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Indy 500: Kanaan leads Daly in race setup testing on Day 3
The 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan set the fastest lap of the day, as he and Conor Daly were the only drivers to go over 225mph.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: May 22, 2021, 1:30 AM
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Kanaan’s Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda turned a 225.341mph lap on the 71st of 80 laps today, 0.1mph ahead of Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet of Conor Daly.
Santino Ferrucci’s best lap of the day held firm for third fastest despite suffering a heavy shunt on his 51st lap.
His team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda, found its misery compounded when IndyCar decided to hand out a punishment for its role in this morning’s minor shunt. All three cars will have to miss the first 30mins of practice on Fast Friday.
Josef Newgarden’s Penske-Chevrolet looked very strong on long runs, as did Alex Palou’s Ganassi-Honda, despite finishing the day 11th – and these two completed over 120 laps.
2008 winner Scott Dixon was fifth ahead of Rinus VeeKay, making it two Carpenter cars in the top six.
Three-time winner Helio Castroneves’ part-time Meyer Shank Racing entry was seventh, while Marcus Ericsson looked strong for the third straight day in the #8 Ganassi car.
Takuma Sato, defending winner, brought some pleasure to the RLL team, very happy with the handling of his car, while Colton Herta was top Andretti Autosport-Honda representative in 10th.
Most drivers spent the day running race setups, so most drivers’ no-tow speeds didn’t improve from the first half of the day. Jack Harvey clocked fastest lap for Meyer Shank Racing-Honda at 222.091mph, with the Penskes of Pagenaud, Power and Newgarden second, fourth and fifth respectively, Alexander Rossi’s Andretti car third, and Ed Carpenter sixth.
P
No
Name
FTime
Diff
FL
Laps
FSpeed
Engine
Team
1
48
Tony Kanaan
39.9395
39.9395
71
80
225.341
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
2
47
Conor Daly
39.9565
0.0170
35
90
225.245
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
3
45
Santino Ferrucci
40.0139
0.0744
44
50
224.922
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
4
2
Josef Newgarden
40.0204
0.0809
67
121
224.885
Chevy
Team Penske
5
9
Scott Dixon
40.0595
0.1200
23
65
224.666
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
6
21
Rinus VeeKay
40.1054
0.1659
28
96
224.409
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
7
06
Helio Castroneves
40.1082
0.1687
85
114
224.393
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
8
8
Marcus Ericsson
40.1296
0.1901
47
89
224.273
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
9
30
Takuma Sato
40.1370
0.1975
51
93
224.232
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10
26
Colton Herta
40.1887
0.2492
47
104
223.944
Honda
Andretti Autosport
11
10
Alex Palou
40.2362
0.2967
14
125
223.679
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
12
28
Ryan Hunter-Reay
40.2599
0.3204
66
81
223.548
Honda
Andretti Autosport
13
3
Scott McLaughlin
40.2701
0.3306
20
60
223.491
Chevy
Team Penske
14
5
Pato O'Ward
40.2986
0.3591
31
64
223.333
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
15
12
Will Power
40.3172
0.3777
42
82
223.230
Chevy
Team Penske
16
7
Felix Rosenqvist
40.3228
0.3833
60
85
223.199
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
17
60
Jack Harvey
40.3378
0.3983
78
91
223.116
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
18
98
Marco Andretti
40.4270
0.4875
80
123
222.623
Honda
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian
19
18
Ed Jones
40.4306
0.4911
46
63
222.604
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
20
20
Ed Carpenter
40.4601
0.5206
71
96
222.441
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
21
27
Alexander Rossi
40.4655
0.5260
15
94
222.412
Honda
Andretti Autosport
22
86
Juan Pablo Montoya
40.4705
0.5310
39
73
222.384
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
23
22
Simon Pagenaud
40.4741
0.5346
5
42
222.364
Chevy
Team Penske
24
4
Dalton Kellett
40.5540
0.6145
47
71
221.926
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
25
25
Stefan Wilson
40.5763
0.6368
11
102
221.804
Honda
Andretti Autosport
26
15
Graham Rahal
40.5866
0.6471
31
70
221.748
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27
51
Pietro Fittipaldi
40.6134
0.6739
22
71
221.602
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
28
24
Sage Karam
40.6483
0.7088
20
86
221.411
Chevy
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
29
11
Charlie Kimball
40.6778
0.7383
38
57
221.251
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
30
1
JR Hildebrand
40.6922
0.7527
32
62
221.173
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
31
16
Simona De Silvestro
40.7404
0.8009
35
81
220.911
Chevy
Paretta Autosport
32
29
James Hinchcliffe
40.7569
0.8174
64
97
220.822
Honda
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
33
59
Max Chilton
40.8183
0.8788
20
61
220.489
Chevy
Carlin
34
14
Sebastien Bourdais
40.9321
0.9926
81
81
219.876
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
35
75
RC Enerson
41.3899
1.4504
8
50
217.444
Chevy
Top Gun Racing
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