Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda and Will Power (Penske-Chevy) were the first to break into the 225mph bracket around the iconic 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway and duck under the 40sec barrier, but two-time IndyCar champion Newgarden’s top lap pushed the best speed up to 226.819mph.
He was later joined in that stratosphere by two-time Indy winner Juan Pablo Montoya, in the Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy, but the Colombian legend was displaced by another two-timer, defending winner Takuma Sato of RLL-Honda.
Fourth went to Scott Dixon, the 2008 winner for Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda and six-time IndyCar champ.
Rahal’s best effort kept him fourth, and he also had the satisfaction of holding onto the best lap set without the aid of a tow, a 221.949 effort. Second on that chart went to Penske’s rookie Scott McLaughlin, who also turned the most laps of the day, 195 – almost a complete race distance.
Conor Daly eclipsed his earlier best to vault into sixth place for Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevy, while Meyer Shank Racing-Honda saw both its drivers – Jack Harvey and three-time Indy winner Helio Castroneves – get into the top 10 overall, leading their semi-teammates from Andretti Autosport.
That said Andretti’s former winners Alex Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay both made it into the top five no-tow speeds.
Former Indy 500 rookies of the year Santino Ferrucci (RLL-Honda) and Simona De Silvestro (Paretta Autosport-Chevrolet) were 20th and 21st in the overall speeds, and 29th and 24th respectively in the no-tow charts.
|
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Team |
|
1 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
39.6792 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
60 |
121 |
226.819 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
2 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
39.7534 |
0.0742 |
0.0742 |
47 |
60 |
226.396 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
3 |
86 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
39.8013 |
0.1221 |
0.0479 |
43 |
68 |
226.123 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
4 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
39.8395 |
0.1603 |
0.0382 |
65 |
126 |
225.906 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
5 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
39.8859 |
0.2067 |
0.0464 |
40 |
157 |
225.644 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
6 |
47 |
Conor Daly |
39.8868 |
0.2076 |
0.0009 |
119 |
137 |
225.639 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
7 |
12 |
Will Power |
39.9112 |
0.2320 |
0.0244 |
51 |
162 |
225.501 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
8 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
39.9527 |
0.2735 |
0.0415 |
139 |
140 |
225.266 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
9 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
39.9790 |
0.2998 |
0.0263 |
108 |
156 |
225.118 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
10 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
39.9868 |
0.3076 |
0.0078 |
105 |
128 |
225.074 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
11 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
39.9999 |
0.3207 |
0.0131 |
104 |
184 |
225.001 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
12 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
40.0091 |
0.3299 |
0.0092 |
119 |
134 |
224.949 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
13 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
40.1422 |
0.4630 |
0.1331 |
42 |
164 |
224.203 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
14 |
20 |
Ed Carpenter |
40.1524 |
0.4732 |
0.0102 |
144 |
146 |
224.146 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
15 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
40.1545 |
0.4753 |
0.0021 |
20 |
112 |
224.134 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
16 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
40.1835 |
0.5043 |
0.0290 |
112 |
126 |
223.973 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
17 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
40.1956 |
0.5164 |
0.0121 |
15 |
104 |
223.905 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing |
|
18 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
40.2131 |
0.5339 |
0.0175 |
151 |
195 |
223.808 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
19 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
40.2440 |
0.5648 |
0.0309 |
117 |
136 |
223.636 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
20 |
45 |
Santino Ferrucci |
40.2650 |
0.5858 |
0.0210 |
85 |
137 |
223.519 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
21 |
16 |
Simona De Silvestro |
40.2760 |
0.5968 |
0.0110 |
50 |
92 |
223.458 |
Chevy |
Paretta Autosport |
|
22 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
40.2760 |
0.5968 |
0.0000 |
87 |
127 |
223.458 |
Honda |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
23 |
48 |
Tony Kanaan |
40.3404 |
0.6612 |
0.0644 |
38 |
99 |
223.101 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
24 |
24 |
Sage Karam |
40.3415 |
0.6623 |
0.0011 |
71 |
81 |
223.095 |
Chevy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
|
25 |
98 |
Marco Andretti |
40.3923 |
0.7131 |
0.0508 |
113 |
138 |
222.815 |
Honda |
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
|
26 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
40.4263 |
0.7471 |
0.0340 |
119 |
125 |
222.627 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
27 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
40.4935 |
0.8143 |
0.0672 |
3 |
114 |
222.258 |
Chevy |
Carlin |
|
28 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
40.5159 |
0.8367 |
0.0224 |
147 |
188 |
222.135 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
29 |
51 |
Pietro Fittipaldi |
40.5509 |
0.8717 |
0.0350 |
135 |
144 |
221.943 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
|
30 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
40.8727 |
1.1935 |
0.3218 |
63 |
97 |
220.196 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
31 |
52 |
Cody Ware |
41.2017 |
1.5225 |
0.3290 |
25 |
58 |
218.438 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |