IndyCar: Pagenaud tops opening practice for the Xpel 375 at TMS

Simon Pagenaud in the #60 Meyer Shank Honda turned the fastest lap in opening practice for the XPEL 375 NTT IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Pagenaud’s speed of 223.087mph nipped the #7 Arrow McLaren Chevy of Felix Rosenqvist, who turned a lap at 222.878mph.

Colton Herta was 3rd quick in the #26 Andretti Honda

More to follow……

Practice 1 Results

Pos No Name Time Behind Gap Speed Engine Team
1 60 Simon Pagenaud 23.2376 0.000s 0.000s 223.087 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
2 7 Felix Rosenqvist 23.2594 0.0218 0.0218 222.878 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
3 26 Colton Herta 23.2690 0.0314 0.0096 222.786 Honda Andretti Autosport
4 77 Callum Ilott 23.3243 0.0867 0.0553 222.257 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
5 3 Scott McLaughlin 23.3268 0.0892 0.0025 222.234 Chevy Team Penske
6 9 Scott Dixon 23.3288 0.0912 0.0020 222.215 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
7 5 Pato O’Ward 23.3299 0.0923 0.0011 222.204 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
8 8 Marcus Ericsson 23.3551 0.1175 0.0252 221.964 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
9 28 Romain Grosjean 23.3673 0.1297 0.0122 221.848 Honda Andretti Autosport
10 10 Alex Palou 23.3783 0.1407 0.0110 221.744 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
11 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 23.3791 0.1415 0.0008 221.737 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
12 51 Takuma Sato 23.3926 0.1550 0.0135 221.609 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
13 15 Graham Rahal 23.3991 0.1615 0.0065 221.547 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14 2 Josef Newgarden 23.4150 0.1774 0.0159 221.397 Chevy Team Penske
15 14 Kyle Kirkwood 23.4195 0.1819 0.0045 221.354 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
16 06 Helio Castroneves 23.4332 0.1956 0.0137 221.225 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
17 30 Christian Lundgaard 23.4371 0.1995 0.0039 221.188 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
18 18 David Malukas 23.4394 0.2018 0.0023 221.166 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
19 12 Will Power 23.4459 0.2083 0.0065 221.105 Chevy Team Penske
20 27 Alexander Rossi 23.4763 0.2387 0.0304 220.818 Honda Andretti Autosport
21 33 Ed Carpenter 23.5135 0.2759 0.0372 220.469 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
22 48 Jimmie Johnson 23.5181 0.2805 0.0046 220.426 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
24 21 Rinus VeeKay 23.5297 0.2921 0.0116 220.317 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
24 21 Rinus VeeKay 23.5297 0.2921 0.0116 220.317 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
25 20 Conor Daly 23.5745 0.3369 0.0448 219.899 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
26 4 Dalton Kellett 23.6060 0.3684 0.0315 219.605 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
27 11 JR Hildebrand 23.6705 0.4329 0.0645 219.007 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises