Newgarden tops day one outright after second session

The 2-time IndyCar champion lapped the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 227.686mph, 0.9mph forward of 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon.

That’s the way in which it remained till very late within the session when 1Conor Daly sprung into the 227s, laying down a 227.466mph lap in his Ed Carpenter Racing entry.

Behind Dixon was Lengthy Seaside winner Kyle Kirkwood, who was fourth quickest for Andretti Autosport  forward of double Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato for Chip Ganassi Racing.

With the second day of testing forecast to be blighted by showers, the observe was very busy as groups plowed by means of their nine-set Firestone tyre allocation.

The strain to get as a lot of Friday’s work performed on Thursday meant the drivers felt compelled to hit the observe regardless that circumstances have been removed from perfect, as robust headwinds alongside the entrance straight, tail winds on the again straight, and gusts of as much as 30mph hit the circuit.

One of many busiest drivers was Stefan Wilson, making ready for his fifth Indianapolis 500, who turned properly over 100 laps of the two.5-mile oval within the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with Cusick Motorsports entry, and he completed the day sixth, forward of Colton Herta (Andretti) and Alex Palou (Ganassi).

One other late enchancment got here from final 12 months’s Indy 500 runner-up, Pato O’Ward, who slotted his Arrow McLaren automotive into ninth forward of Scott McLaughlin (Penske).

Marco Andretti (Andretti), David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing and 2018 winner Will Power (Penske) have been subsequent up, with returning 2014 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay 14th within the second Dreyer & Reinbold machine.

The 2013 winner, Tony Kanaan, making ready for his final ever IndyCar race, was fifteenth for Arrow McLaren.

Callum Ilott turned solely 10 laps, his better of which was solely 212mph. He stopped early, having discovered his Juncos Hollinger Racing entry too tough to drive.

The busiest driver of the day was defending Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who lapped the course 120 instances in his #8 Chip Ganassi Racing automotive.

Tomorrow’s motion is meant to start at 10.00am ET and run by means of till 4.00pm.

Indy 500 testing: Day one instances