IndyCar: Team Penske runs 1-2 in Barber testing Monday

–by Mark Cipolloni–

This article has been updated with photos below.

March 13, 2023

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Many of the IndyCar teams ventured to Barber Motorsports Park Monday for a test day before heading to Texas Motor Speedway for the next IndyCar race on April 2nd.

Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin turned the fastest lap in his #3 Penske Chevy, beating teammate Will Power by 0.2069s.

Team Penske has always excelled at Barber, which puts a premium on having the best shock package. Team Penske has the best shocks.

Scott McLaughlin did have a spin into the pea gravel at the Museum corner but, except for soiling his undies, was no worse for wear.

Christian Lundgaard was 3rd quick for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, 0.3s behind.

Alex Palou was 4th for Chip Ganassi racing, 0.35s behind while another Team Penske car driven by Scott McLaughlin rounded out the top-5 0.53s behind.

Former F2 driver Juri Vips, driving in place of Jack Harvey who was still not cleared to drive, was 1.24s off the pace in his #30 RLL Honda.

16 cars in total set times.

Monday IndyCar Barber Test Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Time	Behind	Gap	Laps	Team	Engine
1	3	Scott McLaughlin	1m06.2224s	0.0000s	0.0000s	104	Team Penske	Chevy
2	12	Will Power	1m06.4293s	0.2069s	0.2069s	97	Team Penske	Chevy
3	45	Christian Lundgaard	1m06.5254s	0.3030s	0.0961s	81	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda
4	10	Alex Palou	1m06.5702s	0.3478s	0.0448s	72	Chip Ganassi	Honda
5	2	Josef Newgarden	1m06.7525s	0.5301s	0.1822s	46	Team Penske	Chevy
6	11	Marcus Armstrong	1m06.7669s	0.5445s	0.0144s	82	AJ Foyt	Chevy
7	18	David Malukas	1m06.7758s	0.5534s	0.0089s	93	Dale Coyne	Honda
8	8	Marcus Ericsson	1m06.7793s	0.5569s	0.0035s	40	Chip Ganassi	Honda
9	15	Graham Rahal	1m06.7867s	0.5643s	0.0074s	79	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda
10	9	Scott Dixon	1m06.8050s	0.5827s	0.0184s	76	Chip Ganassi	Honda
11	06	Helio Castroneves	1m07.1478s	0.9254s	0.3427s	83	Meyer Shank	Honda
12	55	Benjamin Pedersen	1m07.2393s	1.0168s	0.0915s	96	Chip Ganassi	Honda
13	30	Juri Vips	1m07.4666s	1.2442s	0.2273s	91	Rahal Letterman	Honda
14	78	Agustin Canapino	1m07.5519s	1.3295s	0.0853s	84	Juncos Hollinger	Chevy
15	51	Sting Ray Robb	1m08.7250s	1.3580s	0.0285s	84	Dale Coyne/RWR	Honda
16	60	Simon Pagenaud	1m07.6740s	1.4517s	0.0937s	92	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda

IndyCar: Team Penske runs 1-2 in Barber testing Monday (Update)

Monday IndyCar Barber Test Results

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