Herta tops 2nd IndyCar practice with a tow

Colton Herta

Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in the heat of the day at 222.451mph to lead the 2nd practice session for the DXC Technology 600 IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway in his Harding Steinbrenner Honda.

He was followed by fellow Honda drivers Takuma Sato and Alexander Rossi at over 220mph.

Will Power and Marcus Ericsson rounded out the top-5.

However, without a tow, it was Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi fastest at 219 mph followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay at 218mph.

Practice 2 Results

Pos	No	Name	With Tow Time	Diff	Gap	With Tow Speed	No-Tow Speed	No-Tow Rank	Engine	Team
1	88	Colton Herta	23.304	–.—-	–.—-	222.451	216.132	13	Honda	Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2	30	Takuma Sato	23.460	0.1558	0.1558	220.974	217.311	8	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
3	27	Alexander Rossi	23.485	0.1813	0.0255	220.734	219.058	2	Honda	Andretti Autosport
4	12	Will Power	23.520	0.2156	0.0343	220.412	217.018	9	Chevy	Team Penske
5	7	Marcus Ericsson	23.528	0.2237	0.0081	220.336	217.475	7	Honda	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
6	9	Scott Dixon	23.566	0.2622	0.0385	219.976	219.492	1	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
7	15	Graham Rahal	23.571	0.2670	0.0048	219.931	217.725	6	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	23.574	0.2697	0.0027	219.906	218.331	3	Honda	Andretti Autosport
9	2	Josef Newgarden	23.604	0.3002	0.0305	219.622	209.100	20	Chevy	Team Penske
10	18	Sebastien Bourdais	23.617	0.3132	0.0130	219.501	215.510	14	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan
11	19	Santino Ferrucci	23.620	0.3156	0.0024	219.479	207.967	22	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
12	26	Zach Veach	23.649	0.3452	0.0296	219.204	217.776	5	Honda	Andretti Autosport
13	22	Simon Pagenaud	23.681	0.3767	0.0315	218.912	209.033	21	Chevy	Team Penske
14	23	Charlie Kimball	23.707	0.4034	0.0267	218.666	213.360	17	Chevy	Carlin
15	21	Spencer Pigot	23.717	0.4134	0.0100	218.574	216.425	12	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	14	Tony Kanaan	23.718	0.4138	0.0004	218.570	216.643	11	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
17	20	Ed Carpenter	23.730	0.4262	0.0124	218.456	216.649	10	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
18	5	James Hinchcliffe	23.746	0.4419	0.0157	218.311	218.086	4	Honda	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
19	98	Marco Andretti	23.750	0.4463	0.0044	218.271	214.397	15	Honda	Andretti Herta w/ Marco & Curb
20	10	Felix Rosenqvist	23.828	0.5242	0.0779	217.557	212.428	18	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
21	59	Conor Daly	23.892	0.5880	0.0638	216.976	214.265	16	Chevy	Carlin
22	4	Matheus Leist	23.902	0.5977	0.0097	216.888	211.526	19	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises