Power tops IndyCar practice at Road America

Will Power looks to win another pole
Will Power looks to win another pole

Will Power put his #12 Penske Chevy on top in the only IndyCar practice session for this weekend's IndyCar doubleheader on the 4-mile Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin – the first IndyCar race with fans allowed to attend and the attendance is robust with all the camping areas sold out.

Power, who is chasing Mario Andretti's record of 67 career IndyCar poles, put up his fast time on his last lap after lingering down the timesheets most of the session.

Meyer Shank Racing's Jack Harvey was 2nd quick in his #60 Honda 0.1585s behind Power while Josef Newgarden was third in the #1 Penske Chevy after being op top most of the session.

Felix Rosenqvist was 4th in his Ganassi Honda while Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top-5 in his #28 Andretti Honda.

With the new windscreens the IndyCars are over 3-seconds per lap slower than last year. Newgarden topped practice last year with a time of 1m42.882s and 140.455mph. This year the fastest practice lap was a 1m46.002s, which underscores the huge performance hit the IndyCars have taken as a result of the Windscreen rather than using just a Halo that is used by all other open wheel race series. worldwide.

Practice Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Speed Engine Team
1 12 Will Power 1:46.002 –.—- –.—- 136.322 Chevy Team Penske
2 60 Jack Harvey 1:46.161 0.1585 0.1585 136.118 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
3 1 Josef Newgarden 1:46.191 0.1893 0.0308 136.079 Chevy Team Penske
4 10 Felix Rosenqvist 1:46.232 0.2298 0.0405 136.027 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
5 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:46.252 0.2498 0.0200 136.001 Honda Andretti Autosport
6 55 Alex Palou 1:46.255 0.2526 0.0028 135.998 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh
7 88 Colton Herta 1:46.294 0.2919 0.0393 135.947 Honda Andretti Harding Steinbrenner
8 15 Graham Rahal 1:46.360 0.3580 0.0661 135.863 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
9 27 Alexander Rossi 1:46.373 0.3712 0.0132 135.846 Honda Andretti Autosport
10 5 Pato O'Ward 1:46.387 0.3846 0.0134 135.829 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
11 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:46.396 0.3935 0.0089 135.818 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
12 98 Marco Andretti 1:46.502 0.5002 0.1067 135.682 Honda Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agaj
13 7 Oliver Askew 1:46.513 0.5107 0.0105 135.668 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
14 26 Zach Veach 1:46.526 0.5240 0.0133 135.651 Honda Andretti Autosport
15 9 Scott Dixon 1:46.526 0.5241 0.0001 135.651 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
16 18 Santino Ferrucci 1:46.635 0.6327 0.1086 135.513 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser Sull
17 30 Takuma Sato 1:46.959 0.9569 0.3242 135.102 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
18 59 Max Chilton 1:47.001 0.9990 0.0421 135.049 Chevy Carlin
19 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:47.073 1.0706 0.0716 134.959 Chevy Team Penske
20 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:47.080 1.0774 0.0068 134.950 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
21 20 Conor Daly 1:47.093 1.0912 0.0138 134.933 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
22 4 Charlie Kimball 1:47.161 1.1585 0.0673 134.848 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
23 14 Dalton Kellett 1:49.082 3.0795 1.9210 132.473 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises