IndyCar: McLaughlin tops opening practice for PPG 375 in Texas

–by Mark Cipolloni–

It was an early 8:00am Saturday practice session for the IndyCar PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Chevy power ruled the session that saw them run 1-2-3 led by Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin at 223.747mph

Then came Arrow McLaren teammates Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi at 223.518 mph and 223.468mph respectively.

The fastest Honda was Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta at 223.318mph while his teammate Devlin DeFrancesco rounded out the top-5 at 223.225mph.

The session ran incident free.

Qualifying is up next at 12:15pm ET.

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	3	Scott McLaughlin	23.1690	0.000	0.000	40	223.747	Chevy	Team Penske
2	5	Pato O’Ward	23.1928	0.0238	0.0238	32	223.518	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
3	7	Alexander Rossi	23.1980	0.0290	0.0052	34	223.468	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
4	26	Colton Herta	23.2135	0.0445	0.0155	35	223.318	Honda	Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
5	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	23.2232	0.0542	0.0097	34	223.225	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
6	6	Felix Rosenqvist	23.2557	0.0867	0.0325	50	222.913	Chevy	Arrow McLaren
7	77	Callum Ilott	23.2586	0.0896	0.0029	44	222.885	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
8	11	Takuma Sato	23.2665	0.0975	0.0079	43	222.810	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	2	Josef Newgarden	23.3005	0.1315	0.0340	24	222.484	Chevy	Team Penske
10	9	Scott Dixon	23.3205	0.1515	0.0200	34	222.294	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
11	60	Simon Pagenaud	23.3474	0.1784	0.0269	47	222.038	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
12	14	Santino Ferrucci	23.3516	0.1826	0.0042	37	221.998	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
13	10	Alex Palou	23.3638	0.1948	0.0122	37	221.882	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
14	12	Will Power	23.3792	0.2102	0.0154	33	221.736	Chevy	Team Penske
15	18	David Malukas	23.3798	0.2108	0.0006	39	221.730	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
16	28	Romain Grosjean	23.3873	0.2183	0.0075	36	221.659	Honda	Andretti Autosport
17	06	Helio Castroneves	23.3949	0.2259	0.0076	35	221.587	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
18	55	Benjamin Pedersen	23.4054	0.2364	0.0105	38	221.487	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
19	8	Marcus Ericsson	23.4907	0.3217	0.0853	36	220.683	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
20	20	Conor Daly	23.5082	0.3392	0.0175	38	220.519	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
21	21	Rinus VeeKay	23.5164	0.3474	0.0082	33	220.442	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
22	51	Sting Ray Robb	23.5230	0.3540	0.0066	41	220.380	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
23	27	Kyle Kirkwood	23.5449	0.3759	0.0219	38	220.175	Honda	Andretti Autosport
24	78	Agustin Canapino	23.5452	0.3762	0.0003	30	220.172	Chevy	Juncos Holling Racing
25	33	Ed Carpenter	23.5610	0.3920	0.0158	29	220.025	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
26	15	Graham Rahal	23.6066	0.4376	0.0456	45	219.600	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27	30	Jack Harvey	23.6121	0.4431	0.0055	40	219.548	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
28	45	Christian Lundgaard	24.0019	0.8329	0.3898	42	215.983	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Qualifying Order – Reverse Championship Standings

Order	Car	Driver Name	Team Name
1	33	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing
2	55	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Enterprises
3	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing
4	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
5	14	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Enterprises
6	06	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing
7	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing
9	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
10	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren
11	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske
12	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport
13	51	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
14	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport
15	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	78	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Holling Racing
17	11	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing
18	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske
19	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
20	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
21	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing
22	12	Will Power	Team Penske
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
24	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing
25	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren
26	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing
27	5	Pato O’Ward	Arrow McLaren
28	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing