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IndyCar: Alexander Rossi tops second 2018 Gateway practice session

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 08: Alexander Rossi, driver of the #27 NAPA Auto Parts Honda, drives during practie for the Verizon IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 08: Alexander Rossi, driver of the #27 NAPA Auto Parts Honda, drives during practie for the Verizon IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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Alexander Rossi topped the second and final practice session for the 15th race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500, at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi topped the speed chart in the second and final practice session for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500, which is the 15th race of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season, at Gateway Motorsports Park.

This practice session was originally scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. ET, but it was extended by 30 minutes and began at 8:30 p.m. ET to give drivers more track time after rain caused the first practice session to be delayed and the qualifying session to be canceled.

Rossi topped the speed chart in this practice session by recording a top lap speed of 183.060 miles per hour (24.5821 seconds) around the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) Gateway Motorsports Park oval in Madison, Illinois in his #27 Honda.

Rossi led a top six Honda sweep of the practice session. Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon, the race polesitter, and Ed Jones finished in second and fourth place in their #9 Honda and #10 Honda, respectively.

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Dale Coyne Racing rookie Pietro Fittipaldi finished in an impressive third place in his #19 Honda and Andretti Autosport teammates Zach Veach and Ryan Hunter-Reay finished in fifth and sixth in their #26 Honda and #28 Honda, respectively.

A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Tony Kanaan was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver of the practice session. He finished in seventh place in his #14 Chevrolet. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal, Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais and Team Penske’s Will Power rounded out the top 10 in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #15 Honda, #18 Honda and #12 Chevrolet, respectively.

The race itself is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting at 8:00 p.m. ET tomorrow night. It is scheduled to begin at 8:35 p.m. ET.

Here are the full results of the second and final practice session for the 2018 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Practice Results
1st – Alexander Rossi
2nd – Scott Dixon
3rd – Pietro Fittipaldi
4th – Ed Jones
5th – Zach Veach
6th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
7th – Tony Kanaan
8th – Graham Rahal
9th – Sebastien Bourdais
10th – Will Power
11th – Marco Andretti
12th – Josef Newgarden
13th – Takuma Sato
14th – Simon Pagenaud
15th – James Hinchcliffe
16th – Gabby Chaves
17th – Spencer Pigot
18th – Ed Carpenter
19th – Max Chilton
20th – Matheus Leist
21st – Charlie Kimball

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Be sure to tune into the live broadcast of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 tomorrow evening, as just two races will remain on the 2018 IndyCar schedule following its conclusion.