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Hunter-Reay pips Wilson in practice

Ryan Hunter-Reay snatched the top spot from Justin Wilson in the closing moments of Friday's second IndyCar practice session in Toronto

Dreyer & Reinbold driver Wilson had led most of the hour, holding a half-second advantage for much of the session.

But his rivals began closing in on the Briton's 1m02.1839s lap late on, with Andretti Autosport's Hunter-Reay finally sneaking ahead by 0.0406 seconds.

Penske's Helio Castroneves and Will Power were third and fourth, ahead of a strong fifth place from Raphael Matos (De Ferran Dragon)

Alex Tagliani was again a frontrunner in his home country, the Fazzt driver holding a top three spot for much of the afternoon and eventually taking sixth.

A late improvement earned EJ Viso seventh for KV, with Ganassi's Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti next up and Penske's Ryan Briscoe completing the top ten.

Local hero Paul Tracy completed only eight laps and spent much of the session in the KV Racing pit.

Despite countless visits to the run-off areas and some minor brushes with the wall by various drivers, there was only one significant accident - when Newman/Haas' Hideki Mutoh lost control on acceleration out of Turn 1 and spun into the Turn 2 wall, mangling his car's rear end.

Pos  Driver               Team               Time        Gap
 1.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti           1m02.1433s
 2.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold  1m02.1839s  + 0.0406s
 3.  Helio Castroneves    Penske             1m02.2550s  + 0.1117s
 4.  Will Power           Penske             1m02.3439s  + 0.2006s
 5.  Raphael Matos        De Ferran Dragon   1m02.3894s  + 0.2461s
 6.  Alex Tagliani        Fazzt              1m02.3915s  + 0.2482s
 7.  EJ Viso              KV                 1m02.4783s  + 0.3350s
 8.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi            1m02.5004s  + 0.3571s
 9.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi            1m02.5112s  + 0.3679s
10.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske             1m02.8013s  + 0.6580s
11.  Danica Patrick       Andretti           1m02.8957s  + 0.7524s
12.  Tony Kanaan          Andretti           1m02.9234s  + 0.7801s
13.  Tomas Scheckter      Dreyer & Reinbold  1m03.0924s  + 0.9491s
14.  Bertrand Baguette    Conquest           1m03.1961s  + 1.0528s
15.  Graham Rahal         Newman/Haas        1m03.2973s  + 1.1540s
16.  Vitor Meira          Foyt               1m03.3250s  + 1.1817s
17.  Hideki Mutoh         Newman/Haas        1m03.3807s  + 1.2374s
18.  Marco Andretti       Andretti           1m03.4523s  + 1.3090s
19.  Mario Moraes         KV                 1m03.6882s  + 1.5449s
20.  Dan Wheldon          Panther            1m03.7328s  + 1.5895s
21.  Takuma Sato          KV                 1m03.8464s  + 1.7031s
22.  Alex Lloyd           Dale Coyne         1m04.2268s  + 2.0835s
23.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                1m04.4667s  + 2.3234s
24.  Mario Romancini      Conquest           1m04.6253s  + 2.4820s
25.  Paul Tracy           KV                 1m04.6549s  + 2.5116s
26.  Milka Duno           Dale Coyne         1m10.6528s  + 8.5095s

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