For the second consecutive year, heat races will determine the starting grid for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway but this year more laps, transfers and points are new to the equation.
There will still be three heat races but the amount of laps in each heat has been increased to fifty laps. This year, a regular qualifying session will be used to determine the starters in each heat. The first heat will be comprised of the even-numbered positions from the qualifying session starting with eighth position. Heat two will be comprised of the odd-numbered positions from the qualifying session starting with seventh position. The top six qualifiers will automatically qualify for the third and final heat.
The top two from the first two heats will transfer to the final heat and have a shot to win the pole position for Sunday's race. Those who fail to transfer from heat one will occupy the remaining even-numbered positions starting with twelfth while those who fail to transfer from heat two will occupy the remaining odd-numbered positions starting with eleventh.
Points will pay out to the top twelve drivers. The six fastest qualifiers, four transfer and third place finishers from each heat will get at least one point. Winning the third heat and pole position will pay nine points with each other finisher from heat three receiving one less point than the driver ahead of them. The last two finishers in heat three and third place finishers from heat one and two receive one point apiece.
Coverage of the Iowa heat races will begin at 6:45 p.m. ET with live streaming on IndyCar.com and the IndyCar 13 app. The IMS Radio Network broadcast will be commentating the heat races.
At a glance look at the Iowa heat race format.
What?
Three, fifty lap heat races. Starting line-ups for the heat races set by a traditional qualifying session.
When?
6:45 p.m. ET, Saturday June 22nd.
Who Starts Where In The Heats?
Heat One- Even-numbered positions from qualifying. Eighth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth, twentieth and twenty-second. Top two advance to the third heat.
Heat Two- Odd-numbered positions from qualifying. Seventh, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twenty-first and twenty-third. Top two advance to the third heat.
Heat Three- Fastest six qualifiers, winners from each heat, second place finishers from each heat.
Who Receives Points?
All participants from heat three receive points as well as third place from heat one and heat two.
1st- 9; 2nd- 8; 3rd- 7; 4th- 6; 5th- 5; 6th- 4; 7th- 3; 8th- 2; 9th- 1; 10th- 1; 11th (third from heat two)- 1; 12th (third from heat one)- 1.
Who Starts Where on Sunday?
Heat three participants will set the top ten while those who fail to transfer from heat one will occupy the even-numbered positions starting with twelfth and those who fail to transfer from heat two will occupy the odd-numbered positions starting with eleventh.
How Can I Watch?
Live streaming at IndyCar.com or on the IndyCar 13 app at 6:45 p.m. ET.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Americans Find Success In Junior Formulas
Four American-born drivers picked up victories this weekend in junior Formula racing in three different countries.
At Milwaukee IndyFest, Floridian-born, American-Australian Matthew Brabham scored a grand chelem in the Pro Mazda race, winning from pole, leading every lap and setting fastest lap. It was Brabham's fifth win of the 2013 Pro Mazda season and leads Diego Ferreira by forty-nine points. Colombian Juan Piedrahita finished second with American Spencer Pigot rounding out the podium. Brabham's Andretti Autosport teammate Shelby Blackstock is third in the points, sixty-six markers back with Spencer Pigot and Scott Anderson rounding out the top five in the standings. The Pro Mazda will be on track next at Toronto. The remaining five race weekends are all doubleheaders.
In the Indy Lights race at Milwaukee, Pennsylvania's own Sage Karam scored his first career Indy Lights victory from pole over Andretti Autosport's Carlos Muñoz and Zach Veach. Veach led the first fifty-six laps before Karam got by and took the lead once and for all. Veach scored his first career podium finishing third. It's the first win for an American driver in Indy Lights since Josef Newgarden lapped the field at Loudon. Muñoz leads Karam by eighteen points. Gabby Chaves is third ahead of Freedom 100 winner Peter Dempsey, St. Petersburg winner Jack Hawksworth, Jorge Goncalvez and Veach. Indy Lights head to Iowa next Saturday night.
Hoosier Conor Daly led every lap from pole position as he won the first race of the GP3 Series weekend at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. This is Daly's second career win in GP3. He won at Barcelona last year. Daly went on to finish eighth in race two and is second in the championship, trailing Tio Ellinas by four points. The GP3 Series heads to Silverstone in a fortnight.
In Lausitz, American Gustavo Menezes won the second race of the German Formula Three weekend as a support series for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters race. Menezes came from fourth on the grid to pick up his first win in the German-based series. Menezes finished fifth and fourth in the first and third races of the weekend. He currently sits fourth in points, one hundred and sixty-two points back of points leader Marvin Kirchhöfer. Menezes raced the past two seasons in Pro Mazda. German Formula Three have a month off before their next round at the Nürburgring.
At Milwaukee IndyFest, Floridian-born, American-Australian Matthew Brabham scored a grand chelem in the Pro Mazda race, winning from pole, leading every lap and setting fastest lap. It was Brabham's fifth win of the 2013 Pro Mazda season and leads Diego Ferreira by forty-nine points. Colombian Juan Piedrahita finished second with American Spencer Pigot rounding out the podium. Brabham's Andretti Autosport teammate Shelby Blackstock is third in the points, sixty-six markers back with Spencer Pigot and Scott Anderson rounding out the top five in the standings. The Pro Mazda will be on track next at Toronto. The remaining five race weekends are all doubleheaders.
In the Indy Lights race at Milwaukee, Pennsylvania's own Sage Karam scored his first career Indy Lights victory from pole over Andretti Autosport's Carlos Muñoz and Zach Veach. Veach led the first fifty-six laps before Karam got by and took the lead once and for all. Veach scored his first career podium finishing third. It's the first win for an American driver in Indy Lights since Josef Newgarden lapped the field at Loudon. Muñoz leads Karam by eighteen points. Gabby Chaves is third ahead of Freedom 100 winner Peter Dempsey, St. Petersburg winner Jack Hawksworth, Jorge Goncalvez and Veach. Indy Lights head to Iowa next Saturday night.
Hoosier Conor Daly led every lap from pole position as he won the first race of the GP3 Series weekend at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. This is Daly's second career win in GP3. He won at Barcelona last year. Daly went on to finish eighth in race two and is second in the championship, trailing Tio Ellinas by four points. The GP3 Series heads to Silverstone in a fortnight.
In Lausitz, American Gustavo Menezes won the second race of the German Formula Three weekend as a support series for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters race. Menezes came from fourth on the grid to pick up his first win in the German-based series. Menezes finished fifth and fourth in the first and third races of the weekend. He currently sits fourth in points, one hundred and sixty-two points back of points leader Marvin Kirchhöfer. Menezes raced the past two seasons in Pro Mazda. German Formula Three have a month off before their next round at the Nürburgring.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Milwaukee 2013: First Impressions
1. A great run by Ryan Hunter-Reay. He was up front all day. Fell about eleven seconds back when Takuma Sato and Helio Castroneves were running away early but never gave up. Now is second in the points and a much bigger threat in the championship.
2. Helio Castroneves is going to be tough to beat this season. He is unbelievably consistent and had a great drive from seventeenth on the grid to second.
3. Great race for Will Power after a difficult first quarter of the season. First podium of the season.
4. An impressive weekend for Andretti Autosport. Two wins, two poles, four podiums, six top fives across the Pro Mazda, Indy Lights and IndyCar races at Milwaukee IndyFest. Great day for EJ Viso who has finally shaken the wreck bug. Another good race for James Hinchcliffe. It isn't checkers or wreckers like it was the first four races. Tough day for Marco Andretti. One bad pit stop cost him a lot of time and then a electrical failure was the knife through the heart, ending any chance of a win.
5. Great run by Takuma Sato but had trouble getting trough lap traffic and it cost them.
6. Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti finished sixth and eighth respectively. If the Ganassi cars could start in the top five, they would have a much better chance at getting a win this season.
7. Justin Wilson had another top ten. Another good day for Dale Coyne Racing. No offense to Ana Beatriz but if Coyne could find a oval equivalent of Mike Conway, they would be in great shape.
8. Good for Tony Kanaan finishing tenth and giving Chevrolet six of the top ten.
9. Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, Sebastián Saavedra all had good runs.
10. Ed Carpenter finished fourteenth but he had a much better first third of the race before fading late.
11. Great job for Ryan Briscoe getting fifteenth as he heads to Le Mans.
12. I was right saying Graham Rahal would finish ahead of James Jakes but neither would be in the top ten. They finished sixteenth and eighteenth respectively with Charlie Kimball sandwiched in between.
13. ABC. Were you watching? That is how you call an auto race. Good luck with Iowa and Pocono.
14. Dear God did I miss NBCSN. There excitement is so comforting. Great to hear David Hobbs and Will Buxton. Hopefully they will be able to do more IndyCar races in the future. No offense Wally Dallenbach and Marty Snider.
15. Thank you Michael Andretti for saving Milwaukee. It is a race that must be on the schedule and it's a damn shame Loudon pulled the plug on IndyCar after one year and a damn shame Phoenix isn't on the schedule.
16. Not a phenomenal crowd but a respectable crowd for IndyFest. It is slowly getting there and it's more proof you can't go to a track for one season and hope it is a full house. Keep going back to places, keep dates consistent and fan bases will grow.
17. Noticed there was no title sponsor for this event. That's not a massive deal considering how much exposure the Andretti Autosport sponsors got but it's always nice to get a sponsor to kick in some money to help with the bills.
18. I hope Milwaukee will be back. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported it was on the fence and Road America and Chicagoland are interested in returning to the schedule. IndyCar is in a place where they need a few more races. I don't see why all three couldn't coexist although it will be tricky.
19. Seemed like this makes up for any one that was moaning over the Texas race.
20. Now it's on to Iowa and what should be another terrific event.
2. Helio Castroneves is going to be tough to beat this season. He is unbelievably consistent and had a great drive from seventeenth on the grid to second.
3. Great race for Will Power after a difficult first quarter of the season. First podium of the season.
4. An impressive weekend for Andretti Autosport. Two wins, two poles, four podiums, six top fives across the Pro Mazda, Indy Lights and IndyCar races at Milwaukee IndyFest. Great day for EJ Viso who has finally shaken the wreck bug. Another good race for James Hinchcliffe. It isn't checkers or wreckers like it was the first four races. Tough day for Marco Andretti. One bad pit stop cost him a lot of time and then a electrical failure was the knife through the heart, ending any chance of a win.
5. Great run by Takuma Sato but had trouble getting trough lap traffic and it cost them.
6. Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti finished sixth and eighth respectively. If the Ganassi cars could start in the top five, they would have a much better chance at getting a win this season.
7. Justin Wilson had another top ten. Another good day for Dale Coyne Racing. No offense to Ana Beatriz but if Coyne could find a oval equivalent of Mike Conway, they would be in great shape.
8. Good for Tony Kanaan finishing tenth and giving Chevrolet six of the top ten.
9. Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, Sebastián Saavedra all had good runs.
10. Ed Carpenter finished fourteenth but he had a much better first third of the race before fading late.
11. Great job for Ryan Briscoe getting fifteenth as he heads to Le Mans.
12. I was right saying Graham Rahal would finish ahead of James Jakes but neither would be in the top ten. They finished sixteenth and eighteenth respectively with Charlie Kimball sandwiched in between.
13. ABC. Were you watching? That is how you call an auto race. Good luck with Iowa and Pocono.
14. Dear God did I miss NBCSN. There excitement is so comforting. Great to hear David Hobbs and Will Buxton. Hopefully they will be able to do more IndyCar races in the future. No offense Wally Dallenbach and Marty Snider.
15. Thank you Michael Andretti for saving Milwaukee. It is a race that must be on the schedule and it's a damn shame Loudon pulled the plug on IndyCar after one year and a damn shame Phoenix isn't on the schedule.
16. Not a phenomenal crowd but a respectable crowd for IndyFest. It is slowly getting there and it's more proof you can't go to a track for one season and hope it is a full house. Keep going back to places, keep dates consistent and fan bases will grow.
17. Noticed there was no title sponsor for this event. That's not a massive deal considering how much exposure the Andretti Autosport sponsors got but it's always nice to get a sponsor to kick in some money to help with the bills.
18. I hope Milwaukee will be back. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported it was on the fence and Road America and Chicagoland are interested in returning to the schedule. IndyCar is in a place where they need a few more races. I don't see why all three couldn't coexist although it will be tricky.
