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IndyCar: Will Power tops second 2019 Circuit of the Americas practice session

By Asher Fair

SONOMA, CA - SEPTEMBER 14: Will Power of Australia driver of the #12 Team Penske Chevrolet during practice for the Verizon IndyCar Series Sonoma Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway on September 14, 2018 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
SONOMA, CA - SEPTEMBER 14: Will Power of Australia driver of the #12 Team Penske Chevrolet during practice for the Verizon IndyCar Series Sonoma Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway on September 14, 2018 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /
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Will Power topped the speed chart in the second practice session for the second race of the 2019 IndyCar season, the IndyCar Classic, at Circuit of the Americas.

Team Penske’s Will Power topped the speed chart in the second practice session for the second race of the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season, the IndyCar Classic, at Circuit of the Americas after finishing in eighth place in the first.

Power topped the speed chart in this practice session by recording a top lap time of 107.4401 seconds (114.259 miles per hour) around the 20-turn, 3.41-mile (5.488-kilometer) Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas in his #12 Chevrolet.

Honda drivers swept the next three positions on the speed chart in this practice session. Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist finished in second place in his #10 Honda while Andretti Autosport teammates Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay finished in third and fourth in their #27 Honda and #28 Honda, respectively.

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Ed Carpenter Racing’s Ed Jones was the highest finishing non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver of the practice session. He finished in fifth place in his #20 Chevrolet.

Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach, Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden and Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais rounded out the top 10 on the speed chart in this practice session by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place, in their #26 Honda, #22 Chevrolet, #30 Honda, #2 Chevrolet and #18 Honda, respectively.

Of the 24 drivers who are set to compete in the race, one did not complete a lap in this practice session. The driver who failed to do so was Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta.

The third and final practice session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. ET through 11:45 a.m. ET, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold.

The qualifying session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow from 3:00 p.m ET through 4:15 p.m. ET, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network. The race itself is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 24, and the race is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Here are the full results of the second practice session for the 2019 IndyCar Classic at Circuit of the Americas.

Practice Results
1st – Will Power
2nd – Felix Rosenqvist
3rd – Alexander Rossi
4th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
5th – Ed Jones
6th – Zach Veach
7th – Simon Pagenaud
8th – Takuma Sato
9th – Josef Newgarden
10th – Sebastien Bourdais
11th – Patricio O’Ward
12th – James Hinchcliffe
13th – Graham Rahal
14th – Jack Harvey
15th – Max Chilton
16th – Scott Dixon
17th – Marcus Ericsson
18th – Matheus Leist
19th – Marco Andretti
20th – Spencer Pigot
21st – Santino Ferrucci
22nd – Kyle Kaiser
23rd – Tony Kanaan

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Throughout the remainder of the weekend, be sure not to miss the lone remaining practice session and the qualifying session for the second race on the 2019 IndyCar schedule, the IndyCar Classic, and be sure not to miss the race itself.