The track was lost to rain in the final half hour of the two-hour session, at a point when Daly’s 222.714mph had put him top, ahead of the 221.296mph of teammate and team owner Ed Carpenter’s 221.296mph.
Their other teammate Rinus VeeKay suffered a nasty shunt at Turn 1 on his fifth lap that resulted in a broken finger.
Scott Dixon’s Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda was third ahead of the two Arrow McLaren SP-Chevys of Felix Rosenqvist and Pato O’Ward and a second Ganassi car, that of Alex Palou. O’Ward turned the most laps of the session at 23.
Colton Herta, Alexander Rossi (both Andretti Autosport-Honda) and Will Power (Team Penske-Chevrolet) were seventh, eighth and ninth respectively in the overall standings but 1-2-3 in the laps set without the aid of a tow, ranging from 219.8 – 219.6mph.
Twenty-one cars took part in the opening session which was for veterans only. The next two hours of on-track action will be reserved for Rookie Orientation Practice and Refreshers, but the scheduling is currently undecided due to the wet track.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Team |
1 |
47 |
Conor Daly |
40.4106 |
0.000 |
11 |
18 |
222.714 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
2 |
20 |
Ed Carpenter |
40.6695 |
0.2589 |
9 |
9 |
221.296 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
3 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
40.8024 |
0.3918 |
8 |
9 |
220.575 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
4 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
40.8423 |
0.4317 |
11 |
16 |
220.360 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
5 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
40.8658 |
0.4552 |
13 |
23 |
220.233 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
6 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
40.9149 |
0.5043 |
5 |
13 |
219.969 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
7 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
40.9377 |
0.5271 |
4 |
8 |
219.846 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
8 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
40.9762 |
0.5656 |
3 |
10 |
219.640 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
9 |
12 |
Will Power |
40.9770 |
0.5664 |
12 |
16 |
219.635 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
10 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
40.9987 |
0.5881 |
6 |
6 |
219.519 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
11 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
41.0002 |
0.5896 |
8 |
9 |
219.511 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
12 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
41.0360 |
0.6254 |
4 |
6 |
219.320 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
13 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
41.0413 |
0.6307 |
6 |
9 |
219.291 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
14 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
41.0530 |
0.6424 |
6 |
18 |
219.229 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
15 |
48 |
Tony Kanaan |
41.0628 |
0.6522 |
7 |
11 |
219.176 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
16 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
41.2103 |
0.7997 |
5 |
13 |
218.392 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
17 |
98 |
Marco Andretti |
41.2250 |
0.8144 |
4 |
5 |
218.314 |
Honda |
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
18 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
41.3419 |
0.9313 |
4 |
15 |
217.697 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
19 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
41.3718 |
0.9612 |
4 |
4 |
217.539 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
20 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
41.4270 |
1.0164 |
19 |
21 |
217.250 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
21 |
45 |
Santino Ferrucci |
42.0437 |
1.6331 |
7 |
7 |
214.063 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
22 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
10:19.170 |
578.7598 |
1 |
1 |
14.536 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing |
23 |
51 |
Pietro Fittipaldi |
11:10.858 |
630.4477 |
1 |
1 |
13.416 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
24 |
24 |
Sage Karam |
No Time |
— |
1 |
1 |
— |
Chevy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
25 |
16 |
Simona De Silvestro |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Chevy |
Paretta Autosport |
26 |
4 |
Dalton Kellet |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
27 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
28 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
29 |
86 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
30 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Honda |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
31 |
52 |
Cody Ware |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |