414 |
49 |
61 |
223.549 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
24 |
16 |
Simona De Silvestro |
40.2604 |
0.0007 |
100 |
120 |
223.545 |
Chevy |
Paretta Autosport |
25 |
1 |
JR Hildebrand |
40.2644 |
0.0040 |
50 |
62 |
223.523 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
26 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
40.3243 |
0.0599 |
64 |
81 |
223.190 |
Chevy |
Carlin |
27 |
25 |
Stefan Wilson |
40.3504 |
0.0261 |
78 |
105 |
223.046 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
28 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
40.3619 |
0.0115 |
34 |
80 |
222.983 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
29 |
51 |
Pietro Fittipaldi |
40.4320 |
0.0701 |
121 |
126 |
222.596 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
30 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
40.4415 |
0.0095 |
20 |
68 |
222.544 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
31 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
40.4501 |
0.0086 |
108 |
119 |
222.496 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
32 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
40.5169 |
0.0668 |
61 |
97 |
222.130 |
Honda |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
33 |
11 |
Charlie Kimball |
40.6791 |
0.1622 |
83 |
83 |
221.244 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
34 |
45 |
Santino Ferrucci |
41.0793 |
0.4002 |
12 |
31 |
219.088 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
35 |
75 |
RC Enerson |
No Time |
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Chevy |
Top Gun Racing |
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