The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is in its sixth race with the Indianapolis 500. Who looks solid early on after the second practice session?
Team Penske’s Will Power topped the second practice session for the Indianapolis 500 with a top lap speed of 224.656 miles per hour (40.061 seconds) around the 4-turn, 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana.
While he did not post the top speed of the month, Power led a top 3 Chevrolet sweep of the speed chart with his teammate Helio Castroneves finishing the session in 2nd place and Gabby Chaves finishing in 3rd.
The fastest Honda driver in the practice session was 2014 Indy 500 champion Ryan Hunter-Reay, who finished 4th fastest on the speed chart. Chevrolet drivers took eight of the top 12 spots on the speed chart while Honda drivers took the following eight spots. Like yesterday, of the 33 race entrants, only Buddy Lazier did not practice today.
Here is the full finishing order of the second practice session. See lap speeds and times and other technical information about today’s practice session here.
Note: (R) denotes an Indianapolis 500 rookie.
- Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
- Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Mikhail Aleshin, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
- Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
- Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
- Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
- Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
- Ed Jones (R), #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
- Sebastien Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
- Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
- Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
- Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Zach Veach (R), #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
- Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Spencer Pigot, #11, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
- Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
- Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
- James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
- Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
- Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
Schedule
The next practice session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Wednesday, May 17th, 2017. It is set to last from 12:00 PM ET to 6:00 PM ET. Qualifying for the race will take place on Saturday, May 20th, 2017 and Sunday, May 21st, 2017 and is set to last from 11:00 AM ET to 5:50 PM ET on Saturday and 2:45 PM ET to 5:45 PM ET on Sunday. The race is scheduled for Sunday, May 28th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ET. For a full pre-race and race schedule, click here.
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