Dixon tops opening IndyCar practice in Texas

Scott Dixon, the 2008 race winner at Texas Motor Speedway, topped the speed chart in the afternoon practice session preceding PEAK Performance Pole Award qualifications for the Firestone 550K.

Dixon, driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, had a quick lap of 216.387 mph (24.2066 seconds) on the 1.5-mile oval. Ryan Briscoe in the No. 6 Team Penske car was second (216.098 mph).

The 26 cars were separated by 0.4222 of a second. Will Power (215.887) was third and KV Racing Technology's E.J. Viso was fourth (215.107). Dan Wheldon, the Indy 500 runner-up, was fifth quick (215.033).

A surprise of sorts was Milka Duno in sixth (214.727 mph) in the No. 18 CITGO car for Dale Coyne Racing.

In three races at Texas, Duno has advanced her starting position twice (eight places in 2008 and 10 in '09).

Results

Rank	No	Name	Laps	Gap	Diff	Best Lap Time	Best Lap Speed
1	9	Scott Dixon	45	–.—-	–.—-	0:24.2066	216.387 mph
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	52	0.0324	0.0324	0:24.2390	216.098 mph
3	12	Will Power	48	0.0237	0.0561	0:24.2627	215.887 mph
4	8	EJ Viso	44	0.0880	0.1441	0:24.3507	215.107 mph
5	4	Dan Wheldon	45	0.0084	0.1525	0:24.3591	215.033 mph
6	18	Milka Duno	34	0.0347	0.1872	0:24.3938	214.727 mph
7	26	Marco Andretti	41	0.0044	0.1916	0:24.3982	214.688 mph
8	11	Tony Kanaan	29	0.0102	0.2018	0:24.4084	214.598 mph
9	10	Dario Franchitti	35	0.0098	0.2116	0:24.4182	214.512 mph
10	3	Helio Castroneves	47	0.0192	0.2308	0:24.4374	214.344 mph
11	19	Alex Lloyd	40	0.0013	0.2321	0:24.4387	214.332 mph
12	77	Alex Tagliani	34	0.0050	0.2371	0:24.4437	214.288 mph
13	22	Justin Wilson	38	0.0245	0.2616	0:24.4682	214.074 mph
14	36	Bertrand Baguette	44	0.0090	0.2706	0:24.4772	213.995 mph
15	7	Danica Patrick	56	0.0031	0.2737	0:24.4803	213.968 mph
16	67	Sarah Fisher	45	0.0110	0.2847	0:24.4913	213.872 mph
17	14	Vitor Meira	44	0.0110	0.2957	0:24.5023	213.776 mph
18	32	Mario Moraes	36	0.0304	0.3261	0:24.5327	213.511 mph
19	06	Hideki Mutoh	48	0.0168	0.3429	0:24.5495	213.365 mph
20	24	Tomas Scheckter	46	0.0018	0.3447	0:24.5513	213.349 mph
21	37	Ryan Hunter-Reay	42	0.0068	0.3515	0:24.5581	213.29 mph
22	2	Raphael Matos	35	0.0378	0.3893	0:24.5959	212.962 mph
23	66	Jay Howard	35	0.0037	0.3930	0:24.5996	212.93 mph
24	5	Takuma Sato	58	0.0013	0.3943	0:24.6009	212.919 mph
25	78	Simona de Silvestro	44	0.0231	0.4174	0:24.6240	212.719 mph
26	34	Mario Romancini	37	0.0048	0.4222	0:24.6288	212.678 mph