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Indy 500: Ganassi, Penske lead final practice on Carb Day
Pole-winner Scott Dixon topped the near-two hours of action that IndyCar was able to squeeze in before the rain returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the final day of practice before Sunday’s Indy 500.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: May 29, 2021, 10:37 AM
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Dixon got a multi-car tow to send the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda to the top of the speeds on only his sixth of 47 laps, lapping the 2.5-mile track at 228.323mph.
With every car now running its race engine, it was important for all teams to do a full systems check, and Dixon was content to then pack up 45mins before the end of the scheduled two-hour session. As things transpired, 10mins were knocked off for inclement weather.
That was over 1.2mph ahead of Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Simon Pagenaud who was a further 0.3mph ahead of teammate Josef Newgarden.
Conor Daly found his Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet was handling badly at the start of the session but jumped forward toward the end of the session.
Marco Andretti had an electrical issue at the start of the session and so he hit the track late, but his 64th of 65 laps delivered fifth best speed, ahead of the other two Penskes.
Tony Kanaan in a second Ganassi entry was eighth ahead of defending winner Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda, while like fellow back-row starter Power, Sage Karam had an impressive session in the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entry.
Colton Herta appeared to have one of the most impressive cars, able to slingshot past both Chevrolet- and Honda-powered cars out of Turn 4 to reach the yard of bricks start/finish ahead, but spent a lot of time running at the front of the pack without a tow, hence being only 28th on the speed charts.
P
No
Name
FL
Laps
FSpeed
Engine
Team
1
9
Scott Dixon
6
47
228.323
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
2
22
Simon Pagenaud
57
89
227.157
Chevy
Team Penske
3
2
Josef Newgarden
88
93
226.856
Chevy
Team Penske
4
47
Conor Daly
53
70
226.399
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
5
98
Marco Andretti
64
65
226.396
Honda
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian
6
12
Will Power
8
82
226.223
Chevy
Team Penske
7
3
Scott McLaughlin
21
66
226.192
Chevy
Team Penske
8
48
Tony Kanaan
7
48
225.929
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
9
30
Takuma Sato
65
94
225.701
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10
24
Sage Karam
36
61
225.542
Chevy
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
11
5
Pato O'Ward
57
93
225.511
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
12
59
Max Chilton
84
89
225.348
Chevy
Carlin
13
27
Alexander Rossi
47
51
225.324
Honda
Andretti Autosport
14
14
Sebastien Bourdais
27
33
225.163
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
15
06
Helio Castroneves
17
62
225.161
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
16
86
Juan Pablo Montoya
33
54
225.149
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
17
1
JR Hildebrand
30
70
224.945
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
18
18
Ed Jones
12
71
224.910
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
19
15
Graham Rahal
8
100
224.872
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20
28
Ryan Hunter-Reay
33
71
224.719
Honda
Andretti Autosport
21
29
James Hinchcliffe
19
92
224.546
Honda
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
22
10
Alex Palou
58
71
224.500
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
23
8
Marcus Ericsson
61
84
224.468
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
24
7
Felix Rosenqvist
20
61
224.428
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
25
4
Dalton Kellett
19
54
224.051
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
26
25
Stefan Wilson
71
74
224.047
Honda
Andretti Autosport
27
45
Santino Ferrucci
11
77
223.884
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
28
26
Colton Herta
26
78
223.670
Honda
Andretti Autosport
29
60
Jack Harvey
8
76
223.664
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
30
20
Ed Carpenter
24
61
223.654
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
31
21
Rinus VeeKay
10
56
223.068
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
32
16
Simona De Silvestro
25
72
223.023
Chevy
Paretta Autosport
33
51
Pietro Fittipaldi
64
88
222.173
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
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