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Texas Final Practice Report

Tony Kanaan got things fixed. Visibly angry after qualification, he was the fastest in the final practice at 218.551. James Hinchcliffe was a tick slower at 217.575. Will Power, Scott Dixon, and James Jakes rounded out the top 5.

James Jakes has been vocal in his opposition to running tall banked ovals such at Texas. However, he told me today that his comfort level is growing. Tonight’s strong showing might even make him enjoy the experience.

Also getting up to speed were Takuma Sato, who didn’t get to qualify due to transmission woes, but was 6th fastest. Pippa Mann got her car to 10th on the speed chart.

Noticeably slow were the race favorites – Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti and Justin Wilson took up the bottom 3 spots.

— Tim Wohlford, reporting from Texas!!

Results

Rank Car Driver Name Engine Time Speed Diff Gap Total Laps
1 11 Kanaan, Tony CHEVY 00:23.9670 218.551 –.—- –.—- 39
2 27 Hinchcliffe, James CHEVY 00:24.0745 217.575 0.1075 0.1075 34
3 12 Power, Will CHEVY 00:24.1234 217.134 0.1564 0.0489 52
4 9 Dixon, Scott HONDA 00:24.1705 216.710 0.2035 0.0471 43
5 16 Jakes, James HONDA 00:24.1859 216.572 0.2189 0.0154 42
6 14 Sato, Takuma HONDA 00:24.2885 215.658 0.3215 0.1026 45
7 78 De Silvestro, Simona CHEVY 00:24.3826 214.825 0.4156 0.0941 38
8 77 Pagenaud, Simon HONDA 00:24.3870 214.787 0.4200 0.0044 29
9 10 Franchitti, Dario HONDA 00:24.4126 214.561 0.4456 0.0256 54
10 18 Mann, Pippa HONDA 00:24.5101 213.708 0.5431 0.0975 48
11 67 Newgarden, Josef HONDA 00:24.5299 213.535 0.5629 0.0198 39
12 20 Carpenter, Ed CHEVY 00:24.5381 213.464 0.5711 0.0082 42
13 1 Hunter-Reay, Ryan CHEVY 00:24.5871 213.039 0.6201 0.0490 42
14 4 Servia, Oriol CHEVY 00:24.6113 212.829 0.6443 0.0242 36
15 3 Castroneves, Helio CHEVY 00:24.6493 212.501 0.6823 0.0380 42
16 7 Bourdais, Sebastien CHEVY 00:24.6741 212.287 0.7071 0.0248 52
17 55 Vautier, Tristan (R) HONDA 00:24.6820 212.219 0.7150 0.0079 40
18 98 Tagliani, Alex HONDA 00:24.8055 211.163 0.8385 0.1235 26
19 5 Viso, EJ CHEVY 00:24.8294 210.960 0.8624 0.0239 24
20 6 Saavedra, Sebastian CHEVY 00:24.8489 210.794 0.8819 0.0195 47
21 83 Kimball, Charlie HONDA 00:24.8847 210.491 0.9177 0.0358 40
22 15 Rahal, Graham HONDA 00:24.9180 210.209 0.9510 0.0333 45
23 25 Andretti, Marco CHEVY 00:24.9259 210.143 0.9589 0.0079 49
24 19 Wilson, Justin HONDA 00:24.9902 209.602 1.0232 0.0643 35