Quick reflexes by Rahal

Tuesday's practice wouldn't have been accident-free had Newman/Haas/Lanigan's Graham Rahal not saved his Dallara-Honda in the south short chute midway through practice. He had a significant bobble before gathering it in.

"I think I had the save of the month," said Rahal, son of 1986 500 winner Bobby Rahal and a rookie at Indy. "I came out of Turn 1 and the car had understeered there every single lap except for this one and the thing snapped on me. It was close. I had a full lock on [the steering wheel] and it just came back to me."