Dixon stays fastest at The Glen

Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon

Ganassi Chevy driver Scott Dixon remained the fastest driver at Watkins Glen by leading the final practice ahead of IndyCar qualifying this afternoon.

Dixon's lap of 146.520mph was just 0.05 sec faster than Will Power's Chevy and Sebastien Bourdais' Chevy in a session that saw the top-17 drivers covered by 1-second on the super smooth, super fast 3.37-mile historic upstate NY track.

Josef Newgarden crashed in the esses early and missed most of the session. Other incidences included quick spins by Takuma Sato and Mikhail Aleshin.

The Andretti team continued to struggle, but rookie Alexander Rossi did run a respectable 12th.

Qualifying is up next.

Result

Pos No Name FTime Diff Gap FL Laps FSpeed Engine
1 9 Scott Dixon 1:22.801 0.000 0.000 8 17 146.520 Chevy
2 12 Will Power 1:22.855 0.0538 0.0538 14 14 146.425 Chevy
3 11 Sebastien Bourdais 1:22.949 0.1484 0.0946 13 13 146.258 Chevy
4 5 James Hinchcliffe 1:22.980 0.1789 0.0305 16 16 146.204 Honda
5 41 Jack Hawksworth 1:23.020 0.2197 0.0408 15 15 146.133 Honda
6 20 Spencer Pigot 1:23.081 0.2800 0.0603 11 17 146.027 Chevy
7 15 Graham Rahal 1:23.116 0.3151 0.0351 20 20 145.965 Honda
8 7 Mikhail Aleshin 1:23.192 0.3910 0.0759 10 15 145.832 Honda
9 83 Charlie Kimball 1:23.209 0.4085 0.0175 21 21 145.801 Chevy
10 8 Max Chilton 1:23.237 0.4363 0.0278 16 16 145.752 Chevy
11 3 Helio Castroneves 1:23.382 0.5816 0.1453 16 16 145.498 Chevy
12 98 Alexander Rossi 1:23.392 0.5909 0.0093 6 16 145.482 Honda
13 10 Tony Kanaan 1:23.398 0.5975 0.0066 9 15 145.471 Chevy
14 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:23.688 0.8868 0.2893 13 20 144.968 Chevy
15 14 Takuma Sato 1:23.729 0.9282 0.0414 3 12 144.896 Honda
16 18 Conor Daly 1:23.747 0.9463 0.0181 16 17 144.865 Honda
17 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:23.752 0.9510 0.0047 12 17 144.857 Chevy
18 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:23.822 1.0214 0.0704 13 15 144.735 Honda
19 26 Carlos Munoz 1:24.132 1.3307 0.3093 15 15 144.203 Honda
20 19 RC Enerson 1:24.277 1.4766 0.1459 12 12 143.953 Honda
21 27 Marco Andretti 1:24.416 1.6156 0.1390 16 16 143.716 Honda
22 21 Josef Newgarden 1:24.519 1.7187 0.1031 4 6 143.541 Chevy