Indy 500 Practice: Dixon leads Day 2, Alonso crashes

Scott Dixon sent the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda to the top of the speed charts just a few minutes after action resumed in the final hour following Fernando Alonso’s shunt.

The five-time champion clocked a 226.102mph lap, around 0.4mph ahead of Takuma Sato’s top time from the morning, while Marco Andretti slotted his Andretti Herta Autosport machine into third to make it a Honda 1-2-3.

Conor Daly again looked strong for Ed Carpenter Racing, landing P4 – the last of the cars under the 40sec barrier and the top Chevrolet runner – while fastest rookie was Alex Palou’s Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh entry in fifth.

Colton Herta took sixth – and second fastest speed set without the aid of a tow, beaten only by semi-teammate Jack Harvey in the Meyer Shank Racing-Honda which broke into the 222mph zone.

The earlier speed of Charlie Kimball (A.J. Foyt Racing-Chevrolet) kept him seventh, as improvements became scarce as heat climbed and speeds dropped.

Alonso’s shunt wasn’t enough to stop him ending the day as fastest Arrow McLaren SP driver although he was only a couple of spots ahead of rookie Oliver Askew.

The pair were separated by another Coyne car, the ‘extra’ entry – in partnership with Rick Ware Racing/Byrd/Belardi – driven by James Davison.

Team Penske-Chevrolet’s drivers were only 16^th, 18^th, 23^rd and 27^th.

Felix Rosenqvist (Ganassi) and Dalton Kellett (Foyt) turned the most laps of the day at 141 each.

Tomorrow’s Fast Friday session begins at 11.00am local (Eastern) time, and will see the cars’ twin BorgWarner turbos increased from 1.3-bar [130kPa] to 1.5-bar, which will yield 80-90 extra horsepower. This is in preparation for qualifying weekend, in which the cars run with this increased level of power and trimmed out aerodynamically for the four-lap runs that set the grid.

Indy 500 practice Day 2 final times

P	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	9	Scott Dixon	39.805	--.----	--.----	100	107	226.102	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	30	Takuma Sato	39.877	0.0722	0.0722	10	122	225.693	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
3	98	Marco Andretti	39.956	0.1508	0.0786	59	86	225.249	Honda	Andretti Herta with Marco & Curb-Agajanian
4	47	Conor Daly	39.981	0.1762	0.0254	26	125	225.106	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
5	55	Alex Palou	40.005	0.2001	0.0239	111	119	224.971	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh
6	88	Colton Herta	40.063	0.2576	0.0575	67	123	224.648	Honda	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
7	4	Charlie Kimball	40.069	0.2640	0.0064	18	100	224.613	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
8	66	Fernando Alonso	40.114	0.3085	0.0445	2	126	224.363	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
9	51	James Davison	40.122	0.3172	0.0087	11	117	224.315	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing/Byrd/Belardi
10	7	Oliver Askew	40.150	0.3451	0.0279	5	102	224.159	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
11	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	40.151	0.3459	0.0008	20	82	224.154	Honda	Andretti Autosport
12	21	Rinus VeeKay	40.166	0.3613	0.0154	111	136	224.068	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
13	60	Jack Harvey	40.209	0.4044	0.0431	22	126	223.828	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
14	14	Tony Kanaan	40.237	0.4318	0.0274	15	83	223.676	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
15	26	Zach Veach	40.240	0.4351	0.0033	9	132	223.657	Honda	Andretti Autosport
16	3	Helio Castroneves	40.244	0.4395	0.0044	2	120	223.633	Chevy	Team Penske
17	29	James Hinchcliffe	40.245	0.4401	0.0006	6	111	223.630	Honda	Andretti Autosport
18	1	Josef Newgarden	40.247	0.4424	0.0023	11	97	223.617	Chevy	Team Penske
19	15	Graham Rahal	40.305	0.5000	0.0576	6	104	223.297	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20	5	Pato O'Ward	40.319	0.5138	0.0138	23	138	223.221	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
21	18	Santino Ferrucci	40.346	0.5410	0.0272	31	98	223.070	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
22	45	Spencer Pigot	40.351	0.5460	0.0050	19	80	223.043	Honda	RLL with Citrone/Buhl Autosport
23	12	Will Power	40.363	0.5577	0.0117	69	123	222.978	Chevy	Team Penske
24	10	Felix Rosenqvist	40.423	0.6181	0.0604	26	141	222.645	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
25	8	Marcus Ericsson	40.426	0.6208	0.0027	90	123	222.630	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
26	27	Alexander Rossi	40.435	0.6297	0.0089	4	96	222.581	Honda	Andretti Autosport
27	22	Simon Pagenaud	40.501	0.6961	0.0664	32	101	222.216	Chevy	Team Penske
28	41	Dalton Kellett	40.548	0.7430	0.0469	93	141	221.959	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
29	67	JR Hildebrand	40.617	0.8118	0.0688	60	91	221.583	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
30	20	Ed Carpenter	40.620	0.8155	0.0037	69	108	221.563	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
31	24	Sage Karam	40.630	0.8253	0.0098	59	65	221.510	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
32	59	Max Chilton	40.797	0.9917	0.1664	48	54	220.606	Chevy	Carlin
33	81	Ben Hanley	No Time	---	---	--	---	---	Chevy	DragonSpeed USA

Series	IndyCar
Author	David Malsher-Lopez

Indy 500 Practice: Dixon leads Day 2, Alonso crashes

Scott Dixon sent the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda to the top of the speed charts just a few minutes after action resumed in the final hour following Fernando Alonso’s shunt.

Indy 500 practice Day 2 final times

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