Rahal tops final IndyCar practice in Loudon
Chip Ganassi's IndyCars are always strong on road courses, but even more so on ovals. Two of his four drivers were fastest in final practice for Sunday's MoveThatBlock.com race. Graham Rahal was fastest followed by his Ganassi teammate Dario Franchitti.
Third and fourth were James Hinchcliffe and Takuma Sato.
Penske's Ryan Briscoe rounded out the top-5.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | No. | Time | Speed | Diff | Gap |
| 1 | Graham Rahal | Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing | 38 | 00:21.7008 | 170.040 | –.—- | –.—- |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 10 | 00:21.8231 | 169.087 | 0.1223 | 0.1223 |
| 3 | James Hinchcliffe | Newman/Haas Racing | 06 | 00:22.0659 | 167.226 | 0.3651 | 0.2428 |
| 4 | Takuma Sato | KV Racing Technology-Lotus | 5 | 00:22.1568 | 166.540 | 0.4560 | 0.0909 |
| 5 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | 6 | 00:22.2196 | 166.070 | 0.5188 | 0.0628 |
| 6 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 9 | 00:22.2903 | 165.543 | 0.5895 | 0.0707 |
| 7 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | 3 | 00:22.2907 | 165.540 | 0.5899 | 0.0004 |
| 8 | Charlie Kimball | Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | 00:22.3347 | 165.214 | 0.6339 | 0.0440 |
| 9 | JR Hildebrand | Panther Racing | 4 | 00:22.3956 | 164.765 | 0.6948 | 0.0609 |
| 10 | Alex Tagliani | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 77 | 00:22.4083 | 164.671 | 0.7075 | 0.0127 |
| 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology-Lotus | 82 | 00:22.4642 | 164.261 | 0.7634 | 0.0559 |
| 12 | Vitor Meira | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 14 | 00:22.5482 | 163.649 | 0.8474 | 0.0840 |
| 13 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 28 | 00:22.5921 | 163.331 | 0.8913 | 0.0439 |
| 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing | 19 | 00:22.6924 | 162.610 | 0.9916 | 0.1003 |
| 15 | James Jakes | Dale Coyne Racing | 18 | 00:22.6995 | 162.559 | 0.9987 | 0.0071 |
| 16 | Will Power | Team Penske | 12 | 00:22.7847 | 161.951 | 1.0839 | 0.0852 |
| 17 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | 26 | 00:22.9727 | 160.625 | 1.2719 | 0.1880 |
| 18 | Ana Beatriz | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 24 | 00:22.9774 | 160.593 | 1.2766 | 0.0047 |
| 19 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Autosport | 7 | 00:23.0840 | 159.851 | 1.3832 | 0.1066 |
| 20 | Simon Pagenaud | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 22 | 00:23.2143 | 158.954 | 1.5135 | 0.1303 |
| 21 | Pippa Mann | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 30 | 00:23.7453 | 155.399 | 2.0445 | 0.5310 |
| 22 | E.J. Viso | KV Racing Technology-Lotus | 59 | 00:23.7625 | 155.287 | 2.0617 | 0.0172 |
| 23 | Sebastian Saavedra | Conquest Racing | 34 | 00:23.8841 | 154.496 | 2.1833 | 0.1216 |
| 24 | Simona de Silvestro | HVM Racing | 78 | 00:23.9304 | 154.197 | 2.2296 | 0.0463 |
| 25 | Ed Carpenter | Sarah Fisher Racing | 67 | 00:24.3513 | 151.532 | 2.6505 | 0.4209 |
| 26 | Oriol Servia | Newman/Haas Racing | 2 | 00:28.6593 | 128.754 | 6.9585 | 4.3080 |