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IndyCar: Colton Herta tops second Circuit of the Americas test session

By Asher Fair

SONOMA, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Colton Herta, driver of the #88 Harding Racing Chevrolet, on track during qualifying for the Verizon IndyCar Series Sonoma Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway on September 15, 2018 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Jonathan Moore/Getty Images)
SONOMA, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Colton Herta, driver of the #88 Harding Racing Chevrolet, on track during qualifying for the Verizon IndyCar Series Sonoma Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway on September 15, 2018 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Jonathan Moore/Getty Images) /
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Rookie Colton Herta topped the speed chart in the second of four test sessions of IndyCar Spring Training at Circuit of the Americas.

Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta closed out the first of two days of IndyCar Spring Training at Circuit of the Americas by topping the speed chart in the day’s second test session at Circuit of the Americas, which is scheduled to host the second race of the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season, the IndyCar Classic, on Sunday, March 24.

Herta topped the speed chart in this test session by recording a top lap time of 106.6258 seconds (115.706 miles per hour) around the 20-turn, 3.427-mile (5.515-kilometer) Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas in his #88 Honda.

By topping the speed chart in this test session, the 18-year-old Valencia, California native, who is the youngest full-time driver in the series, swept both of the test sessions on the first day of IndyCar Spring Training.

Team Penske teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves finished behind Herta in this test session in second and third place in their #12 Chevrolet and #3 Chevrolet, respectively. Of these two drivers, only Power is set to drive full-time this season.

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Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Felix Rosenqvist, another rookie, and Scott Dixon, the reigning IndyCar champion, finished the test session in fourth and fifth place in their #10 Honda and #9 Honda respectively.

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud, Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal, Dale Coyne Racing rookie Santino Ferrucci and Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot rounded out the top 10 in this test session by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #22 Chevrolet, #27 Honda, #15 Honda, #19 Honda and #21 Chevrolet, respectively.

A total of 25 drivers turned at least one lap during this test session, and all 25 of these drivers turned at least one lap at full or close to full speed, unlike in the first test session when Juncos Racing’s Kyle Kaiser turned one lap but not at full speed.

Here are the full results of the second of four Spring Training test session at Circuit of the Americas.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine
1 – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda
2 – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
3 – Helio Castroneves – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
4 – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
5 – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
6 – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
7 – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
8 – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
9 – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
10 – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
11 – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
12 – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
13 – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
14 – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
15 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
16 – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
17 – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
18 – RC Enerson – #23, Carlin, Chevrolet
19 – Ed Jones – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
20 – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
21 – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet
22 – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
23 – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
24 – Kyle Kaiser – #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet
25 – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet

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The remaining two IndyCar Spring Training test sessions at Circuit of the Americas are scheduled to take place tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13. The first of these two test sessions is scheduled to take place from 11:00 a.m. ET to 1:00 p.m. ET, and the second of these two test sessions is scheduled to take place from 2:00 p.m. ET from 6:00 p.m. ET.

Like today’s two test sessions, these remaining two test sessions are both set to be broadcast live on IndyCar’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages, so be sure not to miss them.