Franchitti tops rain shortened opening practice

Dario Franchitti was quickest in a rain-interrupted opening IndyCar Series practice session at Kentucky Speedway Friday.

After 20 minutes of clear running rain showers hit the oval.

Qualifying for Saturday night's race is due to take place this afternoon, weather permitting.

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	No.	Time	Speed	Diff	Gap	Laps
1	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	10	00:24.4955	217.509	–.—-	–.—-	41
2	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	3	00:24.5183	217.307	0.0228	0.0228	45
3	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	9	00:24.5482	217.042	0.0527	0.0299	32
4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	4	00:24.5494	217.032	0.0539	0.0012	38
5	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	6	00:24.5882	216.689	0.0927	0.0388	41
6	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Autosport	11	00:24.6060	216.533	0.1105	0.0178	42
7	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	32	00:24.6061	216.532	0.1106	0.0001	25
8	Vitor Meira	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	14	00:24.6179	216.428	0.1224	0.0118	36
9	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	26	00:24.6265	216.352	0.1310	0.0086	39
10	Will Power	Team Penske	12	00:24.6485	216.159	0.1530	0.0220	51
11	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport	7	00:24.6507	216.140	0.1552	0.0022	36
12	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	37	00:24.6544	216.107	0.1589	0.0037	23
13	Ed Carpenter	Panther Racing	20	00:24.6684	215.985	0.1729	0.0140	27
14	Alex Lloyd	Dale Coyne Racing	19	00:24.6842	215.847	0.1887	0.0158	21
15	Takuma Sato	KV Racing Technology	5	00:24.6868	215.824	0.1913	0.0026	29
16	Raphael Matos	de Ferran Dragon Racing	2	00:24.7167	215.563	0.2212	0.0299	36
17	Tomas Scheckter	Conquest Racing	36	00:24.7242	215.497	0.2287	0.0075	35
18	Alex Tagliani	FAZZT Race Team	77	00:24.7301	215.446	0.2346	0.0059	29
19	Bertrand Baguette	Conquest Racing	34	00:24.7681	215.115	0.2726	0.0380	40
20	Sarah Fisher	Sarah Fisher Racing	67	00:24.7960	214.873	0.3005	0.0279	27
21	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	22	00:24.8246	214.626	0.3291	0.0286	23
22	E.J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	8	00:24.8738	214.201	0.3783	0.0492	40
23	Simona De Silvestro	Team Stargate Worlds/HVM	78	00:24.9016	213.962	0.4061	0.0278	29
24	Hideki Mutoh	Newman/Haas Racing	06	00:24.9328	213.694	0.4373	0.0312	27
25	Paul Tracy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	00:24.9797	213.293	0.4842	0.0469	29
26	Graham Rahal	Sarah Fisher Racing	66	00:25.0829	212.416	0.5874	0.1032	32
27	Milka Duno	Dale Coyne Racing	18	00:25.3171	210.451	0.8216	0.2342	17