Detroit: Dixon tops opening IndyCar practice

The top two drivers in the IndyCar point standings, and the only two with a chance to win the title, were 1-2 in opening practice on Belle Isle Friday morning. Scott Dixon was comfortably faster than Helio Castroneves who was comfortably faster than the rest of the field.

Pos

Driver Diff Gap Best Time Best Speed
1 Scott Dixon (9) –.—- –.—- 1:13.9714 100.742
2 Helio Castroneves (3) 0.5240 0.5240 1:14.4954 100.033
3 Ryan Briscoe (6) 0.9288 0.4048 1:14.9002 99.492
4 Tony Kanaan (11) 1.6780 0.7492 1:15.6494 98.507
5 Ryan Hunter-Reay (17) 1.7290 0.0510 1:15.7004 98.441
6 Danica Patrick (7) 1.7609 0.0319 1:15.7323 98.399
7 Graham Rahal (06) 1.9676 0.2067 1:15.9390 98.131
8 Dan Wheldon (10) 2.0046 0.0370 1:15.9760 98.084
9 Darren Manning (14) 2.0718 0.0672 1:16.0432 97.997
10 Vitor Meira (4) 2.0888 0.0170 1:16.0602 97.975
11 EJ Viso (33) 2.2768 0.1880 1:16.2482 97.733
12 Hideki Mutoh (27) 2.5160 0.2392 1:16.4874 97.428
13 Oriol Servia (5) 2.6325 0.1165 1:16.6039 97.280
14 AJ Foyt IV (2) 2.7502 0.1177 1:16.7216 97.130
15 Will Power (8) 2.8265 0.0763 1:16.7979 97.034
16 Tomas Scheckter (12) 2.8887 0.0622 1:16.8601 96.955
17 Bruno Junqueira (18) 2.9498 0.0611 1:16.9212 96.878
18 Mario Moraes (19) 3.4117 0.4619 1:17.3831 96.300
19 Buddy Rice (15) 3.4544 0.0427 1:17.4258 96.247
20 Marco Andretti (26) 3.6430 0.1886 1:17.6144 96.013
21 Justin Wilson (02) 3.9849 0.3419 1:17.9563 95.592
22 Ed Carpenter (20) 4.3502 0.3653 1:18.3216 95.146
23 Jaime Camara (34) 5.4329 1.0827 1:19.4043 93.849
24 Enrique Bernoldi (36) 5.4781 0.0452 1:19.4495 93.795
25 Milka Duno (23) 9.5586 4.0805 1:23.5300 89.213
26 Marty Roth (25) 19.6068 10.0482 1:33.5782 79.634