19. Seemed like this makes up for any one that was moaning over the Texas race.
20. Now it's on to Iowa and what should be another terrific event.
Morning Warm-Up: Milwaukee 2013
Andretti Autosport looks to sweep the weekend at Milwaukee IndyFest and they are starting on a good note today with Marco Andretti on pole and the other three IndyCar teams starting in the top five. Not to forget mentioning Zach Veach is starting second in the Lights race and Carlos Muñoz rolls off fourth. Matthew Brabham, grandson of triple World Driver's Champion Jack Brabham, son of overall 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Geoff Brabham, won the Pro Mazda race Friday evening driving for Andretti Autosport.
Marco Andretti is also looking to take the points lead today from Helio Castroneves and starts seventeen positions ahead of the Brazilian. James Hinchcliffe looks to pick up his third win of the season and join fellow Canadians Greg Moore and Paul Tracy as winner at the Milwaukee Mile. Will Power starts third as he looks for his first win of the season. Ryan Hunter-Reay looks to win back-to-back at the Milwaukee Mile and looks to take the points lead from Helio Castroneves and jump his teammate Marco Andretti in doing so. EJ Viso starts fifth as he looks to pick up his first career victory. He'd be the first driver to win their first career victory at Milwaukee since Michel Jourdain Jr. did it a decade ago.
Sebastián Saavedra starts a surprising sixth, a career best as he looks for his first career win as well. Tony Kanaan is going for his third career win at the Mile and second win of the season. Josef Newgarden starts on the outside of Kanaan. Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Racing occupy row five with Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier. Scott Dixon looks to avenge a penalty last year for jumping an aborted restart that cost him a shot at victory. He starts eleventh. James Jakes starts twelfth as he continues an impressive 2013 season. Sébastien Bourdais starts fourteenth in his first start at the Milwaukee Mile since his win there in 2006. Takuma Sato starts fifteenth. His car owner AJ Foyt will not be able to attend the race due to pain in his leg. Alex Tagliani starts sixteenth and looks to get his second career victory. His first came in 2004 at Road America.
Dario Franchitti and Helio Castroneves start on row nine. Castroneves is looking for his first career win at Milwaukee. Ryan Briscoe starts nineteenth as he looks to repeat his winning efforts of 2008. Ana Beatriz starts twentieth after missing the last three races. Mike Conway and Pippa Mann drove in replace of Beatriz the last two weeks. Americans Ed Carpenter and Charlie Kimball start on row eleven ahead of Graham Rahal and Simona de Silvestro.
Update: Both Dario Franchitti and Graham Rahal made engine changes prior to Milwaukee IndyFest and will start twenty-third and twenty-fourth respectively.
Today's forecast at Milwaukee calls for scattered thunderstorms and a high of 75 degrees Fahrenheit and a sixty percent chance of rain. However the chance of precipitation drops to thirty percent around the time of green flag. NBCSN's coverage starts at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Marco Andretti is also looking to take the points lead today from Helio Castroneves and starts seventeen positions ahead of the Brazilian. James Hinchcliffe looks to pick up his third win of the season and join fellow Canadians Greg Moore and Paul Tracy as winner at the Milwaukee Mile. Will Power starts third as he looks for his first win of the season. Ryan Hunter-Reay looks to win back-to-back at the Milwaukee Mile and looks to take the points lead from Helio Castroneves and jump his teammate Marco Andretti in doing so. EJ Viso starts fifth as he looks to pick up his first career victory. He'd be the first driver to win their first career victory at Milwaukee since Michel Jourdain Jr. did it a decade ago.
Sebastián Saavedra starts a surprising sixth, a career best as he looks for his first career win as well. Tony Kanaan is going for his third career win at the Mile and second win of the season. Josef Newgarden starts on the outside of Kanaan. Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Racing occupy row five with Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier. Scott Dixon looks to avenge a penalty last year for jumping an aborted restart that cost him a shot at victory. He starts eleventh. James Jakes starts twelfth as he continues an impressive 2013 season. Sébastien Bourdais starts fourteenth in his first start at the Milwaukee Mile since his win there in 2006. Takuma Sato starts fifteenth. His car owner AJ Foyt will not be able to attend the race due to pain in his leg. Alex Tagliani starts sixteenth and looks to get his second career victory. His first came in 2004 at Road America.
