Speed leads opening GRC practice
Scott Speed placed the #41 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross VW Beetle atop the time sheets in opening Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington DC presented by Volkswagen. Speed's 67.297 mph lap was six-tenths quicker than Chip Ganassi Racing's Jeff Ward and 8 tenths quicker than his teammate Tanner Foust.
Patrik Sandell and Ken Block rounded out the top-five. Full times below.
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P | No | Name | FTime | Diff | Gap | Laps | FSpeed | NAT | Team | Make |
1 | 41 | Scott Speed | 47.075 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 14 | 67.297 | USA | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | VW |
2 | 360 | Jeff Ward | 47.764 | 0.689 | 0.689 | 17 | 66.326 | Scotland | Loenbro Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford |
3 | 34 | Tanner Foust | 47.881 | 0.806 | 0.117 | 11 | 66.164 | USA | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | VW |
4 | 18 | Patrik Sandell | 47.997 | 0.922 | 0.116 | 11 | 66.004 | SWE | Bryan Herta Rallysport | Ford |
5 | 43 | Ken Block | 48.275 | 1.200 | 0.278 | 17 | 65.624 | USA | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford |
6 | 07 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 48.320 | 1.245 | 0.045 | 11 | 65.563 | BRA | SH Racing Rallycross | Ford |
7 | 00 | Steve Arpin | 48.346 | 1.271 | 0.026 | 17 | 65.528 | CAN | Loenbro Chip Ganassi Racing | Ford |
8 | 31 | Joni Wiman | 48.384 | 1.309 | 0.038 | 10 | 65.476 | FIN | Olsbergs MSE | Ford |
9 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson | 48.866 | 1.791 | 0.482 | 17 | 64.830 | SWE | Olsbergs MSE | Ford |
10 | 14 | Austin Dyne | 49.182 | 2.107 | 0.316 | 19 | 64.414 | USA | Bryan Herta Rallysport | Ford |
11 | 77 | Logan Gomez | 50.132 | 3.057 | 0.950 | 15 | 63.193 | USA | Bryan Herta Rallysport | Ford |
12 | 59 | Pat Moro | 52.054 | 4.979 | 1.922 | 15 | 60.860 | USA | Chevrolet Sonic Racing/PMR Motorsports | Chevrolet |