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Ganassi drivers top Sonoma IndyCar test

Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon topped the timesheet as all 25 cars entered in the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma participated in five hours of an IZOD IndyCar Series Open Test on the 2.385-mile, 12-turn Sonoma Raceway on Aug. 21.

Franchitti, who has five podium finishes (including the 2009 victory) in seven starts at Sonoma, posted the fastest lap of the day of 1 minute, 18.2945 seconds in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.

That lap time was only a second off the track record set in 2012 qualifications by pole sitter Will Power of Team Penske.

Dixon was second fast (1:18.3694) and reigning series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was third on the time sheet (1:18.4707) in the No. 1 DHL Andretti Autosport car. Power (1:18.5042) was fourth in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, while series championship points leader Helio Castroneves was fifth (1:18.8965).

The top 10 were separated by a second, and the top 24 were separated by less than two seconds.

Results

Rank Car Driver Name Engine Session Time Speed Laps
1 10 Franchitti, Dario HONDA Practice 2 01:18.2945 109.663 38
2 9 Dixon, Scott HONDA Practice 2 01:18.3694 109.558 46
3 1 Hunter-Reay, Ryan CHEVY Practice 2 01:18.4707 109.417 37
4 12 Power, Will CHEVY Practice 2 01:18.5082 109.364 45
5 3 Castroneves, Helio CHEVY Practice 2 01:18.8965 108.826 48
6 27 Hinchcliffe, James CHEVY Practice 1 01:18.9329 108.776 43
7 25 Andretti, Marco CHEVY Practice 2 01:18.9912 108.696 35
8 7 Bourdais, Sebastien CHEVY Practice 1 01:19.1274 108.509 34
9 6 Saavedra, Sebastian CHEVY Practice 2 01:19.2560 108.332 35
10 19 Wilson, Justin HONDA Practice 2 01:19.2731 108.309 43
11 78 De Silvestro, Simona CHEVY Practice 2 01:19.3386 108.220 39
12 4 Briscoe, Ryan CHEVY Practice 1 01:19.3941 108.144 38
13 83 Kimball, Charlie HONDA Practice 2 01:19.4095 108.123 51
14 5 Viso, EJ CHEVY Practice 2 01:19.4495 108.069 28
15 67 Newgarden, Josef HONDA Practice 2 01:19.4671 108.045 38
16 11 Kanaan, Tony CHEVY Practice 2 01:19.5319 107.957 31
17 16 Jakes, James HONDA Practice 2 01:19.5426 107.942 44
18 98 Hildebrand, JR HONDA Practice 2 01:19.6668 107.774 51
19 15 Rahal, Graham HONDA Practice 2 01:19.7022 107.726 58
20 77 Pagenaud, Simon HONDA Practice 2 01:19.7100 107.715 57
21 55 Vautier, Tristan (R) HONDA Practice 2 01:19.9103 107.445 44
22 14 Sato, Takuma HONDA Practice 2 01:19.9302 107.419 36
23 18 Davison, James (R) HONDA Practice 2 01:20.1534 107.120 50
24 20 Carpenter, Ed CHEVY Practice 2 01:20.2236 107.026 45
25 97 Luhr, Lucas (R) HONDA Practice 1 01:20.2262 107.022 44