Watkins Glen: Briscoe tops practice 3
Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe, who is rumored to be driving for his job, turned the fastest lap of the weekend in the third practice session at Watkins Glen Saturday, 0.64 sec. faster that Friday's top driver, Scott Dixon, thereby tabbing himself as the favorite to win the pole in this afternoon's qualifying.
Tony Kanaan, Danica Patrick and Dan Wheldon rounded out the top-5.
| Pos | Driver Name | Best Time | Best Speed | Best Lap | Total Laps |
| 1 | Ryan Briscoe (6) | 1:29.5822 | 135.429 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Scott Dixon (9) | 1:30.2213 | 134.469 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Tony Kanaan (11) | 1:30.2707 | 134.396 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | Danica Patrick (7) | 1:30.2845 | 134.375 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | Dan Wheldon (10) | 1:30.3701 | 134.248 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (17) | 1:30.3751 | 134.241 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | Will Power (8) | 1:30.3805 | 134.232 | 9 | 13 |
| 8 | Helio Castroneves (3) | 1:30.4863 | 134.076 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Justin Wilson (02) | 1:30.5070 | 134.045 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Marco Andretti (26) | 1:30.5684 | 133.954 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Vitor Meira (4) | 1:30.7191 | 133.731 | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Hideki Mutoh (27) | 1:30.9439 | 133.401 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | Enrique Bernoldi (36) | 1:31.2442 | 132.962 | 7 | 10 |
| 14 | Oriol Servia (5) | 1:31.2595 | 132.940 | 9 | 12 |
| 15 | Mario Moraes (19) | 1:31.3131 | 132.862 | 9 | 10 |
| 16 | EJ Viso (33) | 1:31.4248 | 132.699 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | Buddy Rice (15) | 1:31.6112 | 132.429 | 9 | 12 |
| 18 | Bruno Junqueira (18) | 1:31.6926 | 132.312 | 6 | 7 |
| 19 | A.J. Foyt IV (2) | 1:31.9340 | 131.964 | 10 | 11 |
| 20 | Darren Manning (14) | 1:31.9519 | 131.939 | 10 | 11 |
| 21 | Mario Dominguez (96) | 1:31.9643 | 131.921 | 7 | 8 |
| 22 | Ed Carpenter (20) | 1:32.0177 | 131.844 | 10 | 15 |
| 23 | Graham Rahal (06) | 1:33.2904 | 130.046 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Jaime Camara (34) | 1:35.1023 | 127.568 | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | Jay Howard (24) | 1:35.1131 | 127.553 | 7 | 8 |
| 26 | Milka Duno (23) | 1:36.8196 | 125.305 | 8 | 14 |