Ganassi drivers top Sonoma IndyCar test

Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon topped the timesheet as all 25 cars entered in the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma participated in five hours of an IZOD IndyCar Series Open Test on the 2.385-mile, 12-turn Sonoma Raceway on Aug. 21.

Franchitti, who has five podium finishes (including the 2009 victory) in seven starts at Sonoma, posted the fastest lap of the day of 1 minute, 18.2945 seconds in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car.

That lap time was only a second off the track record set in 2012 qualifications by pole sitter Will Power of Team Penske.

Dixon was second fast (1:18.3694) and reigning series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was third on the time sheet (1:18.4707) in the No. 1 DHL Andretti Autosport car. Power (1:18.5042) was fourth in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, while series championship points leader Helio Castroneves was fifth (1:18.8965).

The top 10 were separated by a second, and the top 24 were separated by less than two seconds.

Results

Rank	Car	Driver Name	Engine	Session	Time	Speed	Laps
1	10	Franchitti, Dario	HONDA	Practice 2	01:18.2945	109.663	38
2	9	Dixon, Scott	HONDA	Practice 2	01:18.3694	109.558	46
3	1	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:18.4707	109.417	37
4	12	Power, Will	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:18.5082	109.364	45
5	3	Castroneves, Helio	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:18.8965	108.826	48
6	27	Hinchcliffe, James	CHEVY	Practice 1	01:18.9329	108.776	43
7	25	Andretti, Marco	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:18.9912	108.696	35
8	7	Bourdais, Sebastien	CHEVY	Practice 1	01:19.1274	108.509	34
9	6	Saavedra, Sebastian	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:19.2560	108.332	35
10	19	Wilson, Justin	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.2731	108.309	43
11	78	De Silvestro, Simona	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:19.3386	108.220	39
12	4	Briscoe, Ryan	CHEVY	Practice 1	01:19.3941	108.144	38
13	83	Kimball, Charlie	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.4095	108.123	51
14	5	Viso, EJ	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:19.4495	108.069	28
15	67	Newgarden, Josef	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.4671	108.045	38
16	11	Kanaan, Tony	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:19.5319	107.957	31
17	16	Jakes, James	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.5426	107.942	44
18	98	Hildebrand, JR	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.6668	107.774	51
19	15	Rahal, Graham	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.7022	107.726	58
20	77	Pagenaud, Simon	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.7100	107.715	57
21	55	Vautier, Tristan (R)	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.9103	107.445	44
22	14	Sato, Takuma	HONDA	Practice 2	01:19.9302	107.419	36
23	18	Davison, James (R)	HONDA	Practice 2	01:20.1534	107.120	50
24	20	Carpenter, Ed	CHEVY	Practice 2	01:20.2236	107.026	45
25	97	Luhr, Lucas (R)	HONDA	Practice 1	01:20.2262	107.022	44