IndyCar: Pagenaud tops opening practice for the Xpel 375 at TMS

Simon Pagenaud in the #60 Meyer Shank Honda turned the fastest lap in opening practice for the XPEL 375 NTT IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Pagenaud’s speed of 223.087mph nipped the #7 Arrow McLaren Chevy of Felix Rosenqvist, who turned a lap at 222.878mph.

Colton Herta was 3rd quick in the #26 Andretti Honda

More to follow……

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Behind	Gap	Speed	Engine	Team
1	60	Simon Pagenaud	23.2376	0.000s	0.000s	223.087	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
2	7	Felix Rosenqvist	23.2594	0.0218	0.0218	222.878	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
3	26	Colton Herta	23.2690	0.0314	0.0096	222.786	Honda	Andretti Autosport
4	77	Callum Ilott	23.3243	0.0867	0.0553	222.257	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	23.3268	0.0892	0.0025	222.234	Chevy	Team Penske
6	9	Scott Dixon	23.3288	0.0912	0.0020	222.215	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
7	5	Pato O’Ward	23.3299	0.0923	0.0011	222.204	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
8	8	Marcus Ericsson	23.3551	0.1175	0.0252	221.964	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	28	Romain Grosjean	23.3673	0.1297	0.0122	221.848	Honda	Andretti Autosport
10	10	Alex Palou	23.3783	0.1407	0.0110	221.744	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
11	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	23.3791	0.1415	0.0008	221.737	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
12	51	Takuma Sato	23.3926	0.1550	0.0135	221.609	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
13	15	Graham Rahal	23.3991	0.1615	0.0065	221.547	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14	2	Josef Newgarden	23.4150	0.1774	0.0159	221.397	Chevy	Team Penske
15	14	Kyle Kirkwood	23.4195	0.1819	0.0045	221.354	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
16	06	Helio Castroneves	23.4332	0.1956	0.0137	221.225	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
17	30	Christian Lundgaard	23.4371	0.1995	0.0039	221.188	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
18	18	David Malukas	23.4394	0.2018	0.0023	221.166	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
19	12	Will Power	23.4459	0.2083	0.0065	221.105	Chevy	Team Penske
20	27	Alexander Rossi	23.4763	0.2387	0.0304	220.818	Honda	Andretti Autosport
21	33	Ed Carpenter	23.5135	0.2759	0.0372	220.469	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
22	48	Jimmie Johnson	23.5181	0.2805	0.0046	220.426	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
24	21	Rinus VeeKay	23.5297	0.2921	0.0116	220.317	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
24	21	Rinus VeeKay	23.5297	0.2921	0.0116	220.317	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
25	20	Conor Daly	23.5745	0.3369	0.0448	219.899	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
26	4	Dalton Kellett	23.6060	0.3684	0.0315	219.605	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
27	11	JR Hildebrand	23.6705	0.4329	0.0645	219.007	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises