Nashville: Dixon tops practice 1
Scott Dixon topped the opening practice session for Saturday night's IndyCar race on the dusty and bumpy concrete 1.33-mile Nashville Speedway. A lot of the times were grouped together by team as speed on this 100% throttle track is pretty much governed by car setup. The driver just holds the throttle wide open and turns left.
Results
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Pos |
Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap | To 1st | Speed |
| 1. | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 45 | 22.8711 | 204.625 | ||
| 2. | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Andretti Green Racing | 44 | 22.9266 | 0.0555 | 0.0555 | 204.130 |
| 3. | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | 50 | 22.9674 | 0.0408 | 0.0963 | 203.767 |
| 4. | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Green Racing | 56 | 22.9866 | 0.0192 | 0.1155 | 203.597 |
| 5. | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Andretti Green Racing | 58 | 23.0156 | 0.0290 | 0.1445 | 203.340 |
| 6. | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | 73 | 23.0304 | 0.0148 | 0.1593 | 203.210 |
| 7. | 4 | Vitor Meira | Panther Racing | 72 | 23.0686 | 0.0382 | 0.1975 | 202.873 |
| 8. | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | 73 | 23.0851 | 0.0165 | 0.2140 | 202.728 |
| 9. | 5 | Oriol Servia | KV Racing Technology | 60 | 23.1410 | 0.0559 | 0.2699 | 202.238 |
| 10. | 8 | Will Power | KV Racing Technology | 71 | 23.1635 | 0.0225 | 0.2924 | 202.042 |
| 11. | 15 | Buddy Rice | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 62 | 23.2183 | 0.0548 | 0.3472 | 201.565 |
| 12. | 06 | Graham Rahal | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 79 | 23.2519 | 0.0336 | 0.3808 | 201.274 |
| 13. | 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rahal Letterman Racing | 53 | 23.2547 | 0.0028 | 0.3836 | 201.250 |
| 14. | 2 | A.J. Foyt IV | Vision Racing | 68 | 23.3085 | 0.0538 | 0.4374 | 200.785 |
| 15. | 19 | Mario Moraes | Dale Coyne Racing | 52 | 23.3230 | 0.0145 | 0.4519 | 200.660 |
| 16. | 02 | Justin Wilson | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | 50 | 23.3268 | 0.0038 | 0.4557 | 200.628 |
| 17. | 34 | Jaime Camara | Conquest Racing | 71 | 23.3441 | 0.0173 | 0.4730 | 200.479 |
| 18. | 23 | Milka Duno | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 59 | 23.3487 | 0.0046 | 0.4776 | 200.439 |
| 19. | 14 | Darren Manning | AJ Foyt Racing | 59 | 23.3489 | 0.0002 | 0.4778 | 200.438 |
| 20. | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi | Conquest Racing | 50 | 23.3919 | 0.0430 | 0.5208 | 200.069 |
| 21. | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | 11 | 23.3972 | 0.0053 | 0.5261 | 200.024 |
| 22. | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 36 | 23.4899 | 0.0927 | 0.6188 | 199.235 |
| 23. | 18 | Bruno Junqueira | Dale Coyne Racing | 43 | 23.5567 | 0.0668 | 0.6856 | 198.670 |
| 24. | 24 | Marty Roth | Roth Racing | 67 | 23.6263 | 0.0696 | 0.7552 | 198.084 |