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Barber IndyCar: Scott Dixon leads first practice for Ganassi

Scott Dixon opened this weekend's IndyCar round at Barber Motorsports Park by going fastest in Saturday's morning practice session

The Ganassi racer, who won in Long Beach last weekend, went to the top with a best time of 1m07.7754s, putting him a comfortable 0.2 seconds clear of closest rival Will Power.

Luca Filippi moved himself up to third-fastest late in the session to finish up just ahead of Simon Pagenaud and Sebastien Bourdais, with Helio Castroneves completing an all-Chevrolet top six.

At one point mid-way through the session the top few places were all Honda, with Takuma Sato sitting just ahead of three Andretti cars, but in the end it was Graham Rahal who popped up as the Japanese manufacturer's highest-placed representative.

GP2 veteran Rodolfo Gonzalez, who is making his series debut this weekend, finished up 22nd-fastest, but could console himself by being a full second faster than Dale Coyne Racing team-mate Francesco Dracone.

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m07.7754s -
2 Will Power Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1m07.9929s 0.2175s
3 Luca Filippi CFH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.0607s 0.2853s
4 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.1364s 0.3610s
5 Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.3706s 0.5952s
6 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.4546s 0.6792s
7 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara/Honda 1m08.4939s 0.7185s
8 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 1m08.5677s 0.7923s
9 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 1m08.6920s 0.9166s
10 Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 1m08.7163s 0.9409s
11 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.7413s 0.9659s
12 James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 1m08.7683s 0.9929s
13 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.7999s 1.0245s
14 Jack Hawksworth AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 1m08.9125s 1.1371s
15 Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.9382s 1.1628s
16 Gabby Chaves Bryan Herta Autosport Dallara/Honda 1m08.9556s 1.1802s
17 Stefano Coletti KV Racing Technology Dallara/Chevrolet 1m08.9618s 1.1864s
18 Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 1m08.9734s 1.1980s
19 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m09.2803s 1.5049s
20 Sage Karam Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m09.3524s 1.5770s
21 James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 1m09.5431s 1.7677s
22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 1m09.6328s 1.8574s
23 Francesco Dracone Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 1m10.6644s 2.8890s


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