Dario Franchitti and Helio Castroneves start on row nine. Castroneves is looking for his first career win at Milwaukee. Ryan Briscoe starts nineteenth as he looks to repeat his winning efforts of 2008. Ana Beatriz starts twentieth after missing the last three races. Mike Conway and Pippa Mann drove in replace of Beatriz the last two weeks. Americans Ed Carpenter and Charlie Kimball start on row eleven ahead of Graham Rahal and Simona de Silvestro.
Update: Both Dario Franchitti and Graham Rahal made engine changes prior to Milwaukee IndyFest and will start twenty-third and twenty-fourth respectively.
Today's forecast at Milwaukee calls for scattered thunderstorms and a high of 75 degrees Fahrenheit and a sixty percent chance of rain. However the chance of precipitation drops to thirty percent around the time of green flag. NBCSN's coverage starts at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Marco Andretti Wins Milwaukee IndyFest Pole
Friday afternoon saw only one name on top of the time sheet at the end of each IndyCar session: Marco Andretti.
Andretti won his third career pole and second at Milwaukee with an average speed of 170.515 MPH. Andretti Autosport put all four cars in the top five with Will Power spoiling the party late and breaking up what would have been a 1-2-3-4 sweep for Andretti Autosport. James Hinchcliffe tied his best career starting position in second just ahead of Power in third with Ryan Hunter-Reay and EJ Viso rounding out the top five.
Sebastián Saavedra will start a career best sixth ahead of Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan in seventh. Chevrolet swept the top seven positions but Honda took the next six positions on the grid. Josef Newgarden was the fastest Honda in eighth ahead of the Schmidt Peterson Hamilton cars of Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier. Scott Dixon was just outside the top ten with the Brits James Jakes and Justin Wilson behind him. Sébastien Bourdais starts fourteenth in his first trip to the Milwaukee Mile since he won there in 2006. Takuma Sato starts fifteenth with Alex Tagliani joining him on row eight. Last year's Milwaukee pole sitter Dario Franchitti rolls off from the seventeenth position with points leader Helio Castroneves starting on the outside of row nine.
Two drivers returning to IndyCar this weekend make up row ten. Ryan Briscoe and Ana Beatriz start nineteenth and twentieth respectively. Ed Carpenter and Charlie Kimball make up row eleven with Graham Rahal and Simona de Silvestro rounding out the field.
Coverage of tomorrow's Milwaukee IndyFest begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN with green flag scheduled around 4:40 p.m. ET.
Andretti won his third career pole and second at Milwaukee with an average speed of 170.515 MPH. Andretti Autosport put all four cars in the top five with Will Power spoiling the party late and breaking up what would have been a 1-2-3-4 sweep for Andretti Autosport. James Hinchcliffe tied his best career starting position in second just ahead of Power in third with Ryan Hunter-Reay and EJ Viso rounding out the top five.
Sebastián Saavedra will start a career best sixth ahead of Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan in seventh. Chevrolet swept the top seven positions but Honda took the next six positions on the grid. Josef Newgarden was the fastest Honda in eighth ahead of the Schmidt Peterson Hamilton cars of Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier. Scott Dixon was just outside the top ten with the Brits James Jakes and Justin Wilson behind him. Sébastien Bourdais starts fourteenth in his first trip to the Milwaukee Mile since he won there in 2006. Takuma Sato starts fifteenth with Alex Tagliani joining him on row eight. Last year's Milwaukee pole sitter Dario Franchitti rolls off from the seventeenth position with points leader Helio Castroneves starting on the outside of row nine.
Two drivers returning to IndyCar this weekend make up row ten. Ryan Briscoe and Ana Beatriz start nineteenth and twentieth respectively. Ed Carpenter and Charlie Kimball make up row eleven with Graham Rahal and Simona de Silvestro rounding out the field.
Coverage of tomorrow's Milwaukee IndyFest begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN with green flag scheduled around 4:40 p.m. ET.
Andretti Sweeps Practice
For the second consecutive session Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay took the top two times on the speed charts in practice for tomorrow's Milwaukee IndyFest. Andretti set the fastest time at 21.6811 seconds, 0.0501 seconds ahead of Hunter-Reay. Takuma Sato jumped up to third in the second session ahead of EJ Viso and Scott Dixon.
