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IndyCar: Sato and Dixon leads Ganassi 1-2 in Carb Day practice

Lucille Dust

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Takuma Sato turned the fastest lap of over 227mph on Carb Day in the final practice session before the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500.

His teammate Scott Dixon was close behind in 2nd and another teammate, Alex Palou, in 4th behind Will Power’s Penske Chevy.

The crowd today is massive.  The line to get into the garage stretched back to the food concessions just south of the Pagoda.  People are in the grandstands waiting for the pit stop competition to begin at 2:30 pm.

 

Alex Palou

Alex Palou would love to sweep the month of May after winning the GMR Grand Prix two weeks ago.  Winning the Indy 500 might not be so easy with all the good drivers in the NTT INDYCAR Series.

The Spaniard was asked his thoughts about running in traffic and passing at the finish of Carb Day practice.

“I think it’s pretty hard when you are fourth, fifth, and behind that. And it’s too easy when your first, second. So we’ll see what we get. It’s the same for everybody. Hopefully, when we start, it’s going to change a little bit, but I think it’s too easy now to pass from second to first, which we didn’t have the past two years.”

“But yeah, it’s all right. Same for everybody.”

 

Josef Newgarden

Josef Newgarden   Photo courtesy of Penske EntertainmentJosef Newgarden, driver of the No 2 Shell Powering Progress Team Penske Chevrolet, will start Sunday’s race in the 17th spot.  The American was making passes in practice this morning.

Newgarden was asked about the drivers being aggressive in the session.

“I think there were parts of it, but you always get that on an aggressive end to a session
when it’s like a Happy Hour or today. Everyone was really racing today and  there was probably some moments where it was unnecessary.”

“But I think the intensity was up. Everyone was kind of race running today, trying to really practice what it was going to be like, which is good, but there’s probably a couple
moments you just don’t want to insert yourself into.”

 

Carb Day Practice Times

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine Team
1 11 Takuma Sato 39.4988 0.000s 0.000s 21 86 227.855 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
2 9 Scott Dixon 39.5978 0.0990 0.0990 11 83 227.285 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
3 12 Will Power 39.6558 0.1570 0.0580 14 82 226.953 Chevy Team Penske
4 10 Alex Palou 39.6571 0.1583 0.0013 16 83 226.945 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
5 27 Kyle Kirkwood 39.6700 0.1712 0.0129 45 57 226.872 Honda Andretti Autosport
6 78 Agustin Canapino 39.7295 0.2307 0.0595 9 74 226.532 Chevy Juncos Holling Racing
7 26 Colton Herta 39.7703 0.2715 0.0408 46 76 226.300 Honda Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
8 28 Romain Grosjean 39.7727 0.2739 0.0024 3 43 226.286 Honda Andretti Autosport
9 2 Josef Newgarden 39.8642 0.3654 0.0915 22 89 225.766 Chevy Team Penske
10 3 Scott McLaughlin 39.8998 0.4010 0.0356 71 81 225.565 Chevy Team Penske
11 66 Tony Kanaan 39.9219 0.4231 0.0221 17 59 225.440 Chevy Arrow McLaren
12 20 Conor Daly 39.9329 0.4341 0.0110 11 77 225.378 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
13 30 Jack Harvey 39.9555 0.4567 0.0226 11 58 225.251 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14 7 Alexander Rossi 39.9586 0.4598 0.0031 61 71 225.233 Chevy Arrow McLaren
15 5 Pato O’Ward 39.9797 0.4809 0.0211 12 84 225.114 Chevy Arrow McLaren
16 18 David Malukas 39.9967 0.4979 0.0170 38 89 225.019 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
17 55 Benjamin Pedersen 40.0169 0.5181 0.0202 44 82 224.905 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
18 8 Marcus Ericsson 40.0443 0.5455 0.0274 4 87 224.751 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
19 98 Marco Andretti 40.0531 0.5543 0.0088 13 56 224.702 Honda Andretti
20 06 Helio Castroneves 40.0608 0.5620 0.0077 59 87 224.659 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
21 33 Ed Carpenter 40.0664 0.5676 0.0056 52 73 224.627 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
22 23 Ryan Hunter-Reay 40.0857 0.5869 0.0193 19 34 224.519 Chevy Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
23 51 Sting Ray Robb 40.1503 0.6515 0.0646 8 64 224.158 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
24 60 Simon Pagenaud 40.1618 0.6630 0.0115 38 81 224.094 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
25 45 Christian Lundgaard 40.1793 0.6805 0.0175 32 61 223.996 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
26 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 40.2077 0.7089 0.0284 60 78 223.838 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
27 50 RC Enerson 40.2119 0.7131 0.0042 10 63 223.814 Chevy Abel Motorsports
28 6 Felix Rosenqvist 40.2175 0.7187 0.0056 12 57 223.783 Chevy Arrow McLaren
29 44 Katherine Legge 40.2573 0.7585 0.0398 9 35 223.562 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
30 24 Graham Rahal 40.2701 0.7713 0.0128 49 77 223.491 Chevy Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
31 14 Santino Ferrucci 40.2786 0.7798 0.0085 52 73 223.444 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
32 77 Callum Ilott 40.4922 0.9934 0.2136 8 66 222.265 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
33 21 Rinus VeeKay 40.5102 1.0114 0.0180 58 89 222.166 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing