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IndyCar: Newgarden tops Herta in final practice at Road America

Posted by AR1 staff

Josef Newgarden made himself the favorite to win the pole for the Rev group Grand Prix IndyCar race by topping final practice n his #2 Penske Chevy.

Newgarden’s lap of 1m45.339s beat Colton Herta’s #26 Honda by 0.1331s in a session where everyone was running the soft red tires for qualifying simulation runs.

Graham Rahal was 3rd in his #15 RLL Honda, ahead of Practice 1 fast man Romain Grosjean in the #52 Dale Coyne Honda.

Oliver Askew was an impressive 5th in the #21 Ed Carpenter Chevy.

Scott Dixon missed most of the session with a broken floor after hitting some debris in the carousel.

Practice 2 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Laps Speed Engine Team
1 2 Josef Newgarden 1:45.3399 0.000s 0.000s 14 137.179 Chevy Team Penske
2 26 Colton Herta 1:45.4730 0.1331 0.1331 12 137.006 Honda Andretti Autosport
3 15 Graham Rahal 1:45.6515 0.3116 0.1785 13 136.774 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
4 51 Romain Grosjean 1:45.7700 0.4301 0.1185 12 136.621 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
5 21 Oliver Askew 1:45.7953 0.4554 0.0253 13 136.588 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
6 10 Alex Palou 1:45.8636 0.5237 0.0683 14 136.500 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
7 5 Pato O’Ward 1:45.8705 0.5306 0.0069 13 136.491 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
8 14 Sebastien Bourdais 1:45.9051 0.5652 0.0346 12 136.447 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
9 12 Will Power 1:45.9502 0.6103 0.0451 15 136.389 Chevy Team Penske
10 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:46.0235 0.6836 0.0733 12 136.294 Honda Andretti Autosport
11 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:46.0697 0.7298 0.0462 12 136.235 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
12 20 Conor Daly 1:46.0797 0.7398 0.0100 14 136.222 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
13 60 Jack Harvey 1:46.1380 0.7981 0.0583 12 136.147 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
14 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:46.1982 0.8583 0.0602 13 136.070 Chevy Team Penske
15 27 Alexander Rossi 1:46.2762 0.9363 0.0780 13 135.970 Honda Andretti Autosport
16 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:46.4158 1.0759 0.1396 15 135.792 Chevy Team Penske
17 18 Ed Jones 1:46.4276 1.0877 0.0118 12 135.777 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
18 29 James Hinchcliffe 1:46.6066 1.2667 0.1790 11 135.549 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
19 30 Takuma Sato 1:46.7610 1.4211 0.1544 14 135.353 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20 7 Kevin Magnussen 1:46.9516 1.6117 0.1906 12 135.112 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
21 59 Max Chilton 1:47.0254 1.6855 0.0738 13 135.018 Chevy Carlin
22 9 Scott Dixon 1:47.2181 1.8782 0.1927 8 134.776 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
23 4 Dalton Kellett 1:47.4903 2.1504 0.2722 16 134.434 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
24 48 Jimmie Johnson 1:47.6821 2.3422 0.1918 15 134.195 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
25 52 Cody Ware 1:49.2264 3.8865 1.5443 11 132.298 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing