Rahal fastest in Friday practice

The Newman/Haas driver jumped to the top late on to beat championship leader Will Power (Penske) by 0.0240 seconds. Power's team-mate Helio Castroneves was also within 0.0718s of Rahal's pace in third.

Ryan Hunter Reay was quickest for a while and ended up fourth for Andretti Autosport, ahead of Penske's Ryan Briscoe.

Early pacesetter EJ Viso (KV) slipped to sixth by the end of the hour, which put him just ahead of a spectacular debut by JR Hildebrand. The reigning Indy Lights champion - who is occupying the injured Mike Conway's Dreyer & Reinbold seat for the next two rounds - was seventh in his first official IndyCar session.

Pos  Driver               Team               Time        Gap
 1.  Graham Rahal         Newman/Haas        1m08.3061s
 2.  Will Power           Penske             1m08.3301s  + 0.0240s
 3.  Helio Castroneves    Penske             1m08.3779s  + 0.0718s
 4.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti           1m08.4692s  + 0.1631s
 5.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske             1m08.5437s  + 0.2376s
 6.  Ernesto Viso         KV                 1m08.6244s  + 0.3183s
 7.  JR Hildebrand        Dreyer & Reinbold  1m08.6340s  + 0.3279s
 8.  Mario Moraes         KV                 1m08.6386s  + 0.3325s
 9.  Tony Kanaan          Andretti           1m08.6495s  + 0.3434s
10.  Dan Wheldon          Panther            1m08.6527s  + 0.3466s
11.  Bertand Baguette     Conquest           1m08.7154s  + 0.4093s
12.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi            1m08.7281s  + 0.4220s
13.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                1m08.7752s  + 0.4691s
14.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold  1m08.7971s  + 0.4910s
15.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi            1m08.8376s  + 0.5315s
16.  Hideki Mutoh         Newman/Haas        1m09.0533s  + 0.7472s
17.  Adam Carroll         Andretti           1m09.1088s  + 0.8027s
18.  Marco Andretti       Andretti           1m09.1325s  + 0.8264s
19.  Danica Patrick       Andretti           1m09.1579s  + 0.8518s
20.  Takuma Sato          KV                 1m09.1824s  + 0.8763s
21.  Raphael Matos        De Ferran Dragon   1m09.2168s  + 0.9107s
22.  Alex Tagliani        Fazzt              1m09.2814s  + 0.9753s
23.  Vitor Meira          Foyt               1m09.3351s  + 1.0290s
24.  Alex Lloyd           Dale Coyne         1m09.3594s  + 1.0533s
25.  Francesco Dracone    Conquest           1m11.0931s  + 2.7870s
26.  Milka Duno           Dale Coyne         1m12.8372s  + 4.5311s
27.  Jay Howard           Sarah Fisher       1m14.9038s  + 6.5977s