Hunter-Reay leads opening practice at Barber
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| Ryan Hunter-Reay leads opening session at Barber |
With a lap of 1:08.847, Ryan Hunter-Reay posted the fastest time in the recently concluded opening practice session for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Josef Newgarden made it a Honda 1-2, posting the second fastest time in the session interrupted by three red flag periods. Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves was third, fastest of the Chevrolet teams.
The next practice session for the Verizon IndyCar Series will begin at 3:00 p.m. ET. Full results below
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car No. | Time | In Lap | Speed | Laps | Difference | Gap |
| 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 28 | 01:08.8470 | 9 | 120.267 | 9 | –.—- | –.—- |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden | 67 | 01:08.9336 | 10 | 120.116 | 10 | 0.0866 | 0.0866 |
| 3 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | 01:09.0094 | 6 | 119.984 | 6 | 0.1624 | 0.0758 |
| 4 | Marco Andretti | 25 | 01:09.0930 | 6 | 119.838 | 6 | 0.2460 | 0.0836 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 01:09.1395 | 7 | 119.758 | 7 | 0.2925 | 0.0465 |
| 6 | James Hinchcliffe | 27 | 01:09.2391 | 11 | 119.586 | 11 | 0.3921 | 0.0996 |
| 7 | Justin Wilson | 19 | 01:09.2906 | 7 | 119.497 | 7 | 0.4436 | 0.0515 |
| 8 | Sebastien Bourdais | 11 | 01:09.4433 | 9 | 119.234 | 9 | 0.5963 | 0.1527 |
| 9 | Ryan Briscoe | 8 | 01:09.4521 | 7 | 119.219 | 11 | 0.6051 | 0.0088 |
| 10 | Simon Pagenaud | 77 | 01:09.4654 | 8 | 119.196 | 8 | 0.6184 | 0.0133 |
| 11 | Mike Conway | 20 | 01:09.4978 | 7 | 119.14 | 7 | 0.6508 | 0.0324 |
| 12 | Will Power | 12 | 01:09.5044 | 6 | 119.129 | 6 | 0.6574 | 0.0066 |
| 13 | Sebastian Saavedra | 17 | 01:09.5383 | 11 | 119.071 | 11 | 0.6913 | 0.0339 |
| 14 | Carlos Munoz | 34 | 01:09.7400 | 9 | 118.727 | 9 | 0.8930 | 0.2017 |
| 15 | Graham Rahal | 15 | 01:09.7860 | 14 | 118.648 | 14 | 0.9390 | 0.0460 |
| 16 | Jack Hawksworth | 98 | 01:09.8718 | 12 | 118.503 | 12 | 1.0248 | 0.0858 |
| 17 | Tony Kanaan | 10 | 01:10.0126 | 8 | 118.264 | 11 | 1.1656 | 0.1408 |
| 18 | Charlie Kimball | 83 | 01:10.0486 | 12 | 118.204 | 12 | 1.2016 | 0.0360 |
| 19 | Oriol Servia | 16 | 01:10.0508 | 8 | 118.2 | 8 | 1.2038 | 0.0022 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | 14 | 01:10.1867 | 6 | 117.971 | 10 | 1.3397 | 0.1359 |
| 21 | Mikhail Aleshin | 7 | 01:10.2171 | 5 | 117.92 | 11 | 1.3701 | 0.0304 |
| 22 | Carlos Huertas | 18 | 01:10.7585 | 6 | 117.018 | 15 | 1.9115 | 0.5414 |
| 23 | Scott Dixon | 9 | 32:33.3824 | 1 | 4.239 | 1 | 31:24.5354 | 31:22.6239 |