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Indy 500 Practice: VeeKay leads Rookies and Refreshers
Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet’s IndyCar newbie Rinus VeeKay was the only driver to top 220mph in the two-hour Rookies and refreshers Orientation session for the 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Aug 15, 2020, 1:27 AM
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The 2019 Indy Lights runner-up turned 69 laps to go through all stages of the ROP and set a top speed of 221.318mph.
That was some 1.5mph faster than Alex Palou in the Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh machine, and Team Penske-Chevrolet’s three-time Indy-winning ace Helio Catroneves.
Fernando Alonso turned 47 laps in the third Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy with a best lap of 219.052 ahead of the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing pair, Sage Karam and JR Hildebrand. The two-time Formula 1 champion was therefore faster than his teammates, Arrow McLaren full-timers Oliver Askew and Pato O’Ward, the latter of whom turned more laps than anyone at 82.
Only 11 cars took part in the session, as DragonSpeed is still preparing its Chevy-powered entry for Ben Hanley.
Practice for all runners has now resumed, and will continue until 5.30pm local (Eastern) time.
RANK
CAR NO.
DRIVER
TEAM
ENGINE
FAST SPEED
TOTAL LAPS
1
21
Rinus VeeKay
Ed Carpenter Racing
Chevy
221.318
69
2
55
Alex Palou
Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh
Honda
219.876
65
3
3
Helio Castroneves
Team Penske
Chevy
219.274
55
4
66
Fernando Alonso
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevy
219.052
47
5
24
Sage Karam
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Chevy
218.916
43
6
67
JR Hildebrand
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Chevy
218.344
47
7
7
Oliver Askew
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevy
218.342
64
8
5
Pato O'Ward
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevy
217.962
82
9
59
Max Chilton
Carlin
Chevy
217.909
59
10
51
James Davison
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing/Byrd/Belardi
Honda
217.613
50
11
41
Dalton Kellett
AJ Foyt Enterprises
Chevy
215.852
81
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