Rahal tops IndyCar morning warm-up

Rahal runs strong at Mid-Ohio.

Local favorite Graham Rahal set himself as an early pick to win the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this morning by easily leading the morning warm-up in his Honda over the Penske Chevy of Helio Castroneves.

Marco Andretti was third quick to lead a trio of Andretti Autosport Hondas of himself, Takuma Sato and Ryan Hunter-Reay.

A rejuvenated Conor Daly was 6th to give the struggling AJ Foyt team something to cheer about.

Of course passing at Mid-Ohio is difficult so we'll see if Rahal can get past the two Penske Chevys in front of him.

Results

Pos	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine
1	15	Graham Rahal	1:05.024	–.—-	–.—-	16	23	125.012	Honda
2	3	Helio Castroneves	1:05.301	0.2768	0.2768	17	22	124.483	Chevy
3	27	Marco Andretti	1:05.513	0.4891	0.2123	12	22	124.079	Honda
4	26	Takuma Sato	1:05.515	0.4913	0.0022	18	18	124.075	Honda
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1:05.525	0.5013	0.0100	11	22	124.056	Honda
6	4	Conor Daly	1:05.578	0.5537	0.0524	15	20	123.957	Chevy
7	2	Josef Newgarden	1:05.618	0.5940	0.0403	15	23	123.881	Chevy
8	98	Alexander Rossi	1:05.655	0.6312	0.0372	12	22	123.811	Honda
9	9	Scott Dixon	1:05.683	0.6586	0.0274	21	24	123.759	Honda
10	18	Esteban Gutierrez	1:05.746	0.7223	0.0637	22	22	123.639	Honda
11	19	Ed Jones	1:05.774	0.7500	0.0277	12	19	123.587	Honda
12	1	Simon Pagenaud	1:05.961	0.9375	0.1875	6	24	123.236	Chevy
13	14	Carlos Munoz	1:06.010	0.9859	0.0484	10	21	123.145	Chevy
14	10	Tony Kanaan	1:06.022	0.9985	0.0126	11	21	123.122	Honda
15	21	JR Hildebrand	1:06.087	1.0626	0.0641	15	20	123.002	Chevy
16	12	Will Power	1:06.182	1.1584	0.0958	18	23	122.824	Chevy
17	7	Mikhail Aleshin	1:06.321	1.2971	0.1387	13	21	122.568	Honda
18	8	Max Chilton	1:06.361	1.3367	0.0396	18	24	122.494	Honda
19	83	Charlie Kimball	1:06.391	1.3668	0.0301	19	21	122.439	Honda
20	5	James Hinchcliffe	1:06.702	1.6777	0.3109	11	19	121.868	Honda
21	20	Spencer Pigot	1:07.116	2.0917	0.4140	5	5	121.116	Chevy