Toronto: Dixon fastest, then crashes
Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon was fastest in opening practice for this weekend's Toronto Honda IndyCar race at Exhibition place. However, Dixon got into the back of Takuma Sato in turn 2 and spun Sato around. Bertrand Baguette came around the blind corner and ran right into the back of Dixon's gearbox, damaging both his and Dixon's car.
Justin Wilson was 2nd quick in the Dreyer & Reinbold car ahead of Canadian favorite Alex Tagliani. Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti rounded out the top-5.
Results
| Rank | No | Name | Laps | Gap | Diff | Best Lap | Best Lap Time | Best Lap Speed |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 11 | –.—- | –.—- | 5 | 1:03.9149 | 98.85 mph |
| 2 | 22 | Justin Wilson | 17 | 0.0655 | 0.0655 | 11 | 1:03.9804 | 98.749 mph |
| 3 | 77 | Alex Tagliani | 12 | 0.0416 | 0.1071 | 7 | 1:04.0220 | 98.685 mph |
| 4 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 8 | 0.0135 | 0.1206 | 7 | 1:04.0354 | 98.664 mph |
| 5 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 12 | 0.2989 | 0.4195 | 7 | 1:04.3344 | 98.206 mph |
| 6 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | 12 | 0.0661 | 0.4856 | 11 | 1:04.4004 | 98.105 mph |
| 7 | 37 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 10 | 0.0107 | 0.4963 | 9 | 1:04.4111 | 98.089 mph |
| 8 | 12 | Will Power | 13 | 0.0332 | 0.5295 | 8 | 1:04.4444 | 98.038 mph |
| 9 | 8 | EJ Viso | 16 | 0.0342 | 0.5637 | 15 | 1:04.4786 | 97.986 mph |
| 10 | 2 | Raphael Matos | 14 | 0.1036 | 0.6673 | 13 | 1:04.5822 | 97.829 mph |
| 11 | 24 | Tomas Scheckter | 29 | 0.0264 | 0.6937 | 27 | 1:04.6085 | 97.789 mph |
| 12 | 14 | Vitor Meira | 35 | 0.1073 | 0.8010 | 34 | 1:04.7159 | 97.627 mph |
| 13 | 02 | Graham Rahal | 20 | 0.0329 | 0.8339 | 19 | 1:04.7488 | 97.577 mph |
| 14 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | 11 | 0.1274 | 0.9613 | 7 | 1:04.8761 | 97.385 mph |
| 15 | 15 | Paul Tracy | 13 | 0.1322 | 1.0935 | 6 | 1:05.0083 | 97.187 mph |
| 16 | 26 | Marco Andretti | 26 | 0.3938 | 1.4873 | 23 | 1:05.4021 | 96.602 mph |
| 17 | 06 | Hideki Mutoh | 20 | 0.2579 | 1.7452 | 19 | 1:05.6601 | 96.223 mph |
| 18 | 36 | Bertrand Baguette | 26 | 0.0113 | 1.7565 | 13 | 1:05.6714 | 96.206 mph |
| 19 | 4 | Dan Wheldon | 20 | 0.1940 | 1.9505 | 9 | 1:05.8653 | 95.923 mph |
| 20 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | 15 | 0.0684 | 2.0189 | 8 | 1:05.9338 | 95.823 mph |
| 21 | 32 | Mario Moraes | 12 | 0.0864 | 2.1053 | 5 | 1:06.0202 | 95.698 mph |
| 22 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 18 | 0.1568 | 2.2621 | 16 | 1:06.1770 | 95.471 mph |
| 23 | 5 | Takuma Sato | 21 | 0.2625 | 2.5246 | 20 | 1:06.4394 | 95.094 mph |
| 24 | 19 | Alex Lloyd | 28 | 0.6514 | 3.1760 | 26 | 1:07.0909 | 94.171 mph |
| 25 | 34 | Mario Romancini | 24 | 0.5875 | 3.7635 | 14 | 1:07.6783 | 93.353 mph |
| 26 | 18 | Milka Duno | 22 | 4.3168 | 8.0803 | 21 | 1:11.9951 | 87.756 mph |