Dixon tops IndyCar practice at Texas

Scott Dixon easily quickest

Scott Dixon turned a lap at almost 216 mph to top the only IndyCar practice for the Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway in his Ganassi Honda. Dixon was 1.5 mph quicker than 2nd quick Colton Herta in the #98 Andretti Honda.

Mexican Pato O'Ward was the fastest Chevy at 214.326 mph in his #5 Arrow McLaren car

Zach Veach, Marco Andretti and Takuma Sato rounded out the top-6 as Honda powered cars took5 of the 6 top times.

The 2-hour practice session was slowed by two crashes, one for rookie Rinus Veekay and one for veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay. Both were uninjured.

Up next is qualifying at 5:00 pm ET and the race starts at 8:00 pm ET.

Practice Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Speed	Engine	Team
1	9	Scott Dixon	24.001	–.—-	–.—-	215.995	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	88	Colton Herta	24.169	0.1683	0.1683	214.491	Honda	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Auto
3	5	Pato O'Ward	24.188	0.1869	0.0186	214.326	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
4	26	Zach Veach	24.191	0.1900	0.0031	214.298	Honda	Andretti Autosport
5	98	Marco Andretti	24.194	0.1939	0.0039	214.264	Honda	Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agaj
6	30	Takuma Sato	24.244	0.2431	0.0492	213.829	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7	1	Josef Newgarden	24.303	0.3023	0.0592	213.308	Chevy	Team Penske
8	22	Simon Pagenaud	24.313	0.3122	0.0099	213.221	Chevy	Team Penske
9	15	Graham Rahal	24.318	0.3173	0.0051	213.176	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10	10	Felix Rosenqvist	24.397	0.3968	0.0795	212.482	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
11	4	Charlie Kimball	24.418	0.4178	0.0210	212.299	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
12	12	Will Power	24.428	0.4275	0.0097	212.215	Chevy	Team Penske
13	8	Marcus Ericsson	24.441	0.4402	0.0127	212.104	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
14	55	Alex Palou	24.445	0.4440	0.0038	212.071	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh
15	7	Oliver Askew	24.484	0.4836	0.0396	211.728	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
16	27	Alexander Rossi	24.485	0.4847	0.0011	211.719	Honda	Andretti Autosport
17	29	James Hinchcliffe	24.498	0.4973	0.0126	211.610	Honda	Andretti Autosport
18	20	Ed Carpenter	24.551	0.5502	0.0529	211.154	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
19	14	Tony Kanaan	24.552	0.5515	0.0013	211.143	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
20	59	Conor Daly	24.556	0.5555	0.0040	211.108	Chevy	Carlin
21	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	24.609	0.6088	0.0533	210.651	Honda	Andretti Autosport
22	18	Santino Ferrucci	24.613	0.6128	0.0040	210.617	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser Sulli
23	21	Rinus VeeKay	25.056	1.0558	0.4430	206.893	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
24	60	Jack Harvey	25.260	1.2593	0.2035	205.226	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing