Dixon fastest before rain stoppage

Rain hit early in what was planned as a two-hour session, and although conditions improved and a fleet of safety vehicles took to the track in an attempt to dry the asphalt, the decision was taken to abandon practice.

Prior to the stoppage, Dixon had led the way for Ganassi with a lap in 16.2366 seconds.

Dreyer & Reinbold's Buddy Rice and HVM's EJ Viso had continued their strong form for their small teams to take second and fourth places, sandwiching Penske driver Ryan Briscoe.

Track officials are now working to dry the track in time for this evening's qualifying session, which is scheduled to start at 7.30pm local time.

Pos  Driver             Team                 Time
 1.  Scott Dixon        Ganassi              16.2366
 2.  Buddy Rice         Dreyer & Reinbold    16.3271  + 0.0905
 3.  Ryan Briscoe       Penske               16.3643  + 0.1277
 4.  EJ Viso            HVM                  16.3670  + 0.1304
 5.  Bruno Junqueira    Dale Coyne           16.4115  + 0.1749
 6.  Dan Wheldon        Ganassi              16.4333  + 0.1967
 7.  Danica Patrick     Andretti Green       16.4337  + 0.1971
 8.  Helio Castroneves  Penske               16.4355  + 0.1989
 9.  Mario Moraes       Dale Coyne           16.4421  + 0.2055
10.  Marco Andretti     Andretti Green       16.4757  + 0.2391
11.  Townsend Bell      Dreyer & Reinbold    16.4990  + 0.2624
12.  Tony Kanaan        Andretti Green       16.5063  + 0.2697
13.  Ryan Hunter-Reay   Rahal Letterman      16.5155  + 0.2789
14.  Justin Wilson      Newman/Haas/Lanigan  16.6213  + 0.3847
15.  AJ Foyt IV         Vision               16.6252  + 0.3886
16.  Graham Rahal       Newman/Haas/Lanigan  16.6419  + 0.4053
17.  Ed Carpenter       Vision               16.6674  + 0.4308
18.  John Andretti      Roth                 16.7235  + 0.4869
19.  Will Power         KV                   16.7656  + 0.5290
20.  Oriol Servia       KV                   16.7688  + 0.5322
21.  Darren Manning     Foyt                 16.9271  + 0.6905
22.  Jaime Camara       Conquest             16.9473  + 0.7107
23.  Hideki Mutoh       Andretti Green       17.0039  + 0.7673
24.  Vitor Meira        Panther              17.4314  + 1.1948
25.  Marty Roth         Roth                 17.6306  + 1.3940
26.  Enrique Bernoldi   Conquest             -