Newgarden leads Penske Team 1-2-3 in opening Iowa Practice

Newgarden in position to dominate the weekend.

Putting their exclusive and superior Penske shocks on the washboard 7/8ths mile Newton Iowa oval, Team Penske ran 1-2-3 in Practice 1 ahead of qualifying on 1-hour.

Points leader Josef Newgarden turned the fastest lap at 179.838 mph to just nip Simon Pagenaud (178.533 mph) and Will Power (178.400 mph) to give the Penske team the upper hand on the track that has become wose with each winter.

The fastest non-Penske car was Alexander Rossi in 4th in his Andretti Honda at 177.595 mph while Scott Dixon rounded at the top-5 in his Ganassi Honda.

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	2	Josef Newgarden	17.896	–.—-	–.—-	38	179.838	Chevy	Team Penske
2	22	Simon Pagenaud	18.027	0.1308	0.1308	49	178.533	Chevy	Team Penske
3	12	Will Power	18.040	0.1443	0.0135	51	178.400	Chevy	Team Penske
4	27	Alexander Rossi	18.122	0.2260	0.0817	46	177.595	Honda	Andretti Autosport
5	9	Scott Dixon	18.137	0.2413	0.0153	39	177.445	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	18.154	0.2575	0.0162	33	177.287	Honda	Andretti Autosport
7	14	Tony Kanaan	18.253	0.3565	0.0990	41	176.326	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
8	5	James Hinchcliffe	18.258	0.3622	0.0057	47	176.271	Honda	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
9	10	Felix Rosenqvist	18.294	0.3976	0.0354	59	175.929	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
10	26	Zach Veach	18.325	0.4292	0.0316	43	175.626	Honda	Andretti Autosport
11	7	Marcus Ericsson	18.350	0.4541	0.0249	57	175.388	Honda	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
12	19	Santino Ferrucci	18.370	0.4738	0.0197	49	175.200	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
13	18	Sebastien Bourdais	18.392	0.4954	0.0216	46	174.994	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan
14	30	Takuma Sato	18.474	0.5780	0.0826	40	174.211	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
15	20	Ed Carpenter	18.479	0.5827	0.0047	39	174.167	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	21	Spencer Pigot	18.486	0.5901	0.0074	45	174.097	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
17	15	Graham Rahal	18.562	0.6662	0.0761	50	173.384	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
18	31	Sage Karam	18.622	0.7263	0.0601	56	172.824	Chevy	Carlin
19	88	Colton Herta	18.630	0.7336	0.0073	59	172.756	Honda	Harding Steinbrenner Racing
20	59	Conor Daly	18.685	0.7887	0.0551	48	172.247	Chevy	Carlin
21	98	Marco Andretti	18.757	0.8611	0.0724	49	171.582	Honda	Andretti Herta w/ Marco & Curb
22	4	Matheus Leist	18.905	1.0090	0.1479	44	170.240	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises