IndyCar: O’Ward tops Newgarden in final Honda Indy 200 practice at M-O
Arrow McLaren Chevy driver Pato O’Ward nipped Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden for fast time in final practice for the Honda Indy 200 Saturday morning at Mid-Ohio.
O’Ward’s lap of 1m06.0911 was just 0.0082s faster than Newgarden.
Andretti Autosport’s fastest driver, Colton Herta was 3rd quick 0.0928 sec back.
Graham Rahal and Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top-5 that saw two Chevy powered cars fastest followed by three Hondas.
Practice 2 Results
| Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | Laps | Speed | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 1:06.0911 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 22 | 122.994 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:06.0993 | 0.0082 | 0.0082 | 19 | 122.979 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta | 1:06.1839 | 0.0928 | 0.0846 | 20 | 122.821 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 4 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:06.3348 | 0.2437 | 0.1509 | 22 | 122.542 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 5 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:06.3657 | 0.2746 | 0.0309 | 24 | 122.485 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 6 | 12 | Will Power | 1:06.3943 | 0.3032 | 0.0286 | 23 | 122.432 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 7 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:06.4364 | 0.3453 | 0.0421 | 26 | 122.355 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 8 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 1:06.4955 | 0.4044 | 0.0591 | 19 | 122.246 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 9 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:06.5955 | 0.5044 | 0.1000 | 24 | 122.062 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 10 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:06.6815 | 0.5904 | 0.0860 | 19 | 121.905 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 11 | 51 | Romain Grosjean | 1:06.7033 | 0.6122 | 0.0218 | 18 | 121.865 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
| 12 | 10 | Alex Palou | 1:06.7670 | 0.6759 | 0.0637 | 23 | 121.749 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 13 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 1:06.7913 | 0.7002 | 0.0243 | 23 | 121.704 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 14 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1:06.8269 | 0.7358 | 0.0356 | 19 | 121.640 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 15 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:06.8550 | 0.7639 | 0.0281 | 26 | 121.589 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 16 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:06.8695 | 0.7784 | 0.0145 | 23 | 121.562 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 17 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:06.9590 | 0.8679 | 0.0895 | 21 | 121.400 | Honda | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
| 18 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:06.9627 | 0.8716 | 0.0037 | 25 | 121.393 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 19 | 18 | Ed Jones | 1:07.0458 | 0.9547 | 0.0831 | 16 | 121.242 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
| 20 | 59 | Max Chilton | 1:07.0696 | 0.9785 | 0.0238 | 22 | 121.199 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 21 | 45 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:07.0829 | 0.9918 | 0.0133 | 21 | 121.175 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 22 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 1:07.3450 | 1.2539 | 0.2621 | 26 | 120.704 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 23 | 20 | Conor Daly | 1:07.3867 | 1.2956 | 0.0417 | 21 | 120.629 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 24 | 4 | Dalton Kellett | 1:07.4684 | 1.3773 | 0.0817 | 25 | 120.483 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 25 | 52 | Ryan Norman | 1:07.4920 | 1.4009 | 0.0236 | 21 | 120.441 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
| 26 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 1:08.2852 | 2.1941 | 0.7932 | 26 | 119.042 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |