Dixon jumps to top in 2nd IndyCar practice

Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon, a previous winner here at Infineon Raceway, turned the fastest lap in Saturday morning practice in his Ganassi Dallara-Honda. His time of 1m17.4312s was 3/10ths faster than Penske Racing's Helio Castroneves.

Dixon's Ganassi teammate Dario Franchitti was third quick. Alex Tagliani and championship point leader Will Power rounded out the top-5.

Results

Rank

No Name Laps Gap Diff Time Speed
1 9 Scott Dixon 21 –.—- –.—- 1:17.4312 107.073 mph
2 3 Helio Castroneves 25 0.2998 0.2998 1:17.7309 106.66 mph
3 10 Dario Franchitti 25 0.0395 0.3393 1:17.7705 106.606 mph
4 77 Alex Tagliani 23 0.0083 0.3476 1:17.7788 106.595 mph
5 12 Will Power 23 0.0170 0.3646 1:17.7958 106.571 mph
6 6 Ryan Briscoe 24 0.0755 0.4401 1:17.8713 106.468 mph
7 37 Ryan Hunter-Reay 24 0.0822 0.5223 1:17.9535 106.356 mph
8 22 Justin Wilson 22 0.1000 0.6223 1:18.0535 106.219 mph
9 02 Graham Rahal 20 0.0117 0.6340 1:18.0652 106.204 mph
10 24 JR Hildebrand 22 0.0285 0.6625 1:18.0937 106.165 mph
11 06 Hideki Mutoh 25 0.0596 0.7221 1:18.1533 106.084 mph
12 4 Dan Wheldon 28 0.1631 0.8852 1:18.3164 105.863 mph
13 8 EJ Viso 24 0.0090 0.8942 1:18.3254 105.851 mph
14 26 Marco Andretti 24 0.0128 0.9070 1:18.3382 105.833 mph
15 2 Raphael Matos 24 0.0707 0.9777 1:18.4089 105.738 mph
16 11 Tony Kanaan 23 0.0112 0.9889 1:18.4201 105.723 mph
17 34 Bertrand Baguette 25 0.1134 1.1023 1:18.5335 105.57 mph
18 32 Mario Moraes 25 0.0820 1.1843 1:18.6154 105.46 mph
19 5 Takuma Sato 21 0.0185 1.2028 1:18.6340 105.435 mph
20 19 Alex Lloyd 29 0.0687 1.2715 1:18.7026 105.343 mph
21 14 Vitor Meira 29 0.0531 1.3246 1:18.7557 105.272 mph
22 78 Simona de Silvestro 20 0.1707 1.4953 1:18.9265 105.045 mph
23 7 Danica Patrick 14 0.1555 1.6508 1:19.0819 104.838 mph
24 36 Francesco Dracone 28 2.4029 4.0537 1:21.4848 101.746 mph
25 18 Milka Duno 31 0.3611 4.4148 1:21.8460 101.298 mph