Indy Fast Friday Practice is Over
Overall, the picture still is heavily weighted for Honda, with 9 of the top 11. Will Power and Josef Newgarden topped the with-tow speed list, but the next 9 were all Honda-powered, including all 5 Andretti cars.
The weather here in Indiana — to the extent that it can be predicted — is supposed to be rainy until tomorrow around 8:00 am. Since it might take as much as 3 hours to dry the track, this endangers the practice schedule for tomorrow, not to mention the start of qualification.
So you ask — since we only have 33 cars, what happens if one whacks the wall or otherwise can't do qualification? Answer — they start anyway, at the back of the field.
— Tim Wohlford and Lucille Dust, reporting from Indy