Defending champion Andretti leads opening Iowa IndyCar practice session
Marco Andretti topped the opening practice session for this weekend's Iowa Corn 250 IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway.
Andretti, who drivers for his father's team, won last year's race at the 7/8th mile oval, set the pace with a best lap of 184.832mph to finish up just ahead of Sarah Fisher Hartman's Josef Newgarden and Bryan Herta Autosport's Alex Tagliani. Ryan Briscoe (Penske) and Scott Dixon (Ganassi) completed the top five.
Up next is another practice session and then the heat races, which will set the grid for the race on Saturday.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind |
| 1. | Marco Andretti | Andretti DW12-Chevy | 17.4126s | +0.0000s |
| 2. | Josef Newgarden | Fisher DW12-Honda | 17.4458s | +0.0332s |
| 3. | Alex Tagliani | Herta DW12-Honda | 17.4743s | +0.0617s |
| 4. | Ryan Briscoe | Penske DW12-Chevy | 17.4795s | +0.0669s |
| 5. | Scott Dixon | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 17.5103s | +0.0977s |
| 6. | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti DW12-Chevy | 17.5117s | +0.0991s |
| 7. | Dario Franchitti | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 17.5203s | +0.1077s |
| 8. | Helio Castroneves | Penske DW12-Chevy | 17.5330s | +0.1204s |
| 9. | Will Power | Penske DW12-Chevy | 17.5350s | +0.1224s |
| 10. | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti DW12-Chevy | 17.6018s | +0.1892s |
| 11. | Tony Kanaan | KV DW12-Chevy | 17.6426s | +0.2300s |
| 12. | Mike Conway | Foyt DW12-Honda | 17.6509s | +0.2383s |
| 13. | EJ Viso | KV DW12-Chevy | 17.6851s | +0.2725s |
| 14. | JR Hildebrand | Panther DW12-Chevy | 17.6924s | +0.2798s |
| 15. | James Jakes | Coyne DW12-Honda | 17.6985s | +0.2859s |
| 16. | Ed Carpenter | Carpenter DW12-Chevy | 17.7053s | +0.2927s |
| 17. | Graham Rahal | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 17.7348s | +0.3222s |
| 18. | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt DW12-Honda | 17.7958s | +0.3832s |
| 19. | Oriol Servia | Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy | 17.8145s | +0.4019s |
| 20. | Katherine Legge | Dragon DW12-Chevy | 17.8342s | +0.4216s |
| 21. | Charlie Kimball | Ganassi DW12-Honda | 17.8782s | +0.4656s |
| 22. | Justin Wilson | Coyne DW12-Honda | 17.9324s | +0.5198s |
| 23. | Takuma Sato | Rahal DW12-Honda | 17.9722s | +0.5596s |
| 24. | Rubens Barrichello | KV DW12-Chevy | 18.0808s | +0.6682s |
| 25. | Simona de Silvestro | HVM DW12-Lotus | 18.7022s | +1.2896s |