Herta tops 2nd IndyCar practice with a tow

Colton Herta
Colton Herta

Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in the heat of the day at 222.451mph to lead the 2nd practice session for the DXC Technology 600 IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway in his Harding Steinbrenner Honda.

He was followed by fellow Honda drivers Takuma Sato and Alexander Rossi at over 220mph.

Will Power and Marcus Ericsson rounded out the top-5.

However, without a tow, it was Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi fastest at 219 mph followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay at 218mph.

Practice 2 Results

Pos No Name With Tow
Time
Diff Gap With Tow
Speed
No-Tow
Speed
No-Tow
Rank
Engine Team
1 88 Colton Herta 23.304 –.—- –.—- 222.451 216.132 13 Honda Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2 30 Takuma Sato 23.460 0.1558 0.1558 220.974 217.311 8 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
3 27 Alexander Rossi 23.485 0.1813 0.0255 220.734 219.058 2 Honda Andretti Autosport
4 12 Will Power 23.520 0.2156 0.0343 220.412 217.018 9 Chevy Team Penske
5 7 Marcus Ericsson 23.528 0.2237 0.0081 220.336 217.475 7 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
6 9 Scott Dixon 23.566 0.2622 0.0385 219.976 219.492 1 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
7 15 Graham Rahal 23.571 0.2670 0.0048 219.931 217.725 6 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 23.574 0.2697 0.0027 219.906 218.331 3 Honda Andretti Autosport
9 2 Josef Newgarden 23.604 0.3002 0.0305 219.622 209.100 20 Chevy Team Penske
10 18 Sebastien Bourdais 23.617 0.3132 0.0130 219.501 215.510 14 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan
11 19 Santino Ferrucci 23.620 0.3156 0.0024 219.479 207.967 22 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
12 26 Zach Veach 23.649 0.3452 0.0296 219.204 217.776 5 Honda Andretti Autosport
13 22 Simon Pagenaud 23.681 0.3767 0.0315 218.912 209.033 21 Chevy Team Penske
14 23 Charlie Kimball 23.707 0.4034 0.0267 218.666 213.360 17 Chevy Carlin
15 21 Spencer Pigot 23.717 0.4134 0.0100 218.574 216.425 12 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
16 14 Tony Kanaan 23.718 0.4138 0.0004 218.570 216.643 11 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
17 20 Ed Carpenter 23.730 0.4262 0.0124 218.456 216.649 10 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
18 5 James Hinchcliffe 23.746 0.4419 0.0157 218.311 218.086 4 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
19 98 Marco Andretti 23.750 0.4463 0.0044 218.271 214.397 15 Honda Andretti Herta w/ Marco & Curb
20 10 Felix Rosenqvist 23.828 0.5242 0.0779 217.557 212.428 18 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
21 59 Conor Daly 23.892 0.5880 0.0638 216.976 214.265 16 Chevy Carlin
22 4 Matheus Leist 23.902 0.5977 0.0097 216.888 211.526 19 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises