Hunter-Reay tops opening IndyCar practice at Road America
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| Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Under cool temperatures and sunny skies, 2018 runnerup Ryan Hunter-Reay posted the fastest lap in opening practice for the Rev Group Grand Prix at Road America Friday morning in a session shortened by 2 red flags caused by Jack Harvey.
Hunter-Reay's time of 1m43.7556s was only 0.0688s faster than fellow Honda driver Takuma Sato.
Scott Dixon was third, giving Honda an early 1-2-3 sweep at the top.
Practice 1 Results
| Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | Speed | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:43.756 | –.—- | –.—- | 139.273 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 2 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 1:43.824 | 0.0688 | 0.0688 | 139.181 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:43.984 | 0.2286 | 0.1598 | 138.967 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
| 4 | 12 | Will Power | 1:44.039 | 0.2838 | 0.0552 | 138.894 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 5 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:44.071 | 0.3150 | 0.0312 | 138.852 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 6 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1:44.184 | 0.4283 | 0.1133 | 138.701 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 7 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:44.398 | 0.6423 | 0.2140 | 138.417 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 8 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 1:44.402 | 0.6468 | 0.0045 | 138.411 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 9 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:44.419 | 0.6630 | 0.0162 | 138.389 | Honda | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 10 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 1:44.586 | 0.8307 | 0.1677 | 138.167 | Honda | Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco & Curb |
| 11 | 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:44.622 | 0.8660 | 0.0353 | 138.121 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan |
| 12 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 1:44.740 | 0.9844 | 0.1184 | 137.964 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 13 | 31 | Patricio O'Ward | 1:44.843 | 1.0875 | 0.1031 | 137.829 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 14 | 20 | Ed Jones | 1:44.905 | 1.1494 | 0.0619 | 137.747 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 15 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:44.953 | 1.1973 | 0.0479 | 137.685 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
| 16 | 26 | Zach Veach | 1:45.046 | 1.2902 | 0.0929 | 137.563 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 17 | 88 | Colton Herta | 1:45.240 | 1.4842 | 0.1940 | 137.309 | Honda | Harding Steinbrenner Racing |
| 18 | 4 | Matheus Leist | 1:45.362 | 1.6065 | 0.1223 | 137.150 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 19 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:45.596 | 1.8400 | 0.2335 | 136.847 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 20 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:45.612 | 1.8563 | 0.0163 | 136.825 | Honda | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 21 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:45.619 | 1.8636 | 0.0073 | 136.816 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 22 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 1:46.909 | 3.1529 | 1.2893 | 135.166 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM |
| 23 | 59 | Max Chilton | 2:03.078 | 19.3221 | 16.1692 | 117.409 | Chevy | Carlin |