IndyCar: Ed Jones tops no-tow speed chart in third 2019 Indy 500 practice

Part-time IndyCar driver Ed Jones topped the no-tow speed chart in the third practice session for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.

For the second time in three practice sessions so far for the crown jewel on the IndyCar schedule, the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa’s Ed Jones topped the no-tow speed chart. In the third practice session for this race, he recorded the fastest lap times both with and without a tow.

All 35 of the drivers who completed at least one lap in this practice session completed at least one lap without a tow. This practice session was a rain-shortened session that ended at around 4:30 p.m. ET. The checkered flag officially flew at roughly 4:45 p.m. ET after it was initially scheduled to fly at 6:00 p.m. ET.

Jones topped the no-tow speed chart in this practice session by recording a top lap time of 40.0076 seconds (224.957 miles per hour) around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana in his #63 Chevrolet.

Chevrolet drivers took each of the top five positions on the no-tow speed chart in this practice session.

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Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot gave Ed Carpenter Racing a top two sweep on the no-tow speed chart in this practice session by finishing in second place in his #21 Chevrolet. Team Penske teammates Simon Pagenaud and Will Power finished in third and fourth in their #22 Chevrolet and #12 Chevrolet, respectively, while Carlin’s Charlie Kimball finished in fifth in his #23 Chevrolet.

Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti was the highest finishing Honda driver on the no-tow speed chart in this practice session. He finished in sixth place in his #98 Honda.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, Ed Carpenter Racing’s Ed Carpenter, Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden and Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Marcus Ericsson rounded out the top 10 on the no-tow speed chart in this practice session by finishing in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #30 Honda, #20 Chevrolet, #2 Chevrolet and #7 Honda, respectively.

Here are the full no-tow practice results of the third practice session for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Practice Results
1st – Ed Jones
2nd – Spencer Pigot
3rd – Simon Pagenaud
4th – Will Power
5th – Charlie Kimball
6th – Marco Andretti
7th – Takuma Sato
8th – Ed Carpenter
9th – Josef Newgarden
10th – Marcus Ericsson
11th – Alexander Rossi
12th – Graham Rahal
13th – James Hinchcliffe
14th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
15th – Conor Daly
16th – Zach Veach
17th – Ben Hanley
18th – Jack Harvey
19th – Jordan King
20th – Kyle Kaiser
21st – J.R. Hildebrand
22nd – Max Chilton
23rd – Scott Dixon
24th – Matheus Leist
25th – Pippa Mann
26th – Tony Kanaan
27th – Colton Herta
28th – Sage Karam
29th – Helio Castroneves
30th – Oriol Servia
31st – Santino Ferrucci
32nd – Sebastien Bourdais
33rd – Patricio O’Ward
34th – Felix Rosenqvist
35th – James Davison

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The Fast Friday practice session is the fourth practice session for 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500, and it is scheduled to take place tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. ET to 6:00 p.m. ET. It is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and IndyCar RaceControl is set to provide live timing and scoring.