IndyCar: Newgarden leads Penske 1-2 in Bommarito 500 practice

Team Penske is always strong here at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) and practice for tonight’s Bommarito 500 was no difference as Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin ran 1-2 in afternoon practice for Team Penske.

Newgarden’s lap of 25.1715s was just 0.1565s faster than McLaughlin’s lap in the identical car.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was third quick for Andretti Autosport.

Graham Rahal and Scott Dixon rounded out the top-5.

This track is hard to pass on, so whoever qualifies up front later this afternoon will likely still be leading the parade at the finish. Right now, that appears like it will be Josef Newgarden.

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Speed	Engine	Team
1	2	Josef Newgarden	25.1715	0.000s	0.000s	178.774	Chevy	Team Penske
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	25.3280	0.1565	0.1565	177.669	Chevy	Team Penske
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	25.3462	0.1747	0.0182	177.541	Honda	Andretti Autosport
4	15	Graham Rahal	25.3560	0.1845	0.0098	177.473	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
5	9	Scott Dixon	25.3574	0.1859	0.0014	177.463	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
6	8	Marcus Ericsson	25.3674	0.1959	0.0100	177.393	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
7	7	Felix Rosenqvist	25.4004	0.2289	0.0330	177.163	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
8	26	Colton Herta	25.4628	0.2913	0.0624	176.728	Honda	Andretti Autosport
9	29	James Hinchcliffe	25.4632	0.2917	0.0004	176.726	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
10	5	Pato O’Ward	25.4667	0.2952	0.0035	176.701	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
11	51	Romain Grosjean	25.4801	0.3086	0.0134	176.608	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
12	27	Alexander Rossi	25.4968	0.3253	0.0167	176.493	Honda	Andretti Autosport
13	30	Takuma Sato	25.5141	0.3426	0.0173	176.373	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14	22	Simon Pagenaud	25.5145	0.3430	0.0004	176.370	Chevy	Team Penske
15	18	Ed Jones	25.5550	0.3835	0.0405	176.091	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
16	12	Will Power	25.5591	0.3876	0.0041	176.063	Chevy	Team Penske
17	10	Alex Palou	25.5818	0.4103	0.0227	175.906	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
18	59	Conor Daly	25.6160	0.4445	0.0342	175.671	Chevy	Carlin
19	60	Jack Harvey	25.6844	0.5129	0.0684	175.204	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
20	48	Tony Kanaan	25.7647	0.5932	0.0803	174.658	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
21	14	Sebastien Bourdais	25.8194	0.6479	0.0547	174.288	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
22	21	Rinus VeeKay	25.8498	0.6783	0.0304	174.083	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
23	4	Dalton Kellett	25.8810	0.7095	0.0312	173.873	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
24	20	Ed Carpenter	25.9922	0.8207	0.1112	173.129	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing