IndyCar: Power leads Team Penske 1-2 on opening Indy 500 day

Team Penske’s Will Power turned a lap of 227.026mph to top opening day of practice for the 2025 Indy 500 at the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Power’s fast lap was 0.0097s faster than his teammate Josef Newgarden, both in Chevy powered cars.

Team Penske teammates Will Power and Josef Newgarden in their 14-year-old Dallara IndyCars

IndyCar Points leader Alex Palou was the fastest Honda in third, 0.0617s behind Power

Palou’s Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon was 4th quick, 0.3466s behind Power, while Team Penske made it three cars in the top-5 as Scott McLaughlin was 5th, 0.03561s behind Power.

Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood turned the fastest no-tow lap at 219.497mph.

Practice started two hours, 32 minutes late due to intermittent rain and damp track conditions, and the session ended 32 minutes early due to lightning strikes within the vicinity of the historic 2.5-mile oval.

“I think we’ve got a pretty good baseline,” Power said. “My teammates are pretty good. I learned a thing or two off them. It’s (Indianapolis 500) almost its own championship in itself. You’ve got to look for your weaknesses and improve.”

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves was fastest among drivers from other teams, sixth at 224.523 in the No. 06 Cliffs Honda fielded by Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian.

All 34 drivers attempting to earn one of the 33 spots in the starting field turned a total of 1,549 laps (3,872.5 miles) in the shortened session today.

Will Power – Photo courtesy of Penske Entertainment

2025 Indy 500 Tuesday with-Tow Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Behind	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	12	Will Power	39.6430	0.000s	0.000s	73	227.026	Chevy	Team Penske
2	2	Josef Newgarden	39.6527	0.0097	0.0097	63	226.971	Chevy	Team Penske
3	10	Alex Palou	39.7047	0.0617	0.0520	51	226.673	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
4	9	Scott Dixon	39.9896	0.3466	0.2849	53	225.059	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	39.9991	0.3561	0.0095	52	225.005	Chevy	Team Penske
6	06	Helio Castroneves	40.0850	0.4420	0.0859	25	224.523	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb‑Agajanian
7	20	Alexander Rossi	40.1165	0.4735	0.0315	51	224.347	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
8	66	Marcus Armstrong	40.1405	0.4975	0.0240	59	224.212	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
9	28	Marcus Ericsson	40.1483	0.5053	0.0078	47	224.169	Honda	Andretti Global
10	98	Marco Andretti	40.1522	0.5092	0.0039	44	224.147	Honda	Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb‑Agananian
11	21	Christian Rasmussen	40.1906	0.5476	0.0384	75	223.933	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
12	4	David Malukas	40.3269	0.6839	0.1363	35	223.176	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
13	24	Jack Harvey	40.3909	0.7479	0.0640	47	222.822	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
14	23	Ryan Hunter‑Reay	40.4123	0.7693	0.0214	50	222.704	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
15	33	Ed Carpenter	40.4204	0.7774	0.0081	39	222.660	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	26	Colton Herta	40.4427	0.7997	0.0223	40	222.537	Honda	Andretti Global w/Curb‑Agajanian
17	77	Sting Ray Robb	40.4608	0.8178	0.0181	37	222.438	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
18	60	Felix Rosenqvist	40.4794	0.8364	0.0186	55	222.335	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
19	27	Kyle Kirkwood	40.5350	0.8920	0.0556	39	222.030	Honda	Andretti Global
20	6	Nolan Siegel	40.5731	0.9301	0.0381	69	221.822	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
21	76	Conor Daly	40.6008	0.9578	0.0277	33	221.671	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
22	8	Kyffin Simpson	40.6084	0.9654	0.0076	84	221.629	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
23	7	Christian Lundgaard	40.6758	1.0328	0.0674	51	221.262	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
24	17	Kyle Larson	40.6858	1.0428	0.0100	45	221.207	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
25	30	Devlin DeFrancesco	40.6870	1.0440	0.0012	42	221.201	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
26	15	Graham Rahal	40.6978	1.0548	0.0108	35	221.142	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27	14	Santino Ferrucci	40.7151	1.0721	0.0173	21	221.048	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
28	51	Jacob Abel	40.7271	1.0841	0.0120	40	220.983	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
29	5	Pato O’Ward	40.8602	1.2172	0.1331	35	220.263	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
30	45	Louis Foster	40.8973	1.2543	0.0371	54	220.063	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
31	75	Takuma Sato	40.9095	1.2665	0.0122	29	219.998	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
32	18	Rinus Veekay	41.0959	1.4529	0.1864	54	219.000	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
33	83	Robert Shwartzman	41.3155	1.6725	0.2196	6	217.836	Chevy	Prema Racing
34	90	Callum Ilott	41.4385	1.7955	0.1230	16	217.189	Chevy	Prema Racing

2025 Indy 500 Tuesday No-Tow Results

Rank	Car	Driver Name	Engine	Non-Tow Time	Non-Tow Speed	Behind	Gap	Best Lap
1	27	Kirkwood, Kyle	Honda	41.0028	219.497	0.000s	0.000s	6
2	2	Newgarden, Josef	Chevy	41.0680	219.149	0.0652	0.0652	14
3	51	Abel, Jacob (R)	Honda	41.1177	218.884	0.1149	0.0497	33
4	76	Daly, Conor	Chevy	41.1361	218.786	0.1333	0.0184	26
5	20	Rossi, Alexander	Chevy	41.1455	218.736	0.1427	0.0094	23
6	3	McLaughlin, Scott	Chevy	41.1687	218.613	0.1659	0.0232	12
7	5	O’Ward, Pato	Chevy	41.1700	218.606	0.1672	0.0013	20
8	8	Simpson, Kyffin	Honda	41.2573	218.143	0.2545	0.0873	46
9	06	Castroneves, Helio	Honda	41.2753	218.048	0.2725	0.0180	22
10	45	Foster, Louis (R)	Honda	41.2842	218.001	0.2814	0.0089	54
11	75	Sato, Takuma	Honda	41.3005	217.915	0.2977	0.0163	6
12	15	Rahal, Graham	Honda	41.3266	217.777	0.3238	0.0261	28
13	17	Larson, Kyle	Chevy	41.3315	217.752	0.3287	0.0049	20
14	33	Carpenter, Ed	Chevy	41.3368	217.724	0.3340	0.0053	33
15	10	Palou, Alex	Honda	41.3384	217.715	0.3356	0.0016	43
16	4	Malukas, David	Chevy	41.3390	217.712	0.3362	0.0006	24
17	9	Dixon, Scott	Honda	41.3486	217.662	0.3458	0.0096	49
18	7	Lundgaard, Christian	Chevy	41.3490	217.659	0.3462	0.0004	17
19	66	Armstrong, Marcus	Honda	41.3731	217.533	0.3703	0.0241	22
20	60	Rosenqvist, Felix	Honda	41.3835	217.478	0.3807	0.0104	27
21	21	Rasmussen, Christian	Chevy	41.3933	217.427	0.3905	0.0098	45
22	30	DeFrancesco, Devlin	Honda	41.3948	217.419	0.3920	0.0015	27
23	28	Ericsson, Marcus	Honda	41.4114	217.331	0.4086	0.0166	6
24	23	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	Chevy	41.4295	217.237	0.4267	0.0181	50
25	12	Power, Will	Chevy	41.4732	217.008	0.4704	0.0437	20
26	24	Harvey, Jack	Chevy	41.5257	216.733	0.5229	0.0525	9
27	26	Herta, Colton	Honda	41.5817	216.441	0.5789	0.0560	22
28	14	Ferrucci, Santino	Chevy	41.5975	216.359	0.5947	0.0158	21
29	6	Siegel, Nolan (R)	Chevy	41.6242	216.220	0.6214	0.0267	24
30	90	Ilott, Callum	Chevy	41.7062	215.795	0.7034	0.0820	10
31	83	Shwartzman, Robert (R)	Chevy	41.8059	215.281	0.8031	0.0997	3
32	18	Veekay, Rinus	Honda	41.9012	214.791	0.8984	0.0953	43
33	98	Andretti, Marco	Honda	41.9112	214.740	0.9084	0.0100	9
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