Franchitti tops Texas practice
Dario Franchitti topped a delayed opening practice session for this weekend's IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 24.3941s (214.724mph) to pip Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon, who was 0.0512 seconds behind.
Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman) and Alex Tagliani (Bryan Herta Autosport) completed a Honda 1-2-3-4 for the session, with KV Racing's Tony Kanaan quickest of the Chevrolet-powered runners with a 213.600mph lap.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind |
| 1. | Dario Franchitti | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 24.3941s | +0.0000s |
| 2. | Scott Dixon | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 24.4453s | +0.0512s |
| 3. | Josef Newgarden | Fisher DW12-Honda | 24.4600s | +0.0659s |
| 4. | Alex Tagliani | Herta DW12-Honda | 24.4806s | +0.0865s |
| 5. | Tony Kanaan | KV DW12-Chevy | 24.5225s | +0.1284s |
| 6. | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti DW12-Chevy | 24.5334s | +0.1393s |
| 7. | EJ Viso | KV DW12-Chevy | 24.5365s | +0.1424s |
| 8. | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt DW12-Honda | 24.5459s | +0.1518s |
| 9. | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti DW12-Chevy | 24.5698s | +0.1757s |
| 10. | Graham Rahal | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 24.5708s | +0.1767s |
| 11. | Ryan Briscoe | Penske DW12-Chevy | 24.5909s | +0.1968s |
| 12. | Mike Conway | Foyt DW12-Honda | 24.6013s | +0.2072s |
| 13. | Ed Carpenter | Carpenter DW12-Chevy | 24.6256s | +0.2315s |
| 14. | Takuma Sato | Rahal DW12-Honda | 24.6772s | +0.2831s |
| 15. | Charlie Kimball | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 24.7030s | +0.3089s |
| 16. | Rubens Barrichello | KV DW12-Chevy | 24.7041s | +0.3100s |
| 17. | Oriol Servia | Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy | 24.7048s | +0.3107s |
| 18. | Will Power | Penske DW12-Chevy | 24.7106s | +0.3165s |
| 19. | Helio Castroneves | Penske DW12-Chevy | 24.7357s | +0.3416s |
| 20. | JR Hildebrand | Panther DW12-Chevy | 24.7388s | +0.3447s |
| 21. | Marco Andretti | Andretti DW12-Chevy | 24.7808s | +0.3867s |
| 22. | Justin Wilson | Coyne DW12-Honda | 24.8158s | +0.4217s |
| 23. | James Jakes | Coyne DW12-Honda | 24.9809s | +0.5868s |
| 24. | Katherine Legge | Dragon DW12-Chevy | 25.2449s | +0.8508s |
| 25. | Simona de Silvestro | HVM DW12-Lotus | 25.6725s | +1.2784s |