Herta tops 2nd IndyCar practice with a tow
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 |