Dixon leads Ganassi 1-2 in 2nd Motegi practice
On another warm and rather humid day, Target Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti beat their rivals at Team Penske in practice session 2 on the 2.9-mile road course.
Franchitti led for almost the entire session, but a hot lap by Dixon–just as the checkered flag waved–put the Kiwi on top of the charts with a 1:38.771, much faster than the 1:39.4745 set by Will Power to top Friday's running.
Setting his best lap on Lap 3, Franchitti ended the session with a quick time of 1:39.168, with Team Penske's Will Power close behind in third with a lap of 1:39.309. However, no one is showing their full hand yet. There's more to come.
Results
| Rank | Car | Driver | Time | Diff. | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:38.7710 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 1:39.1686 | 0.3976 | 0.3976 | 19 |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power | 1:39.3090 | 0.5380 | 0.1404 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | 1:39.3928 | 0.6218 | 0.0838 | 18 |
| 5 | 17 | Hideki Mutoh | 1:39.4932 | 0.7222 | 0.1004 | 22 |
| 6 | 19 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:39.5376 | 0.7666 | 0.0444 | 20 |
| 7 | 2 | Oriol Servia | 1:39.5611 | 0.7901 | 0.0235 | 18 |
| 8 | 38 | Graham Rahal | 1:39.5636 | 0.7926 | 0.0025 | 21 |
| 9 | 27 | Mike Conway | 1:39.5787 | 0.8077 | 0.0151 | 18 |
| 10 | 59 | EJ Viso | 1:39.6065 | 0.8355 | 0.0278 | 19 |
| 11 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 1:39.7329 | 0.9619 | 0.1264 | 17 |
| 12 | 06 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:39.8359 | 1.0649 | 0.1030 | 9 |
| 13 | 14 | Vitor Meira | 1:39.8374 | 1.0664 | 0.0015 | 25 |
| 14 | 22 | Giorgio Pantano | 1:39.8978 | 1.1268 | 0.0604 | 18 |
| 15 | 34 | Joao Paulo de Oliveira | 1:39.9246 | 1.1536 | 0.0268 | 17 |
| 16 | 4 | JR Hildebrand | 1:39.9421 | 1.1711 | 0.0175 | 18 |
| 17 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:39.9843 | 1.2133 | 0.0422 | 20 |
| 18 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 1:39.9860 | 1.2150 | 0.0017 | 15 |
| 19 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | 1:40.0046 | 1.2336 | 0.0186 | 22 |
| 20 | 77 | Alex Tagliani | 1:40.0167 | 1.2457 | 0.0121 | 16 |
| 21 | 18 | James Jakes | 1:40.0513 | 1.2803 | 0.0346 | 20 |
| 22 | 26 | Marco Andretti | 1:40.0744 | 1.3034 | 0.0231 | 21 |
| 23 | 24 | Ana Beatriz | 1:40.1991 | 1.4281 | 0.1247 | 24 |
| 24 | 82 | Tony Kanaan | 1:40.2148 | 1.4438 | 0.0157 | 20 |
| 25 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 1:40.3514 | 1.5804 | 0.1366 | 20 |
| 26 | 5 | Takuma Sato | 1:40.4353 | 1.6643 | 0.0839 | 17 |