VeeKay lapped the two.38-mile course in 66.518sec, 0.115sec sooner than Sebastien Bourdais of AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet, though Bourdais held prime spot with out use of the push-to-pass overtake.
Graham Rahal turned a marathon 141 laps and wound up third quickest and prime Honda-powered driver within the check, driving the #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan entry.
Former Barber winner Will Energy was quickest of the Staff Penske-Chevrolet quartet, though a few hundredths slower with out assistance from P2P, whereas Conor Daly made it two Carpenter automobiles within the prime 5.
Scott McLaughlin, who has only one IndyCar race beneath his belt, was a formidable seventh quickest for Penske, whereas Dalton Kellett appeared to have taken a step ahead within the offseason as he turns into a fulltime driver for Foyt, ending the day inside 0.7sec of his staff chief Bourdais.
The 2016 Indy Lights champion Ed Jones, on his return to IndyCar after a one-year hiatus, was 10th quickest, and only a tenth faster than Dale Coyne Racing teammate and Method 1 exile Romain Grosjean.
|
RANK |
CAR NO. |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
QUICK LAP |
DIFF. |
TOTAL LAPS |
|
1 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
66.518 |
105 |
|
|
2 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
A.J. Foyt Racing |
66.633 |
-0.115 |
107 |
|
3 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
66.721 |
-0.203 |
141 |
|
4 |
12 |
Will Energy |
Staff Penske |
66.902 |
-0.384 |
109 |
|
5 |
20 |
Conor Daly |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
67.021 |
-0.503 |
94 |
|
6 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
Staff Penske |
67.039 |
-0.521 |
54 |
|
7 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
Staff Penske |
67.065 |
-0.547 |
104 |
|
8 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
Staff Penske |
67.166 |
-0.648 |
107 |
|
9 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
A.J. Foyt Racing |
67.238 |
-0.72 |
73 |
|
10 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
Dale Coyne Racing With Vasser-Sullivan |
67.388 |
-0.87 |
86 |
|
11 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
67.448 |
-0.93 |
111 |
|
12 |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing |
67.478 |
-0.96 |
83 |
