Dixon tops opening IndyCar practice at Mid-Ohio
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| Scott Dixon |
As the Hondas continue to tow a parachute around the track courtesy of their closed off Butt Bumpers, Scott Dixon led a Chevy 1-2-3-4-5 in opening practice for the Honda GP of Mid-Ohio in his Target Chip Ganassi Chevy.
The Penske Chevys of Will Power and Juan Montoya were 2nd and 3rd while Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves rounded out the top-5.
James Hinchcliffe was the fastest Honda in 6th as Chevy dominated the top of the speed charts and Honda the bottom. That has been the case all year except at Indy where the Chevys were also required to close off their butt bumpers. Given both brands were towing the same parachute around the track at Indy, the Hondas were competitive.
Results
| Pos | No | Name | FTime | Diff | Gap | FL | Laps | FSpeed | Engine |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:04.449 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 22 | 22 | 126.127 | Chevy |
| 2 | 12 | Will Power | 1:04.568 | 0.1188 | 0.1188 | 18 | 31 | 125.895 | Chevy |
| 3 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1:04.603 | 0.1543 | 0.0355 | 27 | 27 | 125.826 | Chevy |
| 4 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | 1:04.639 | 0.1896 | 0.0353 | 21 | 21 | 125.757 | Chevy |
| 5 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 1:04.722 | 0.2726 | 0.0830 | 22 | 24 | 125.596 | Chevy |
| 6 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:04.756 | 0.3068 | 0.0342 | 16 | 28 | 125.530 | Honda |
| 7 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:04.771 | 0.3221 | 0.0153 | 25 | 28 | 125.500 | Chevy |
| 8 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:04.866 | 0.4171 | 0.0950 | 23 | 25 | 125.316 | Chevy |
| 9 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:04.906 | 0.4568 | 0.0397 | 24 | 24 | 125.240 | Honda |
| 10 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 1:04.921 | 0.4717 | 0.0149 | 11 | 25 | 125.211 | Chevy |
| 11 | 21 | Josef Newgarden | 1:05.010 | 0.5608 | 0.0891 | 26 | 26 | 125.039 | Chevy |
| 12 | 27 | Marco Andretti | 1:05.099 | 0.6497 | 0.0889 | 23 | 23 | 124.869 | Honda |
| 13 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:05.129 | 0.6794 | 0.0297 | 25 | 25 | 124.812 | Honda |
| 14 | 26 | Carlos Munoz | 1:05.175 | 0.7261 | 0.0467 | 13 | 27 | 124.722 | Honda |
| 15 | 18 | Conor Daly | 1:05.271 | 0.8219 | 0.0958 | 20 | 22 | 124.539 | Honda |
| 16 | 14 | Takuma Sato | 1:05.298 | 0.8486 | 0.0267 | 20 | 23 | 124.488 | Honda |
| 17 | 7 | Mikhail Aleshin | 1:05.310 | 0.8608 | 0.0122 | 11 | 28 | 124.465 | Honda |
| 18 | 20 | Spencer Pigot | 1:05.313 | 0.8643 | 0.0035 | 22 | 25 | 124.458 | Chevy |
| 19 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth | 1:05.507 | 1.0582 | 0.1939 | 24 | 25 | 124.090 | Honda |
| 20 | 8 | Max Chilton | 1:05.553 | 1.1035 | 0.0453 | 25 | 27 | 124.004 | Chevy |
| 21 | 19 | RC Enerson | 1:05.553 | 1.1042 | 0.0007 | 18 | 31 | 124.003 | Honda |
| 22 | 98 | Alexander Rossi | 1:05.750 | 1.3012 | 0.1970 | 25 | 30 | 123.631 | Honda |