The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season is in its sixth race with the Indianapolis 500. Who looks solid early on after the fourth practice session?
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’s Jay Howard topped the fourth practice session for the Indianapolis 500 with a top lap speed of 226.744 miles per hour (39.692 seconds) around the 4-turn, 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana.
With the top speed of the month thus far, Howard became the second Honda driver to top the speed chart in a practice session for the race. Honda drivers made up the top 4 spots on the speed chart in this session.
The fastest Chevrolet driver in the practice session was Josef Newgarden, who finished 5th fastest on the speed chart. However, Newgarden also wrecked during the practice session.
Buddy Lazier, who had not yet practiced for the race, finished 33rd fastest in the session.
Here is the full finishing order of the fourth practice session. See lap speeds and times and other technical information about today’s practice session here.
Note: (R) denotes an Indianapolis 500 rookie.
- Jay Howard, #77, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Marco Andretti, #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Fernando Alonso (R), #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Josef Newgarden, #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Sage Karam, #24, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
- Charlie Kimball, #83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Oriol Servia, #16, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
- Takuma Sato, #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Sebastien Bourdais, #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
- Mikhail Aleshin, #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
- Will Power, #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Alexander Rossi, #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
- Juan Pablo Montoya, #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Helio Castroneves, #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Scott Dixon, #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Graham Rahal, #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
- Ed Jones (R), #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
- Carlos Munoz, #14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
- Ed Carpenter, #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
- Max Chilton, #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- JR Hildebrand, #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
- Simon Pagenaud, #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet
- Tony Kanaan, #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
- Pippa Mann, #63, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
- James Hinchcliffe, #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
- Conor Daly, #4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
- Zach Veach (R), #40, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
- Jack Harvey (R), #50, Andretti Autosport, Honda
- Gabby Chaves, #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet
- Spencer Pigot, #11, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
- Sebastian Saavedra, #17, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
- Buddy Lazier, #44, Lazier Partners Racing, Chevrolet
Schedule
The next practice session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Friday, May 19th, 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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