IndyCar: Dixon tops final practice for GP of Portland

Alex Palou won the pole for the GP of Portland in the #10 PNC Honda and his teammate Scott Dixon, in the #9 PNC Honda was fastest in final IndyCar practice after qualifying.

The session saw teams focus on race setups and the Ganassi team has the fastest cars in both qualifying and race setups.

Josef Newgarden, who had a horrible qualifying effort and will start only 18th, rebounded to go 2nd fastest in race setup.

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES paddock observed a moment of silence Saturday at 7:28 a.m. local time out of respect for the exact moment when the North Tower of the World Trade Center fell 20 years ago in New York. A call-out campaign for blood donations in partnership with the American Red Cross is underway, and a commemorative charitable pin bearing the motto “Together We Stand” is available for purchase online at the Official INDYCAR Shop. Teams and cars carried the logo Saturday.

IndyCar Final Practice Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Speed	Engine	Team
1	9	Scott Dixon	59.4111	59.4111	0.000	119.008	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	2	Josef Newgarden	59.6296	0.2185	0.2185	118.572	Chevy	Team Penske
3	18	Ed Jones	59.6403	0.2292	0.0107	118.551	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
4	10	Alex Palou	59.7467	0.3356	0.1064	118.340	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
5	60	Jack Harvey	59.8976	0.4865	0.1509	118.041	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
6	15	Graham Rahal	59.9019	0.4908	0.0043	118.033	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7	30	Takuma Sato	1:00.0880	0.6769	0.1861	117.667	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	27	Alexander Rossi	1:00.2162	0.8051	0.1282	117.417	Honda	Andretti Autosport
9	45	Oliver Askew	1:00.2303	0.8192	0.0141	117.389	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10	21	Rinus VeeKay	1:00.2611	0.8500	0.0308	117.329	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
11	26	Colton Herta	1:00.3001	0.8890	0.0390	117.254	Honda	Andretti Autosport
12	12	Will Power	1:00.3095	0.8984	0.0094	117.235	Chevy	Team Penske
13	3	Scott McLaughlin	1:00.3916	0.9805	0.0821	117.076	Chevy	Team Penske
14	59	Max Chilton	1:00.4267	1.0156	0.0351	117.008	Chevy	Carlin
15	20	Conor Daly	1:00.4422	1.0311	0.0155	116.978	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	5	Pato O’Ward	1:00.4529	1.0418	0.0107	116.957	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
17	7	Felix Rosenqvist	1:00.5299	1.1188	0.0770	116.808	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
18	8	Marcus Ericsson	1:00.5710	1.1599	0.0411	116.729	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
19	14	Sebastien Bourdais	1:00.5871	1.1760	0.0161	116.698	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
20	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1:00.5973	1.1862	0.0102	116.678	Honda	Andretti Autosport
21	06	Helio Castroneves	1:00.6133	1.2022	0.0160	116.648	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
22	51	Romain Grosjean	1:00.6685	1.2574	0.0552	116.542	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
23	4	Dalton Kellett	1:00.7102	1.2991	0.0417	116.461	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
24	22	Simon Pagenaud	1:00.7416	1.3305	0.0314	116.401	Chevy	Team Penske
25	29	James Hinchcliffe	1:01.1949	1.7838	0.4533	115.539	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
26	48	Jimmie Johnson	1:01.4827	2.0716	0.2878	114.998	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
27	77	Callum Ilott	1:01.5187	2.1076	0.0360	114.931	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing