Chevys dominate final IndyCar practice in Texas

Ryan Briscoe drafts teammate Scott Dixon

The Ganassi trio of Scott Dixon (213.215 mph), Tony Kanaan and Ryan Briscoe topped the final practice session for the Firestone 600 IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night under the lights. In conditions similar to what the drivers will experience tomorrow night in the race, seven Chevy powered cars topped the time charts with polesitter Will Power and Ed Carpenter rounding out the top-5.

The fastest Honda was Ryan Hunter-Reay in 8th at 212.249 mph, just 1/10th of a second slower than Dixon.

Juan Pablo Montoya made 17 NASCAR starts at Texas Motor Speedway, but he's a newcomer to the speed on the 1.455-mile, high-banked Texas Motor Speedway oval in a Verizon IndyCar Series car.

Montoya was sixth fast in the lone practice session preceding single-car qualifications for the Firestone 600 (217.092 mph, 24.1482 seconds) in the No. 2 Verizon Team Penske car. Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Tony Kanaan (219.382 mph, 23.8762 seconds), Scott Dixon (218.321 mph) and 2010 pole sitter Ryan Briscoe (217.763) were atop the speed chart.

Results

Pos Car Driver Engine Time Speed Diff Gap Laps
1 9 Dixon, Scott Chevy 00:24.5667 213.215 –.—- –.—- 46
2 10 Kanaan, Tony Chevy 00:24.5700 213.187 0.0033 0.0033 42
3 8 Briscoe, Ryan Chevy 00:24.6021 212.909 0.0354 0.0321 42
4 12 Power, Will Chevy 00:24.6147 212.800 0.0480 0.0126 41
5 20 Carpenter, Ed Chevy 00:24.6380 212.598 0.0713 0.0233 34
6 2 Montoya, Juan Pablo Chevy 00:24.6393 212.587 0.0726 0.0013 35
7 3 Castroneves, Helio Chevy 00:24.6629 212.384 0.0962 0.0236 31
8 28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan Honda 00:24.6786 212.249 0.1119 0.0157 31
9 27 Hinchcliffe, James Honda 00:24.7268 211.835 0.1601 0.0482 45
10 83 Kimball, Charlie Chevy 00:24.7482 211.652 0.1815 0.0214 42
11 25 Andretti, Marco Honda 00:24.7505 211.632 0.1838 0.0023 46
12 11 Bourdais, Sebastien Chevy 00:24.7559 211.586 0.1892 0.0054 22
13 67 Newgarden, Josef Honda 00:24.7659 211.500 0.1992 0.0100 37
14 98 Hawksworth, Jack(R) Honda 00:24.7930 211.269 0.2263 0.0271 32
15 14 Sato, Takuma Honda 00:24.8598 210.702 0.2931 0.0668 47
16 19 Wilson, Justin Honda 00:24.8757 210.567 0.3090 0.0159 37
17 34 Munoz, Carlos(R) Honda 00:24.9190 210.201 0.3523 0.0433 24
18 15 Rahal, Graham Honda 00:24.9511 209.931 0.3844 0.0321 37
19 7 Aleshin, Mikhail(R) Honda 00:25.0225 209.332 0.4558 0.0714 44
20 77 Pagenaud, Simon Honda 00:25.1052 208.642 0.5385 0.0827 28
21 17 Saavedra, Sebastian Chevy 00:25.2341 207.576 0.6674 0.1289 36
22 18 Huertas, Carlos(R) Honda 00:25.3856 206.337 0.8189 0.1515 40

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