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IndyCar: Colton Herta tops third 2019 Portland practice

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Colton Herta of the United States, driver of the #88 GESS Capstone Honda, looks on from pit road during practice for the NTT IndyCar Series DXC - Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 06, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Colton Herta of the United States, driver of the #88 GESS Capstone Honda, looks on from pit road during practice for the NTT IndyCar Series DXC - Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 06, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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Colton Herta topped the speed chart in the third and final practice session at Portland International Raceway for the Grand Prix of Portland, the penultimate race on the 2019 IndyCar schedule.

Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta topped the speed chart in the third and final practice session for the Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway, the 16th of 17 races on the 2019 IndyCar schedule. He also topped the speed chart in the opening practice session for this race.

Herta topped the speed chart in this third and final practice session for this 105-lap race around the 12-turn, 1.967-mile (3.166-kilometer) Portland International Raceway natural terrain road course in Portland, Oregon by recording a top lap time of 57.9939 seconds (122.1025 miles per hour) in his #88 Honda.

Team Penske teammates Josef Newgarden and Will Power were the fastest Chevrolet drivers in this practice session. They finished in second and third place in their #2 Chevrolet and #12 Chevrolet, respectively.

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Beyond Newgarden and Power, however, Honda drivers dominated the top 10 like they have done all weekend long.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon finished in fourth place in his #9 Honda ahead of Andretti Autosport teammates Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay in fifth and sixth in their #27 Honda and #28 Honda, respectively.

Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ Jack Harvey, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal, Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist and Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan’s Sebastien Bourdais rounded out the top 10 by finishing in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #60 Honda, #15 Honda, #10 Honda and #18 Honda, respectively. Bourdais topped the speed chart in the second practice session for this race.

Carlin’s Max Chilton had a solid session and was the fastest non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver in 11th place in his #59 Chevrolet. Team Penske’s other driver, Simon Pagenaud, only finished in 17th in his #22 Chevrolet.

The practice session ended with the drivers and crew members lining up on pit lane and observing a moment of silence for Anthoine Hubert, who tragically lost his life at the young age of 22 earlier today in a crash during the Formula 2 race at Circuit Spa-Francorchamps ahead of tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1 race.

Here are the full practice results of the third and final practice session for the 2019 Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway.

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

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Next up on the race weekend schedule is the qualifying session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s penultimate race. This session is set to be broadcast live from Portland International Raceway on NBC Sports Network beginning this evening at 6:00 p.m. ET.

The Grand Prix of Portland itself is set to be broadcast live on NBC tomorrow afternoon beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET, and it is scheduled to begin shortly thereafter at 3:35 p.m. ET.