IndyCar: Final Practice Crash for Polesitter Kirkwood in Nashville

After a lengthy delay for the final practice session of the day for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, polesitter Kyle Kirkwood reported a mechanical issue and made contact with the SAFER Barrier in Turn 4, ending the evening shortened session.  Tonight will be a long night for his Andretti Global team while they repair his car for tomorrow’s race.

Scott Dixon, a three-time winner at this track,  turned the fastest laps of the 13-minute session.   The Kiwi’s speed was 195.621 mph.

David Malukas was second fastest, with a speed of 194.087mph.

Colton Herta was third fastest, with a speed of 193.879 mph.

Romain Grosjean was fourth fastest with a speed of 193.539 mph.

Pato O’Ward rounded out the top five with a speed of 193.533 mph.

There is no warm-up session planned for the series on Sunday morning.

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is scheduled to start at 2:30 pm CT.

Final Practice Results

Rank

Car

Driver Name

Time

Speed

Diff

Gap

1

9

Dixon, Scott

00:24.4759

195.621

–.—-

–.—-

2

66

Malukas, David

00:24.6694

194.087

0.1935

0.1935

3

26

Herta, Colton

00:24.6958

193.879

0.2199

0.0264

4

77

Grosjean, Romain

00:24.7392

193.539

0.2633

0.0434

5

5

O’Ward, Pato

00:24.7400

193.533

0.2641

0.0008

6

14

Ferrucci, Santino

00:24.8679

192.537

0.3920

0.1279

7

41

Robb, Sting Ray

00:24.8829

192.421

0.4070

0.0150

8

3

McLaughlin, Scott

00:24.9163

192.163

0.4404

0.0334

9

2

Newgarden, Josef

00:24.9338

192.028

0.4579

0.0175

10

60

Rosenqvist, Felix

00:24.9765

191.700

0.5006

0.0427

11

11

Armstrong, Marcus

00:24.9864

191.624

0.5105

0.0099

12

78

Daly, Conor

00:25.0184

191.379

0.5425

0.0320

13

21

VeeKay, Rinus

00:25.0717

190.972

0.5958

0.0533

14

10

Palou, Alex

00:25.0745

190.951

0.5986

0.0028

15

12

Power, Will

00:25.2446

189.664

0.7687

0.1701

16

28

Ericsson, Marcus

00:25.3832

188.629

0.9073

0.1386

17

45

Lundgaard, Christian

00:25.4576

188.077

0.9817

0.0744

18

15

Rahal, Graham

00:25.5188

187.626

1.0429

0.0612

19

27

Kirkwood, Kyle

00:25.5212

187.609

1.0453

0.0024

20

20

Rasmussen, Christian (R)

00:25.5360

187.500

1.0601

0.0148

21

7

Rossi, Alexander

00:25.5624

187.306

1.0865

0.0264

22

30

Fittipaldi, Pietro

00:25.7153

186.193

1.2394

0.1529

23

8

Lundqvist, Linus (R)

00:25.7169

186.181

1.2410

0.0016

24

6

Siegel, Nolan (R)

00:25.8158

185.468

1.3399

0.0989

25

4

Simpson, Kyffin (R)

00:25.8901

184.936

1.4142

0.0743

26

18

Harvey, Jack

00:25.9489

184.516

1.4730

0.0588

27

51

Legge, Katherine

00:25.9828

184.276

1.5069

0.0339

(R) Rookie

Lucille Dust reporting live from Nashville Superspeedway