Indy 500: Rahal leads Dixon in opening practice

Before rain showers hit the track, Graham Rahal put his #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda on top for the opening practice for veterans for the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500, ahead of 2008 winner Scott Dixon.

Rahal lapped at 223.449mph, to marginally shade Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s six-time IndyCar Series champion Dixon, with rookie Scott McLaughlin in the Pennzoil-sponsored #3 Penske.

Two-time Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya was 4th for Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet, ahead of Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan-Honda driver Ed Jones.

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	15	Graham Rahal	40.2776	0.0000s	0.0000s	19	223.449	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2	9	Scott Dixon	40.2829	0.0053	0.0053	20	223.420	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	40.3885	0.1109	0.1056	18	222.836	Chevy	Team Penske
4	86	Juan Pablo Montoya	40.3985	0.1209	0.0100	19	222.781	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
5	18	Ed Jones	40.4131	0.1355	0.0146	19	222.700	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser Sullivan
6	12	Will Power	40.4611	0.1835	0.0480	30	222.436	Chevy	Team Penske
7	45	Santino Ferrucci	40.5034	0.2258	0.0423	18	222.204	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	5	Pato O’Ward	40.5076	0.2300	0.0042	22	222.181	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
9	29	James Hinchcliffe	40.5423	0.2647	0.0347	11	221.990	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
10	06	Helio Castroneves	40.5660	0.2884	0.0237	19	221.861	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
11	47	Conor Daly	40.5988	0.3212	0.0328	17	221.681	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
12	24	Sage Karam	40.6637	0.3861	0.0649	26	221.328	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
13	48	Tony Kanaan	40.7421	0.4645	0.0784	10	220.902	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
14	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	40.7600	0.4824	0.0179	12	220.805	Honda	Andretti Autosport
15	26	Colton Herta	40.7863	0.5087	0.0263	12	220.662	Honda	Andretti Autosport
16	98	Marco Andretti	40.7930	0.5154	0.0067	21	220.626	Honda	Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agaj
17	10	Alex Palou	40.8164	0.5388	0.0234	18	220.500	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
18	14	Sebastien Bourdais	40.8402	0.5626	0.0238	15	220.371	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
19	8	Marcus Ericsson	40.8897	0.6121	0.0495	30	220.104	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
20	30	Takuma Sato	40.9077	0.6301	0.0180	18	220.007	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
21	21	Rinus VeeKay	40.9093	0.6317	0.0016	13	219.999	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
22	20	Ed Carpenter	40.9798	0.7022	0.0705	12	219.620	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
23	59	Max Chilton	41.0908	0.8132	0.1110	14	219.027	Chevy	Carlin
24	22	Simon Pagenaud	41.0970	0.8194	0.0062	17	218.994	Chevy	Team Penske
25	7	Felix Rosenqvist	41.1461	0.8685	0.0491	18	218.733	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
26	16	Simona De Silvestro	41.1929	0.9153	0.0468	10	218.484	Chevy	Paretta Autosport
27	27	Alexander Rossi	41.3382	1.0606	0.1453	11	217.716	Honda	Andretti Autosport
28	51	Pietro Fittipaldi	41.3649	1.0873	0.0267	28	217.576	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
29	2	Josef Newgarden	41.6471	1.3695	0.2822	11	216.101	Chevy	Team Penske
30	4	Dalton Kellett	10:30.376	590.0989	588.7294	2	14.277	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises