Veach tops practice at Pocono

Zach Veach

Andretti Autosport Honda rookie Zach Veach topped practice ahead of qualifying for the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono with a speed of 217.393mph.

With a late lap Josef Newgarden was 2nd in his Penske Chevy with a lap of 217.016mph.

Alexander Rossi was third quick at 216.907mph in his Andretti Honda while Sebastien Bourdais was 4th in his Dale Coyne Honda and with point leader Scott Dixon rounding out the top-5.

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	26	Zach Veach	41.400	–.—-	–.—-	32	217.393	Honda	Andretti Autosport
2	1	Josef Newgarden	41.472	0.0719	0.0719	34	217.016	Chevy	Team Penske
3	27	Alexander Rossi	41.492	0.0927	0.0208	36	216.907	Honda	Andretti Autosport
4	18	Sebastien Bourdais	41.685	0.2854	0.1927	31	215.904	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with VS
5	9	Scott Dixon	41.729	0.3290	0.0436	27	215.679	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
6	14	Tony Kanaan	41.769	0.3696	0.0406	28	215.469	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
7	22	Simon Pagenaud	41.805	0.4052	0.0356	24	215.286	Chevy	Team Penske
8	30	Takuma Sato	41.825	0.4258	0.0206	25	215.180	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
9	15	Graham Rahal	41.873	0.4728	0.0470	34	214.938	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10	5	James Hinchcliffe	41.877	0.4775	0.0047	29	214.914	Honda	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
11	12	Will Power	41.879	0.4789	0.0014	30	214.907	Chevy	Team Penske
12	21	Spencer Pigot	42.013	0.6132	0.1343	31	214.220	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
13	6	Robert Wickens	42.118	0.7185	0.1053	29	213.684	Honda	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
14	98	Marco Andretti	42.130	0.7308	0.1166	20	213.622	Honda	Andretti Herta Autosport with CA
15	23	Charlie Kimball	42.163	0.7633	0.0325	34	213.457	Chevy	Carlin
16	20	Ed Carpenter	42.183	0.7836	0.0203	31	213.355	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
17	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	42.196	0.7967	0.0131	34	213.288	Honda	Andretti Autosport
18	4	Matheus Leist	42.283	0.8836	0.0869	31	212.850	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
19	19	Pietro Fittipaldi	42.321	0.9211	0.0375	28	212.661	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
20	10	Ed Jones	42.384	0.9846	0.0635	35	212.343	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
21	59	Max Chilton	43.053	1.6531	0.6685	38	209.046	Chevy	Carlin
22	88	Conor Daly	43.687	2.2870	0.6339	15	206.012	Chevy	Harding Racing