Indy 500: Daly quickest on Fast Friday, Jones tops no-tow speeds
Conor Daly led an Andretti Autosport-Honda 1-2 when he got a strong tow in his final run of the day and clocked a 231.704mph lap to edge teammate Marco Andretti who had led the day’s times for almost the whole day.
Conor Daly, Andretti Autosport Honda
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With the BorgWarner turbos turned up to 1.4-bar, as they will be for qualifying this weekend, the fastest laps of the week so far were turned today, Daly beating Andretti by 0.85mph. Daly was only 22nd on the no-tow speeds, however, while Andretti was seventh.
Fastest cars without the aid of a tow were two of the Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolets, those of Ed Jones (230.106mph) and Carpenter himself 229.879. They were 10th and sixth overall respectively, beaten by teammate Spencer Pigot who was fourth behind Takuma Sato’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda, but a strange anomaly meant that Pigot never got a strong tow-free lap and ended up 36th and last on the no-tow rankings!
Ryan Hunter-Reay was fifth overall but only 24th on the no-tows, while Simon Pagenaud, Josef Newgarden and Will Power were seventh, ninth and 11th overall for Team Penske-Chevrolet and ninth, fifth and fourth in the no-tows.
Charlie Kimball was 25th in the no-tows but eighth overall in his Carlin-Chevrolet, while Alexander Rossi was the fastest Honda in the no-tow ranks in third with a good 229mph quali-sim even in the heat of the mid-afternoon.
Due to having more available tire sets having missed 1.5 days, Fernando Alonso turned 77 laps, more than anyone but Ben Hanley, but the McLaren Racing-Chevrolet was 24th overall and only 31st on the no-tow rankings.
Aside from Kyle Kaiser’s shunt this morning, there appeared to be only one other near-miss when Graham Rahal understeered out of Turn 1 and brushed the wall on the short chute down to Turn 2.
Cla | # | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 | Conor Daly | Andretti Autosport | 57 | 38.8426 | 231.704 |
2 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco & Curb-Agajani | 42 | 38.9862 | 230.851 |
3 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 54 | 39.0024 | 230.755 |
4 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | 25 | 39.0504 | 230.471 |
5 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 43 | 39.0513 | 230.466 |
6 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | 26 | 39.0696 | 230.358 |
7 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | 15 | 39.0750 | 230.326 |
8 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Carlin | 36 | 39.0812 | 230.290 |
9 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 42 | 39.0827 | 230.281 |
10 | 63 | Ed Jones | Ed Carpenter Racing | 17 | 39.1124 | 230.106 |
11 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 38 | 39.1200 | 230.061 |
12 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 21 | 39.1285 | 230.011 |
13 | 24 | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 43 | 39.1420 | 229.932 |
14 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | 46 | 39.1512 | 229.878 |
15 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | 50 | 39.1527 | 229.869 |
16 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 54 | 39.1562 | 229.849 |
17 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | 48 | 39.1627 | 229.811 |
18 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | 49 | 39.1838 | 229.687 |
19 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing | 30 | 39.2025 | 229.577 |
20 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 39 | 39.2137 | 229.512 |
21 | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM | 44 | 39.2215 | 229.466 |
22 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 41 | 39.2244 | 229.449 |
23 | 33 | James Davison | Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd and Belardi | 34 | 39.2380 | 229.369 |
24 | 66 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Racing | 77 | 39.2451 | 229.328 |
25 | 88 | Colton Herta | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | 26 | 39.2852 | 229.094 |
26 | 48 | J.R. Hildebrand | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 29 | 39.3458 | 228.741 |
27 | 4 | Matheus Leist | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 34 | 39.3590 | 228.664 |
28 | 77 | Oriol Servia | Team Stange Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson | 47 | 39.3736 | 228.580 |
29 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 51 | 39.3770 | 228.560 |
30 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | 64 | 39.3927 | 228.469 |
31 | 39 | Pippa Mann | Clauson-Marshall Racing | 38 | 39.4272 | 228.269 |
32 | 42 | Jordan King | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 56 | 39.4658 | 228.046 |
33 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | 51 | 39.5470 | 227.577 |
34 | 31 | Patricio O'Ward | Carlin | 38 | 39.5581 | 227.513 |
35 | 81 | Ben Hanley | DragonSpeed | 81 | 39.7059 | 226.667 |
36 | 24 | J.R. Hildebrand | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 5 | 39.7284 | 226.538 |
37 | 32 | Kyle Kaiser | Juncos Racing | 1 | 1'09.3212 | 129.830 |
NO-TOW SPEEDS
RANK | DRIVER | TEAM | ENGINE | BEST NO-TOW LAP |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ed Jones | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevy | 230.106 |
2 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevy | 229.879 |
3 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 229.878 |
4 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevy | 229.75 |
5 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevy | 229.548 |
6 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 229.449 |
7 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 229.382 |
8 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams | Honda | 229.282 |
9 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevy | 229.23 |
10 | Colton Herta | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 229.094 |
11 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 229.079 |
12 | Sebastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 228.976 |
13 | Marcus Ericsson | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 228.754 |
14 | JR Hildebrand | Dreyer and Reinbold Racing | Chevy | 228.741 |
15 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevy | 228.679 |
16 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 228.529 |
17 | Tony Kanaan | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Chevy | 228.481 |
18 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 228.409 |
19 | James Hinchcliffe | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 228.405 |
20 | James Davison | Dale Coyne with Byrd and Belardi | Honda | 228.395 |
21 | Pippa Mann | Clauson-Marshall Racing | Chevy | 228.269 |
22 | Conor Daly | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 228.239 |
23 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM | Honda | 228.103 |
24 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 228.089 |
25 | Charlie Kimball | Carlin | Chevy | 228.014 |
26 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams | Honda | 227.972 |
27 | Jordan King | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 227.409 |
28 | Matheus Leist | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Chevy | 227.232 |
29 | Oriol Servia | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 227.173 |
30 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Racing | Chevy | 226.869 |
31 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevy | 226.636 |
32 | Sage Karam | Dreyer and Reinbold Racing | Chevy | 225.533 |
33 | Ben Hanley | DragonSpeed | Chevy | 225.492 |
34 | Patricio O'Ward | Carlin | Chevy | 221.898 |
35 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevy | 221.733 |
36 | Kyle Kaiser | Juncos Racing | Chevy | 204.597 |
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