Saavedra paces Indy Lights practice

Sebastian Saavedra topped the charts as Firestone Indy Lights teams began preparations for the season-ending Homestead-Miami 100 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Saavedra, driver of the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. car for AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing, posted a top lap of 28.5564 seconds, 187.208 mph.

In all, 18 cars turned 1,037 laps in the practice session without incident. Wade Cunningham (28.7510, 185.941) was second fastest in the No. 11 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car.

Pippa Mann (28.7543, 185.920) was third in the No. 16 Panther Racing car. J.R. Hildebrand, who has already clinched the Firestone Firehawk Cup as the series' champion, was fourth on the chart with a best lap of 28.7831, 185.743. James Davison (28.8073; 185.578) was fifth.

Results

Rank	Car Driver Name	Time	Speed	Diff	Gap
1	27 Saavedra, Sebastian (R)	00:28.5564	187.208	–.—-	–.—-
2	11 Cunningham, Wade	00:28.7510	185.941	0.1946	0.1946
3	16 Mann, Pippa (R)	00:28.7543	185.920	0.1979	0.0033
4	26 Hildebrand, JR	00:28.7831	185.734	0.2267	0.0288
5	21 Davison, James	00:28.8073	185.578	0.2509	0.0242
6	44 Yacaman, Gustavo (R)	00:28.8865	185.069	0.3301	0.0792
7	5 Romancini, Mario (R)	00:28.8881	185.059	0.3317	0.0016
8	2 Prendeville, Andrew	00:28.8892	185.052	0.3328	0.0011
9	24 Potekhen, Mike	00:28.9127	184.901	0.3563	0.0235
10	35 Kimball, Charlie (R)	00:28.9191	184.861	0.3627	0.0064
11	9 Guthrie, Sean	00:28.9275	184.807	0.3711	0.0084
12	20 Gomez, Logan	00:28.9356	184.755	0.3792	0.0081
13	7 Hinchcliffe, James (R)	00:28.9415	184.717	0.3851	0.0059
14	15 Plowman, Martin (R)	00:28.9848	184.442	0.4284	0.0433
15	28 Herrington, Daniel (R)	00:29.0175	184.234	0.4611	0.0327
16	32 Wagner, Brandon (R)	00:29.0366	184.112	0.4802	0.0191
17	37 Philippe, Richard (R)	00:29.1617	183.323	0.6053	0.1251
18	55 Barbosa, Rodrigo (R)	00:29.4893	181.286	0.9329	0.3276