Chevys dominate Indy 500 Carb Day

If today's speeds during Carb Day for the 99th Indy 500 are any indication, Sunday is going to be a long day for the Honda teams. Will Power, lead driver for Penske Racing, drove his Chevy to a top speed of 229.020 MPH to lead the 1-hour practice session, which was the final chance for the drivers and teams to get their cars setup for race day.

Chevy drivers Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Simon Pagenaud were 2nd thru 4th with the Takuma Sato in 5th – the fastest of the Honda drivers.

8 of the top-10 cars were Chevy powered.

Results

Pos No Name Speed Time Diff Gap FL Laps Engine
1 1 Will Power 229.020 39.298 0.000 0.000 20 46 Chevy
2 9 Scott Dixon 228.585 39.373 0.0749 0.0749 23 44 Chevy
3 10 Tony Kanaan 228.490 39.389 0.0913 0.0164 11 39 Chevy
4 22 Simon Pagenaud 228.458 39.395 0.0967 0.0054 22 36 Chevy
5 14 Takuma Sato 228.242 39.432 0.1340 0.0373 33 38 Honda
6 83 Charlie Kimball 227.811 39.507 0.2087 0.0747 11 38 Chevy
7 8 Sage Karam 227.478 39.564 0.2664 0.0577 16 30 Chevy
8 6 JR Hildebrand 227.199 39.613 0.3151 0.0487 11 31 Chevy
9 98 Gabby Chaves 226.802 39.682 0.3844 0.0693 11 37 Honda
10 3 Helio Castroneves 226.674 39.705 0.4068 0.0224 23 52 Chevy
11 19 James Davison 226.578 39.721 0.4236 0.0168 29 45 Honda
12 41 Jack Hawksworth 226.436 39.746 0.4485 0.0249 26 30 Honda
13 32 Oriol Servia 226.212 39.786 0.4878 0.0393 32 41 Honda
14 21 Josef Newgarden 226.030 39.818 0.5199 0.0321 5 41 Chevy
15 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 226.022 39.819 0.5213 0.0014 15 15 Chevy
16 48 Alex Tagliani 225.939 39.834 0.5359 0.0146 11 29 Honda
17 20 Ed Carpenter 225.697 39.877 0.5787 0.0428 18 27 Chevy
18 18 Tristan Vautier 225.687 39.878 0.5804 0.0017 31 43 Honda
19 17 Sebastian Saavedra 225.567 39.899 0.6016 0.0212 17 31 Chevy
20 26 Carlos Munoz 225.360 39.936 0.6383 0.0367 40 46 Honda
21 43 Conor Daly 225.332 39.941 0.6432 0.0049 12 34 Honda
22 15 Graham Rahal 225.288 39.949 0.6511 0.0079 9 45 Honda
23 4 Stefano Coletti 224.837 40.029 0.7312 0.0801 14 39 Chevy
24 27 Marco Andretti 224.737 40.047 0.7490 0.0178 12 34 Honda
25 11 Sebastien Bourdais 224.696 40.054 0.7563 0.0073 16 34 Chevy
26 25 Justin Wilson 224.691 40.055 0.7572 0.0009 16 38 Honda
27 24 Townsend Bell 224.508 40.088 0.7899 0.0327 17 34 Chevy
28 7 James Jakes 224.497 40.090 0.7919 0.0020 16 31 Honda
29 29 Simona de Silvestro 224.405 40.106 0.8083 0.0164 7 29 Honda
30 5 Ryan Briscoe 224.005 40.178 0.8798 0.0715 23 38 Honda
31 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 223.972 40.184 0.8858 0.0060 17 36 Honda
32 63 Pippa Mann 223.589 40.252 0.9547 0.0689 19 29 Honda
33 88 Bryan Clauson 222.098 40.523 1.2248 0.2701 18 35 Chevy