Rahal tops IndyCar morning warm-up

Rahal runs strong at Mid-Ohio.
Rahal runs strong at Mid-Ohio.

Local favorite Graham Rahal set himself as an early pick to win the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this morning by easily leading the morning warm-up in his Honda over the Penske Chevy of Helio Castroneves.

Marco Andretti was third quick to lead a trio of Andretti Autosport Hondas of himself, Takuma Sato and Ryan Hunter-Reay.

A rejuvenated Conor Daly was 6th to give the struggling AJ Foyt team something to cheer about.

Of course passing at Mid-Ohio is difficult so we'll see if Rahal can get past the two Penske Chevys in front of him.

Results

Pos No Name FTime Diff Gap FL Laps FSpeed Engine
1 15 Graham Rahal 1:05.024 –.—- –.—- 16 23 125.012 Honda
2 3 Helio Castroneves 1:05.301 0.2768 0.2768 17 22 124.483 Chevy
3 27 Marco Andretti 1:05.513 0.4891 0.2123 12 22 124.079 Honda
4 26 Takuma Sato 1:05.515 0.4913 0.0022 18 18 124.075 Honda
5 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:05.525 0.5013 0.0100 11 22 124.056 Honda
6 4 Conor Daly 1:05.578 0.5537 0.0524 15 20 123.957 Chevy
7 2 Josef Newgarden 1:05.618 0.5940 0.0403 15 23 123.881 Chevy
8 98 Alexander Rossi 1:05.655 0.6312 0.0372 12 22 123.811 Honda
9 9 Scott Dixon 1:05.683 0.6586 0.0274 21 24 123.759 Honda
10 18 Esteban Gutierrez 1:05.746 0.7223 0.0637 22 22 123.639 Honda
11 19 Ed Jones 1:05.774 0.7500 0.0277 12 19 123.587 Honda
12 1 Simon Pagenaud 1:05.961 0.9375 0.1875 6 24 123.236 Chevy
13 14 Carlos Munoz 1:06.010 0.9859 0.0484 10 21 123.145 Chevy
14 10 Tony Kanaan 1:06.022 0.9985 0.0126 11 21 123.122 Honda
15 21 JR Hildebrand 1:06.087 1.0626 0.0641 15 20 123.002 Chevy
16 12 Will Power 1:06.182 1.1584 0.0958 18 23 122.824 Chevy
17 7 Mikhail Aleshin 1:06.321 1.2971 0.1387 13 21 122.568 Honda
18 8 Max Chilton 1:06.361 1.3367 0.0396 18 24 122.494 Honda
19 83 Charlie Kimball 1:06.391 1.3668 0.0301 19 21 122.439 Honda
20 5 James Hinchcliffe 1:06.702 1.6777 0.3109 11 19 121.868 Honda
21 20 Spencer Pigot 1:07.116 2.0917 0.4140 5 5 121.116 Chevy