Helio Castroneves was sixth leading the Hondas of Justin Wilson, James Jakes and Alex Tagliani. Sébastien Bourdais rounded out the top ten. Dario Franchitti was eleventh fastest with James Hinchcliffe in twelfth. A half second covered the top twelve in this session. Sebastián Saavedra was only three positions and a little less than eight hundredths back of his Dragon Racing teammate in thirteenth. Josef Newgarden dropped to fourteenth in the second practice with Simon Pagenaud rounding out the top fifteen.
Ryan Briscoe was sixteenth ahead of former Penske teammate Will Power. Tony Kanaan fell ten positions to eighteenth in the second practice ahead of Ana Beatriz and Graham Rahal. Tristan Vautier and Simona de Silvestro were two driver that fell out of the top ten from the first practice. They were twenty-first and twenty-second respectively. Charlie Kimball and Ed Carpenter rounded out the field. Carpenter was 1.3142 seconds back of Andretti in this session.
Qualifying takes place at 5:15 p.m. ET with NBCSN airing the session at 7:00 p.m. ET. IndyCar's most recent winner and the points leader Helio Castroneves will roll out first. Some key drivers to look out for are Takuma Sato going out fourth, Dario Franchitti going out seventh, Ryan Hunter-Reay going out ninth, EJ Viso going out tenth, Marco Andretti going out seventeenth, Will Power going out nineteenth and Scott Dixon going out twenty-first. Ana Beatriz will be the final driver to take time.
Andretti Autosport 1-2 in Milwaukee First Practice
Marco Andretti led first practice for Milwaukee IndyFest with a fastest lap of 21.9217 seconds. Andretti Autosport teammate and defending IndyFest winner Ryan Hunter-Reay was second, just 0.0183 seconds back of Andretti. The two most recent Indy Lights champions were third and fourth quickest. Josef Newgarden was the fastest Honda ahead of Tristan Vautier. Will Power rounded out the top five.
Chevrolets took the final five spots of the top ten. EJ Viso was sixth quickest ahead of points leader and most recent race winner Helio Castroneves. KV Racing's two entries were the next two fastest on the speed charts. Tony Kanaan was eighth quickest ahead of his teammate Simona de Silvestro. James Hinchcliffe was tenth, bookending the top ten for Andretti Autosport.
Ana Beatriz was eleventh in her first race back for Dale Coyne Racing. Alex Tagliani was twelfth ahead of Scott Dixon, Sebastián Saavedra and Ryan Briscoe. Charlie Kimball was sixteenth fastest ahead of Justin Wilson and former Ganassi teammate Graham Rahal in eighteenth. Sébastien Bourdais was nineteenth with Long Beach winner Takuma Sato in twentieth.
Dario Franchitti was twenty-first ahead of Belle Isle winner Simon Pagenaud, James Jakes and Ed Carpenter. A half second covered the top twenty-two cars with only 0.6554 seconds between Marco Andretti and Ed Carpenter.
Second practice will take place at 2:00 p.m. ET with qualifying starting at 5:15 p.m. ET. NBCSN coverage of qualifying will air at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Chevrolets took the final five spots of the top ten. EJ Viso was sixth quickest ahead of points leader and most recent race winner Helio Castroneves. KV Racing's two entries were the next two fastest on the speed charts. Tony Kanaan was eighth quickest ahead of his teammate Simona de Silvestro. James Hinchcliffe was tenth, bookending the top ten for Andretti Autosport.
Ana Beatriz was eleventh in her first race back for Dale Coyne Racing. Alex Tagliani was twelfth ahead of Scott Dixon, Sebastián Saavedra and Ryan Briscoe. Charlie Kimball was sixteenth fastest ahead of Justin Wilson and former Ganassi teammate Graham Rahal in eighteenth. Sébastien Bourdais was nineteenth with Long Beach winner Takuma Sato in twentieth.
Dario Franchitti was twenty-first ahead of Belle Isle winner Simon Pagenaud, James Jakes and Ed Carpenter. A half second covered the top twenty-two cars with only 0.6554 seconds between Marco Andretti and Ed Carpenter.
Second practice will take place at 2:00 p.m. ET with qualifying starting at 5:15 p.m. ET. NBCSN coverage of qualifying will air at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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