Ryan Hunter-Reay was fastest in Friday second practice at Long Beach with a time of 1:09.4224. Mike Conway was second for the second consecutive session 0.0379 seconds back. Will Power jumped up to third on the time sheet, ten positions up from first practice. Tristan Vautier made a big jump from twenty-first to fourth in second practice with Helio Castroneves rounding out the top five.
Just like first practice, Honda took positions sixth through ninth. This time with James Jakes, Alex Tagliani, Dario Franchitti and Takuma Sato. James Hinchcliffe, fastest in the first session, was tenth in second practice. For the second consecutive session, eight different teams were represented in the top ten.
Justin Wilson and Simona de Silvestro got together during the session. Wilson ended up in the tires in turn eight and the Chevrolet of de Silvestro then made contact with the Brit. They were 15th and 16th respectively in second practice.
Other notables from second practice were Scott Dixon 11th, Simon Pagenaud 12th, Marco Andretti 13th, JR Hildebrand 17th, AJ Allmendinger 19th, Josef Newgarden 21st, Charlie Kimball 24th and Graham Rahal 27th. Rahal only ran five laps during the session.
IndyCar third practice will begin at 1:40 p.m. ET, with qualifying at 5:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon. Qualifying will air on NBC Sports Network at 6:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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