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Indy 500: Ganassi and Carpenter cars top Day 2 of practice
Scott Dixon led speed charts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after Day 2’s six hours of practice, as three Chip Ganassi Racing-Hondas and two Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolets filled the top five places.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: May 20, 2021, 12:58 PM
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Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner and six-time and defending IndyCar champion, turned a 226.829mph lap on his 60th of 108 laps to edge Conor Daly and Ed Carpenter by 0.45 and 0.7mph respectively.
Two of Dixon teammates, Marcus Ericsson and Tony Kanaan completed the top five while the fourth Ganassi car of Alex Palou finished eighth. Sixth fastest was Sebastien Bourdais of AJ Foyt Racing bounced back from his engine failure yesterday to clock sixth fastest ahead of last year’s Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Pato O’Ward in the #5 Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet.
Sage Karam backed up his P4 performance from Day 1 with another Top 10 result, finishing up just ahead of last year’s polesitter Marco Andretti, who led the Andretti Autosport-Honda contingent.
Yesterday’s fastest driver, 2018 Indy winner Will Power, led the Team Penske-Chevrolets in 15th.
Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda, Colton Herta (Andretti), Ed Jones (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan-Honda), Simona De Silvestro (Paretta Autosport-Chevy), Pietro Fittipaldi (Coyne with RWR).
On the fastest no-tow speeds saw Alexander Rossi (Andretti) turn a 221.114mph, ahead of Simon Pagenaud (Penske-Chevy) 221.037, Max Chilton (who ran a qualifying simulation) 220.799mph, Daly 220.715mph and Jack Harvey of Meyer Shank Racing-Honda on 220.657mph.
Top Gun Racing did not appear again after RC Enerson completed his Rookie Orientation Program.
P
No
Name
FTime
Gap
FL
Laps
FSpeed
Engine
Team
1
9
Scott Dixon
39.6774
0.000
60
108
226.829
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
2
47
Conor Daly
39.7575
0.0801
34
98
226.372
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
3
20
Ed Carpenter
39.8049
0.0474
53
109
226.103
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
4
8
Marcus Ericsson
39.8218
0.0169
2
94
226.007
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
5
48
Tony Kanaan
39.8629
0.0411
44
71
225.774
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
6
14
Sebastien Bourdais
39.9129
0.0500
9
98
225.491
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
7
5
Pato O'Ward
39.9275
0.0146
39
105
225.409
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
8
10
Alex Palou
39.9464
0.0189
79
100
225.302
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
9
24
Sage Karam
39.9467
0.0003
42
67
225.300
Chevy
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
10
98
Marco Andretti
39.9968
0.0501
45
90
225.018
Honda
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian
11
21
Rinus VeeKay
40.0013
0.0045
24
111
224.993
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
12
27
Alexander Rossi
40.0021
0.0008
34
104
224.988
Honda
Andretti Autosport
13
06
Helio Castroneves
40.0223
0.0202
70
110
224.875
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
14
15
Graham Rahal
40.0333
0.0110
65
127
224.813
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
15
12
Will Power
40.0382
0.0049
67
93
224.785
Chevy
Team Penske
16
28
Ryan Hunter-Reay
40.0389
0.0007
58
104
224.781
Honda
Andretti Autosport
17
3
Scott McLaughlin
40.1155
0.0766
87
112
224.352
Chevy
Team Penske
18
26
Colton Herta
40.1222
0.0067
81
120
224.315
Honda
Andretti Autosport
19
60
Jack Harvey
40.1362
0.0140
49
114
224.236
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
20
30
Takuma Sato
40.1683
0.0321
86
116
224.057
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
21
18
Ed Jones
40.2063
0.0380
76
126
223.846
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
22
7
Felix Rosenqvist
40.2183
0.0120
37
116
223.779
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
23
86
Juan Pablo Montoya
40.2597
0.0414
49
61
223.549
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
24
16
Simona De Silvestro
40.2604
0.0007
100
120
223.545
Chevy
Paretta Autosport
25
1
JR Hildebrand
40.2644
0.0040
50
62
223.523
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
26
59
Max Chilton
40.3243
0.0599
64
81
223.190
Chevy
Carlin
27
25
Stefan Wilson
40.3504
0.0261
78
105
223.046
Honda
Andretti Autosport
28
22
Simon Pagenaud
40.3619
0.0115
34
80
222.983
Chevy
Team Penske
29
51
Pietro Fittipaldi
40.4320
0.0701
121
126
222.596
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
30
2
Josef Newgarden
40.4415
0.0095
20
68
222.544
Chevy
Team Penske
31
4
Dalton Kellett
40.4501
0.0086
108
119
222.496
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
32
29
James Hinchcliffe
40.5169
0.0668
61
97
222.130
Honda
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
33
11
Charlie Kimball
40.6791
0.1622
83
83
221.244
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
34
45
Santino Ferrucci
41.0793
0.4002
12
31
219.088
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
35
75
RC Enerson
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