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IndyCar: McLaughlin tops opening practice for PPG 375 in Texas

Posted by AR1 staff

–by Mark Cipolloni–

It was an early 8:00am Saturday practice session for the IndyCar PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Chevy power ruled the session that saw them run 1-2-3 led by Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin at 223.747mph

Then came Arrow McLaren teammates Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi at 223.518 mph and 223.468mph respectively.

The fastest Honda was Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta at 223.318mph while his teammate Devlin DeFrancesco rounded out the top-5 at 223.225mph.

The session ran incident free.

Qualifying is up next at 12:15pm ET.

Practice 1 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Laps Speed Engine Team
1 3 Scott McLaughlin 23.1690 0.000 0.000 40 223.747 Chevy Team Penske
2 5 Pato O’Ward 23.1928 0.0238 0.0238 32 223.518 Chevy Arrow McLaren
3 7 Alexander Rossi 23.1980 0.0290 0.0052 34 223.468 Chevy Arrow McLaren
4 26 Colton Herta 23.2135 0.0445 0.0155 35 223.318 Honda Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
5 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 23.2232 0.0542 0.0097 34 223.225 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
6 6 Felix Rosenqvist 23.2557 0.0867 0.0325 50 222.913 Chevy Arrow McLaren
7 77 Callum Ilott 23.2586 0.0896 0.0029 44 222.885 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
8 11 Takuma Sato 23.2665 0.0975 0.0079 43 222.810 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
9 2 Josef Newgarden 23.3005 0.1315 0.0340 24 222.484 Chevy Team Penske
10 9 Scott Dixon 23.3205 0.1515 0.0200 34 222.294 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
11 60 Simon Pagenaud 23.3474 0.1784 0.0269 47 222.038 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
12 14 Santino Ferrucci 23.3516 0.1826 0.0042 37 221.998 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
13 10 Alex Palou 23.3638 0.1948 0.0122 37 221.882 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
14 12 Will Power 23.3792 0.2102 0.0154 33 221.736 Chevy Team Penske
15 18 David Malukas 23.3798 0.2108 0.0006 39 221.730 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
16 28 Romain Grosjean 23.3873 0.2183 0.0075 36 221.659 Honda Andretti Autosport
17 06 Helio Castroneves 23.3949 0.2259 0.0076 35 221.587 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
18 55 Benjamin Pedersen 23.4054 0.2364 0.0105 38 221.487 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
19 8 Marcus Ericsson 23.4907 0.3217 0.0853 36 220.683 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
20 20 Conor Daly 23.5082 0.3392 0.0175 38 220.519 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
21 21 Rinus VeeKay 23.5164 0.3474 0.0082 33 220.442 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
22 51 Sting Ray Robb 23.5230 0.3540 0.0066 41 220.380 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
23 27 Kyle Kirkwood 23.5449 0.3759 0.0219 38 220.175 Honda Andretti Autosport
24 78 Agustin Canapino 23.5452 0.3762 0.0003 30 220.172 Chevy Juncos Holling Racing
25 33 Ed Carpenter 23.5610 0.3920 0.0158 29 220.025 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
26 15 Graham Rahal 23.6066 0.4376 0.0456 45 219.600 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27 30 Jack Harvey 23.6121 0.4431 0.0055 40 219.548 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
28 45 Christian Lundgaard 24.0019 0.8329 0.3898 42 215.983 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Qualifying Order – Reverse Championship Standings

Order

Car

Driver Name

Team Name

1

33

Ed Carpenter

Ed Carpenter Racing

2

55

Benjamin Pedersen

AJ Foyt Enterprises

3

60

Simon Pagenaud

Meyer Shank Racing

4

29

Devlin DeFrancesco

Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport

5

14

Santino Ferrucci

AJ Foyt Enterprises

6

06

Helio Castroneves

Meyer Shank Racing

7

30

Jack Harvey

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

8

21

Rinus VeeKay

Ed Carpenter Racing

9

26

Colton Herta

Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian

10

6

Felix Rosenqvist

Arrow McLaren

11

2

Josef Newgarden

Team Penske

12

28

Romain Grosjean

Andretti Autosport

13

51

Sting Ray Robb

Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR

14

27

Kyle Kirkwood

Andretti Autosport

15

20

Conor Daly

Ed Carpenter Racing

16

78

Agustin Canapino

Juncos Holling Racing

17

11

Takuma Sato

Chip Ganassi Racing

18

3

Scott McLaughlin

Team Penske

19

18

David Malukas

Dale Coyne Racing with HMD

20

45

Christian Lundgaard

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

21

10

Alex Palou

Chip Ganassi Racing

22

12

Will Power

Team Penske

23

15

Graham Rahal

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

24

77

Callum Ilott

Juncos Hollinger Racing

25

7

Alexander Rossi

Arrow McLaren

26

9

Scott Dixon

Chip Ganassi Racing

27

5

Pato O’Ward

Arrow McLaren

28

8

Marcus Ericsson

Chip Ganassi Racing