Veekay tops Tuesday IndyCar times at Barber

#21 Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus Veekay (shown above) turned the fastest lap in Tuesday private test at Barber Motorsports Park.

Veekay’s time of 1m06.5183s in his Chevy powered IndyCar topped fellow Chevy driver Sebastien Bourdais in the #14 AJ Foyt entry by 0.115s.

Graham Rahal was the fastest of the Honda drivers in third at 1m06.721s.

Sebastien Bourdais was 2nd quick. IMS Photo – Joe Skibinski

#12 Will Power was the fastest of the Team Penske drivers in 4th while #20 Conor Daly rounded out the top-5 in the 2nd Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy.

Penske #2 Chevy driver Josef Newgarden, who was quickest at the lunch break, improved his time from the morning but ended up 6th quick overall when the day ended.

Newgarden was followed by his two other Team Penske teammate, Scott McLaughlin and Simon Pagenaud in 7th and 8th respectively.

Ex F1 driver Romain Grosjean finished dead last as he struggled almost 1-second off the pace. In the morning he spun off in Turn 1 but was not injured.

Tuesday Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	21	Rinus VeeKay	1m06.518s	0.000s	0.000s	105	124.477	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
2	14	Sebastien Bourdais	1m06.633s	0.115s	0.115s	107	124.262	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
3	15	Graham Rahal	1m06.721s	0.203s	0.088s	141	124.099	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
4	12	Will Power	1m06.902s	0.384s	0.181s	109	123.762	Chevy	Team Penske
5	20	Conor Daly	1m07.021s	0.503s	0.119s	94	123.543	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
6	2	Josef Newgarden	1m07.039s	0.521s	0.019s	54	123.509	Chevy	Team Penske
7	3	Scott McLaughlin	1m07.065s	0.547s	0.025s	104	123.462	Chevy	Team Penske
8	22	Simon Pagenaud	1m07.166s	0.648s	0.101s	107	123.277	Chevy	Team Penske
9	4	Dalton Kellett	1m07.238s	0.720s	0.073s	73	123.144	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
10	18	Ed Jones	1m07.388s	0.870s	0.150s	86	122.870	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
11	30	Takuma Sato	1m07.449s	0.930s	0.060s	111	122.760	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
12	51	Romain Grosjean	1m07.478s	0.960s	0.030s	83	122.706	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing