IndyCar: Colton Herta tops Practice 2 at WeatherTech Raceway

Colton Herta topped Practice 2 today with a lap of 1m08.2300s. The Andretti Global w/Curb Agajanian driver has won two poles and two races from the pole at this track in 2019 and 2021.

Will Power was second fastest with a time of 1m08.4261 in his Team Penske No 12 Verizon Chevrolet.

Alex Palou was third fastest with a lap of 1m08.4387s in his Ganassi Racing No 10 DHL Honda.

Scott McLaughlin was fourth fastest with his lap of 1m08.4602s.

Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward took the fifth-fastest spot with 1m08.4679s.

Last year’s race winner, Scott Dixon, was the sixth fastest with a time of 1m08.5235s.

In the session, three rad flags were caused by drivers sliding off the track.  Rookie Christian Rasmussen was responsible for the first one.  Sting Ray Robb was the second one 20 minutes into the session.  Kyffin Simpson cause the final one with 12 minutes left in the session.   All drivers and cars are fine.

 

Pos No Name Time Behind Gap Speed Engine Team
1 26 Colton Herta 1:08.2300 0.0000 0.0000 118.083 Honda Andretti Global w/Curb Agajanian
2 12 Will Power 1:08.4261 0.1961 0.1961 117.745 Chevy Team Penske
3 10 Alex Palou 1:08.4387 0.2087 0.0126 117.723 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
4 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:08.4602 0.2302 0.0215 117.686 Chevy Team Penske
5 5 Pato O’Ward 1:08.4679 0.2379 0.0077 117.673 Chevy Arrow McLaren
6 9 Scott Dixon 1:08.5235 0.2935 0.0556 117.577 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
7 60 Felix Rosenqvist 1:08.5324 0.3024 0.0089 117.562 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
8 7 Alexander Rossi 1:08.6153 0.3853 0.0829 117.420 Chevy Arrow McLaren
9 27 Kyle Kirkwood 1:08.6319 0.4019 0.0166 117.391 Honda Andretti Global
10 11 Marcus Armstrong 1:08.6590 0.4290 0.0271 117.345 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
11 28 Marcus Ericsson 1:08.8245 0.5945 0.1655 117.063 Honda Andretti Global
12 77 Romain Grosjean 1:08.8992 0.6692 0.0747 116.936 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
13 45 Christian Lundgaard 1:08.9225 0.6925 0.0233 116.897 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14 20 Christian Rasmussen 1:08.9812 0.7512 0.0587 116.797 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
15 4 Kyffin Simpson 1:08.9926 0.7626 0.0114 116.778 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
16 15 Graham Rahal 1:09.0126 0.7826 0.0200 116.744 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
17 8 Linus Lundqvist 1:09.1272 0.8972 0.1146 116.550 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
18 14 Santino Ferrucci 1:09.1512 0.9212 0.0240 116.510 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
19 2 Josef Newgarden 1:09.2583 1.0283 0.1071 116.330 Chevy Team Penske
20 66 David Malukas 1:09.4340 1.2040 0.1757 116.035 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
21 18 Jack Harvey 1:09.4664 1.2364 0.0324 115.981 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
22 41 Sting Ray Robb 1:09.4862 1.2562 0.0198 115.948 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
23 30 Pietro Fittipaldi 1:09.5019 1.2719 0.0157 115.922 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
24 78 Agustin Canapino 1:09.5311 1.3011 0.0292 115.873 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
25 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:09.5780 1.3480 0.0469 115.795 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
26 6 Nolan Siegel 1:09.7252 1.4952 0.1472 115.551 Chevy Arrow McLaren
27 51 Luca Ghiotto 1:09.8185 1.5885 0.0933 115.396 Honda Dale Coyne Racing

 

Lucille Dust reporting live from Laguna Seca