Power continues to dominate
Will Power, who has dominated the early portion of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season with his two races victories and a pole start, topped the combined practice (two sessions) time sheet as teams began preparations for the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy Credit Union.
The Australian recorded a best lap of 1 minute, 11.1856 seconds in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car on the 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park circuit. Tony Kanaan, who has started sixth and second the first two races in the No. 11 Team 7-Eleven car for Andretti Autosport, was second (1:11.3011).
Power's teammate, Helio Castroneves, was third (1:11.3697) and Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon (1:11.4243) was fourth. Another Andretti Autosport driver, Marco Andretti, was fifth quick (1:11.5446).
IZOD IndyCar Series Session:
Practice 2
April 9, 2010
| Pos | Car | Driver | Fast Time | Speed | BLead | BPrev | FLap | Tlap |
| 1 | 12 | Power, Will | 01:11.1857 | 116.315 | –.—© | –.—© | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | 11 | Kanaan, Tony | 01:11.3012 | 116.127 | 0.1155 | 0.1155 | 22 | 25 |
| 3 | 3 | Castroneves, Helio | 01:11.3698 | 116.015 | 0.1841 | 0.0686 | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | 9 | Dixon, Scott | 01:11.4243 | 115.927 | 0.2386 | 0.0545 | 14 | 23 |
| 5 | 26 | Andretti, Marco | 01:11.5446 | 115.732 | 0.3589 | 0.1203 | 19 | 20 |
| 6 | 5 | Sato, Takuma (R) | 01:11.5818 | 115.672 | 0.3961 | 0.0372 | 25 | 26 |
| 7 | 6 | Briscoe, Ryan | 01:11.6081 | 115.629 | 0.4224 | 0.0263 | 16 | 23 |
| 8 | 06 | Mutoh, Hideki | 01:11.6658 | 115.536 | 0.4801 | 0.0577 | 24 | 26 |
| 9 | 24 | Conway, Mike | 01:11.7170 | 115.454 | 0.5313 | 0.0512 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | 10 | Franchitti, Dario | 01:11.7740 | 115.362 | 0.5883 | 0.0570 | 15 | 25 |
| 11 | 37 | Hunter-Reay, Ryan | 01:11.8235 | 115.283 | 0.6378 | 0.0495 | 22 | 26 |
| 12 | 22 | Wilson, Justin | 01:11.9248 | 115.120 | 0.7391 | 0.1013 | 8 | 22 |
| 13 | 19 | Lloyd, Alex (R) | 01:12.1157 | 114.815 | 0.9300 | 0.1909 | 18 | 26 |
| 14 | 77 | Tagliani, Alex | 01:12.1313 | 114.791 | 0.9456 | 0.0156 | 22 | 24 |
| 15 | 78 | de Silvestro, Simona (R) | 01:12.1516 | 114.758 | 0.9659 | 0.0203 | 20 | 23 |
| 16 | 2 | Matos, Raphael | 01:12.1585 | 114.747 | 0.9728 | 0.0069 | 22 | 27 |
| 17 | 4 | Wheldon, Dan | 01:12.3549 | 114.436 | 1.1692 | 0.1964 | 23 | 28 |
| 18 | 67 | Rahal, Graham | 01:12.4357 | 114.308 | 1.2500 | 0.0808 | 14 | 25 |
| 19 | 7 | Patrick, Danica | 01:12.4721 | 114.251 | 1.2864 | 0.0364 | 21 | 23 |
| 20 | 32 | Moraes, Mario | 01:12.5085 | 114.194 | 1.3228 | 0.0364 | 20 | 25 |
| 21 | 8 | Viso, EJ | 01:12.5426 | 114.140 | 1.3569 | 0.0341 | 18 | 23 |
| 22 | 14 | Meira, Vitor | 01:12.6025 | 114.046 | 1.4168 | 0.0599 | 7 | 26 |
| 23 | 34 | Romancini, Mario (R) | 01:12.6652 | 113.947 | 1.4795 | 0.0627 | 23 | 24 |