Newgarden tops mid-day IndyCar test times at Barber

At the lunch break, #2 Penske Chevy driver Josef Newgarden has turned the fastest lap in IndyCar testing Tuesday at Barber Motorsports Park. Newgarden’s lap of 1m07.49s was 0.01s faster than Conor Daly in the #20 Ed Carpenter Chevy.

So far Chevys run 1-2-3-4-5 with the fastest Honda being that of #18 Dale Coyne Honda of Ed Jones at 1m07.94s.

Will Power is a close third in his #12 Penske Chevy with an almost identical time to Daly.

Romain Grosjean spun off in T1 earlier but he is now back out running 11th quick in his #51 Dale Coyne/Rick Ware Honda.

Romain Grosjean IMS Photo – Joe Skibinski

The complete testing lineup:

AJ Foyt Racing: Sebastien Bourdais, Dalton Kellett
Dale Coyne Racing: Romain Grosjean, Ed Jones
Ed Carpenter Racing: Conor Daly, Rinus VeeKay
Rahal Letterman Racing: Graham Rahal, Takuma Sato
Team Penske: Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power

Barber IndyCar Test Times @Noon

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	2	Josef Newgarden	1m07.49s	0.00s	0.00s	27	122.676	Chevy	Team Penske
2	20	Conor Daly	1m07.51s	0.01s	0.01s	31	122.656	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
3	12	Will Power	1m07.51s	0.01s	0.00s	44	122.649	Chevy	Team Penske
4	14	Sebastien Bourdais	1m07.64s	0.14s	0.13s	40	122.417	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	1m07.86s	0.05s	0.01s	29	122.016	Chevy	Team Penske
6	18	Ed Jones	1m07.94s	0.44s	0.08s	36	121.866	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
7	15	Graham Rahal	1m08.03s	0.53s	0.08s	58	121.714	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	22	Simon Pagenaud	1m08.05s	0.55s	0.10s	36	121.683	Chevy	Team Penske
9	30	Takuma Sato	1m08.15s	0.64s	0.10s	38	121.505	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10	21	Rinus VeeKay	1m08.19s	0.69s	0.04s	34	121.420	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
11	51	Romain Grosjean	1m08.93s	1.44s	0.74s	22	120.121	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing
12	4	Dalton Kellett	1m11.55s	3.74s	1.75s	3	115.719	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises