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Indy 500 Practice: Dixon leads Day 2, Alonso crashes
Scott Dixon sent the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda to the top of the speed charts just a few minutes after action resumed in the final hour following Fernando Alonso’s shunt.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Aug 14, 2020, 11:56 AM
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The five-time champion clocked a 226.102mph lap, around 0.4mph ahead of Takuma Sato’s top time from the morning, while Marco Andretti slotted his Andretti Herta Autosport machine into third to make it a Honda 1-2-3.
Conor Daly again looked strong for Ed Carpenter Racing, landing P4 – the last of the cars under the 40sec barrier and the top Chevrolet runner – while fastest rookie was Alex Palou’s Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh entry in fifth.
Colton Herta took sixth – and second fastest speed set without the aid of a tow, beaten only by semi-teammate Jack Harvey in the Meyer Shank Racing-Honda which broke into the 222mph zone.
The earlier speed of Charlie Kimball (A.J. Foyt Racing-Chevrolet) kept him seventh, as improvements became scarce as heat climbed and speeds dropped.
Alonso’s shunt wasn’t enough to stop him ending the day as fastest Arrow McLaren SP driver although he was only a couple of spots ahead of rookie Oliver Askew.
The pair were separated by another Coyne car, the ‘extra’ entry – in partnership with Rick Ware Racing/Byrd/Belardi – driven by James Davison.
Team Penske-Chevrolet’s drivers were only 16th, 18th, 23rd and 27th.
Felix Rosenqvist (Ganassi) and Dalton Kellett (Foyt) turned the most laps of the day at 141 each.
Tomorrow’s Fast Friday session begins at 11.00am local (Eastern) time, and will see the cars’ twin BorgWarner turbos increased from 1.3-bar [130kPa] to 1.5-bar, which will yield 80-90 extra horsepower. This is in preparation for qualifying weekend, in which the cars run with this increased level of power and trimmed out aerodynamically for the four-lap runs that set the grid.
Indy 500 practice Day 2 final times
P
No
Name
FTime
Diff
Gap
FL
Laps
FSpeed
Engine
Team
1
9
Scott Dixon
39.805
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100
107
226.102
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
2
30
Takuma Sato
39.877
0.0722
0.0722
10
122
225.693
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
3
98
Marco Andretti
39.956
0.1508
0.0786
59
86
225.249
Honda
Andretti Herta with Marco & Curb-Agajanian
4
47
Conor Daly
39.981
0.1762
0.0254
26
125
225.106
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
5
55
Alex Palou
40.005
0.2001
0.0239
111
119
224.971
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh
6
88
Colton Herta
40.063
0.2576
0.0575
67
123
224.648
Honda
Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
7
4
Charlie Kimball
40.069
0.2640
0.0064
18
100
224.613
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
8
66
Fernando Alonso
40.114
0.3085
0.0445
2
126
224.363
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
9
51
James Davison
40.122
0.3172
0.0087
11
117
224.315
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing/Byrd/Belardi
10
7
Oliver Askew
40.150
0.3451
0.0279
5
102
224.159
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
11
28
Ryan Hunter-Reay
40.151
0.3459
0.0008
20
82
224.154
Honda
Andretti Autosport
12
21
Rinus VeeKay
40.166
0.3613
0.0154
111
136
224.068
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
13
60
Jack Harvey
40.209
0.4044
0.0431
22
126
223.828
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
14
14
Tony Kanaan
40.237
0.4318
0.0274
15
83
223.676
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
15
26
Zach Veach
40.240
0.4351
0.0033
9
132
223.657
Honda
Andretti Autosport
16
3
Helio Castroneves
40.244
0.4395
0.0044
2
120
223.633
Chevy
Team Penske
17
29
James Hinchcliffe
40.245
0.4401
0.0006
6
111
223.630
Honda
Andretti Autosport
18
1
Josef Newgarden
40.247
0.4424
0.0023
11
97
223.617
Chevy
Team Penske
19
15
Graham Rahal
40.305
0.5000
0.0576
6
104
223.297
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20
5
Pato O'Ward
40.319
0.5138
0.0138
23
138
223.221
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
21
18
Santino Ferrucci
40.346
0.5410
0.0272
31
98
223.070
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
22
45
Spencer Pigot
40.351
0.5460
0.0050
19
80
223.043
Honda
RLL with Citrone/Buhl Autosport
23
12
Will Power
40.363
0.5577
0.0117
69
123
222.978
Chevy
Team Penske
24
10
Felix Rosenqvist
40.423
0.6181
0.0604
26
141
222.645
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
25
8
Marcus Ericsson
40.426
0.6208
0.0027
90
123
222.630
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
26
27
Alexander Rossi
40.435
0.6297
0.0089
4
96
222.581
Honda
Andretti Autosport
27
22
Simon Pagenaud
40.501
0.6961
0.0664
32
101
222.216
Chevy
Team Penske
28
41
Dalton Kellett
40.548
0.7430
0.0469
93
141
221.959
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
29
67
JR Hildebrand
40.617
0.8118
0.0688
60
91
221.583
Chevy
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
30
20
Ed Carpenter
40.620
0.8155
0.0037
69
108
221.563
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
31
24
Sage Karam
40.630
0.8253
0.0098
59
65
221.510
Chevy
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
32
59
Max Chilton
40.797
0.9917
0.1664
48
54
220.606
Chevy
Carlin
33
81
Ben Hanley
No Time
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Chevy
DragonSpeed USA
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