IndyCar: Kanaan leads Carb Day Practice at Indy

Tony Kanaan, the driver of the no 1 American Legion Chip Ganassi Racing entry, set the fastest lap for the Miller Lite Carb Day practice session which was delayed half an hour by wet conditions this morning.

Another Ganassi teammate, Marcus Ericsson, driver of the no 8 Huski Chocolate car, had the second-fastest lap. The Swede had the fastest no-tow speed of 221.806mph, which will be important for the race on Sunday

Takuma Sato, driver of the no 51 Nurtec ODT Dale Coyne Racing with RWR, was third.

Polesitter Scott Dixon, another Ganassi driver of the no 9 PNC Bank entry, was fourth fastest.

Sage Karem, driver of no 24 AES Indiana DRR entry, was fifth fastest. The 27-year-old did 61 laps today in the 90 minute practice.

Kanaan was quite entertaining in the press conference after the practice with his good friend, Juan Pablo Montoya. They bantered back and forth about their setups and not knowing whose car is who due to them only driving this race this season.

Kanaan did comment on today’s practice. “Today is not important at all. We had a good car all month. We didn’t go out and let’s be fastest on Carb Day. It doesn’t count, doesn’t mean anything. It’s a consequence of a good car that we had all month. You look at teammates, they’re all there.”

“Glad it’s been working out for us. After this interview, it doesn’t matter anymore. We’re all going for the race on Sunday. Anything can happen. Doesn’t matter how good of a car
you have if you’re not in the right place at the right time.”
The track goes quiet now as teams make final preparations for the big race on Sunday starting at 11:00am on NBC.

Final Practice Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Behind	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	1	Tony Kanaan	39.6277	0.000s	0.000s	46	227.114	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	8	Marcus Ericsson	39.6468	0.0191	0.0191	30	227.004	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
3	51	Takuma Sato	39.6757	0.0480	0.0289	45	226.839	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
4	9	Scott Dixon	39.7007	0.0730	0.0250	35	226.696	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
5	24	Sage Karam	39.7322	0.1045	0.0315	61	226.517	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold
6	12	Will Power	39.8174	0.1897	0.0852	53	226.032	Chevy	Team Penske
7	48	Jimmie Johnson	39.8276	0.1999	0.0102	49	225.974	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
8	5	Pato O’Ward	39.8661	0.2384	0.0385	42	225.756	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
9	98	Marco Andretti	39.8735	0.2458	0.0074	61	225.714	Honda	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco & Curb
10	7	Felix Rosenqvist	39.8822	0.2545	0.0087	61	225.665	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
11	20	Conor Daly	39.9028	0.2751	0.0206	45	225.548	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
12	30	Christian Lundgaard	39.9118	0.2841	0.0090	61	225.497	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
13	3	Scott McLaughlin	39.9146	0.2869	0.0028	56	225.481	Chevy	Team Penske
14	10	Alex Palou	39.9229	0.2952	0.0083	49	225.435	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
15	25	Stefan Wilson	39.9302	0.3025	0.0073	45	225.393	Chevy	DragonSpeed/Cusick Motorsports
16	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	39.9354	0.3077	0.0052	41	225.364	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
17	18	David Malukas	39.9875	0.3598	0.0521	35	225.070	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
18	06	Helio Castroneves	40.0052	0.3775	0.0177	41	224.971	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
19	14	Kyle Kirkwood	40.0286	0.4009	0.0234	60	224.839	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
20	26	Colton Herta	40.0567	0.4290	0.0281	43	224.682	Honda	Andretti Autosport
21	60	Simon Pagenaud	40.0977	0.4700	0.0410	52	224.452	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
22	11	JR Hildebrand	40.1302	0.5025	0.0325	40	224.270	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
23	2	Josef Newgarden	40.1492	0.5215	0.0190	62	224.164	Chevy	Team Penske
24	77	Callum Ilott	40.1502	0.5225	0.0010	68	224.158	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
25	27	Alexander Rossi	40.2294	0.6017	0.0792	56	223.717	Honda	Andretti Autosport
26	45	Jack Harvey	40.3244	0.6967	0.0950	58	223.190	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27	28	Romain Grosjean	40.3352	0.7075	0.0108	56	223.130	Honda	Andretti Autosport
28	15	Graham Rahal	40.3519	0.7242	0.0167	53	223.038	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
29	23	Santino Ferrucci	40.3896	0.7619	0.0377	54	222.830	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold
30	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	40.4804	0.8527	0.0908	42	222.330	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
31	33	Ed Carpenter	40.4846	0.8569	0.0042	23	222.307	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
32	4	Dalton Kellett	40.5641	0.9364	0.0795	49	221.871	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
33	21	Rinus VeeKay	40.7908	1.1631	0.2267	18	220.638	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing

Lucille Dust and Mark C reporting