Texas IndyCar: Dixon leads Kanaan in evening practice
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s Scott Dixon, who will start the DXC Technologies 600 from seventh on the grid, ended final practice at the top of the times, with Tony Kanaan slotting his AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet in second.
Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, Tony Kanaan, A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
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Four-time champion Dixon, who has won two races at Texas Motor Speedway, clocked a 220.524mph lap to take top spot a mere 0.1mph ahead of Kanaan, with the pair also claiming the fastest two no-tow speeds, although in reverse order.
Sebastien Bourdais was P3 for Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan-Honda ahead of the two Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing cars, with Robert Wickens sixth for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda.
Alexander Rossi headed the Andretti Autosport contingent ahead of the fastest Penske-Chevrolet , that of polesitter Josef Newgarden. Ed Jones and Zach Veach completed the top 10, ahead of Gabby Chaves (Harding Racing) and the other two Penskes.
IndyCar, Texas final practice
Cla | # | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 80 | 23.5076 | 220.524 | ||
2 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 54 | 23.5189 | 0.0113 | 0.0113 | 220.418 |
3 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | 70 | 23.5460 | 0.0384 | 0.0271 | 220.165 |
4 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 95 | 23.5858 | 0.0782 | 0.0398 | 219.793 |
5 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 83 | 23.6112 | 0.1036 | 0.0254 | 219.557 |
6 | 6 | Robert Wickens | 61 | 23.6120 | 0.1044 | 0.0008 | 219.549 |
7 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 74 | 23.6707 | 0.1631 | 0.0587 | 219.005 |
8 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | 69 | 23.7437 | 0.2361 | 0.0730 | 218.332 |
9 | 10 | Ed Jones | 70 | 23.7523 | 0.2447 | 0.0086 | 218.253 |
10 | 26 | Zach Veach | 78 | 23.7654 | 0.2578 | 0.0131 | 218.132 |
11 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | 64 | 23.7678 | 0.2602 | 0.0024 | 218.110 |
12 | 12 | Will Power | 71 | 23.7777 | 0.2701 | 0.0099 | 218.019 |
13 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 89 | 23.7811 | 0.2735 | 0.0034 | 217.988 |
14 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 45 | 23.7878 | 0.2802 | 0.0067 | 217.927 |
15 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | 57 | 23.8208 | 0.3132 | 0.0330 | 217.625 |
16 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 54 | 23.8561 | 0.3485 | 0.0353 | 217.303 |
17 | 4 | Matheus Leist | 68 | 23.9463 | 0.4387 | 0.0902 | 216.484 |
18 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 44 | 23.9507 | 0.4431 | 0.0044 | 216.445 |
19 | 59 | Max Chilton | 70 | 24.0533 | 0.5457 | 0.1026 | 215.521 |
20 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 64 | 24.0727 | 0.5651 | 0.0194 | 215.348 |
21 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 73 | 24.0880 | 0.5804 | 0.0153 | 215.211 |
22 | 19 | Zachary Claman De Melo | 50 | 24.1753 | 0.6677 | 0.0873 | 214.434 |
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