Edmonton: Franchitti tops opening IndyCar practice
Dario Franchitti and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon were 1-2 in opening practice for Sunday's Edmonton IndyCar race on the runways and taxiways of the downtown airport.
Penske teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves were 2nd and 3rd with Justin Wilson rounding out the top-5 for Dreyer & Reinbold.
Mika Duno continued to make herself and the series look foolish as she was 12.2 seconds off the pace.
Results
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Pos |
Car | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | To 1st | Speed |
| 1. | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:03.0885 | – | – | 112.585 |
| 2. | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:03.1726 | 0.0841 | 0.0841 | 112.435 |
| 3. | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 1:03.1732 | 0.0006 | 0.0847 | 112.434 |
| 4. | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | 1:03.3504 | 0.1772 | 0.2619 | 112.119 |
| 5. | 22 | Justin Wilson | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 1:03.4923 | 0.1419 | 0.4038 | 111.869 |
| 6. | 15 | Paul Tracy | KV Racing Technology | 1:03.5054 | 0.0131 | 0.4169 | 111.846 |
| 7. | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | 1:03.5801 | 0.0747 | 0.4916 | 111.714 |
| 8. | 37 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 1:03.8048 | 0.2247 | 0.7163 | 111.321 |
| 9. | 8 | E.J. Viso | KV Racing Technology | 1:03.8252 | 0.0204 | 0.7367 | 111.285 |
| 10. | 5 | Takuma Sato* | KV Racing Technology | 1:03.8858 | 0.0606 | 0.7973 | 111.180 |
| 11. | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Autosport | 1:03.9549 | 0.0691 | 0.8664 | 111.060 |
| 12. | 32 | Mario Moraes | KV Racing Technology | 1:03.9808 | 0.0259 | 0.8923 | 111.015 |
| 13. | 77 | Alex Tagliani | FAZZT Race Team | 1:04.0583 | 0.0775 | 0.9698 | 110.880 |
| 14. | 06 | Hideki Mutoh | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:04.2980 | 0.2397 | 1.2095 | 110.467 |
| 15. | 34 | Mario Romancini* | Conquest Racing | 1:04.3565 | 0.0585 | 1.2680 | 110.366 |
| 16. | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | 1:04.4140 | 0.0575 | 1.3255 | 110.268 |
| 17. | 2 | Raphael Matos | de Ferran Luczo Dragon Racing | 1:04.4305 | 0.0165 | 1.3420 | 110.240 |
| 18. | 4 | Dan Wheldon | Panther Racing | 1:04.5165 | 0.0860 | 1.4280 | 110.093 |
| 19. | 24 | Tomas Scheckter | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 1:04.5257 | 0.0092 | 1.4372 | 110.077 |
| 20. | 19 | Alex Lloyd* | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:04.6923 | 0.1666 | 1.6038 | 109.794 |
| 21. | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Autosport | 1:04.7031 | 0.0108 | 1.6146 | 109.775 |
| 22. | 78 | Simona De Silvestro* | Team Stargate Worlds/HVM | 1:04.7062 | 0.0031 | 1.6177 | 109.770 |
| 23. | 14 | Vitor Meira | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 1:04.9768 | 0.2706 | 1.8883 | 109.313 |
| 24. | 36 | Bertrand Baguette* | Conquest Racing | 1:05.3084 | 0.3316 | 2.2199 | 108.758 |
| 25. | 18 | Milka Duno | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:15.2417 | 9.9333 | 12.1532 | 94.400 |