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.
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