Power still quickest in practice two
Will Power was quickest again in practice two at Barber Motorsports Park, though his Penske squad was denied a one-two-three in the closing minutes when the Ganassi cars improved
Power had led team-mates Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves going into the closing minutes, but when the session resumed after a late yellow, Ganassi's Scott Dixon jumped to second with a time 0.1908 seconds down on Power's 1m12.836s benchmark.
Dixon's team-mate Dario Franchitti also made late gains to take fourth, splitting Briscoe - who got away with a spectacular spin during the session without making any contact - and Castroneves.
Graham Rahal made it three Penske drivers and three Ganassi drivers in the top six by taking sixth.
It was a strong session for Newman/Haas, with Oriol Servia and rookie James Hinchcliffe seventh and ninth, sandwiching Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Takuma Sato completed the top 10 for KV, which had a tough session. EJ Viso crashed heavily at the first corner 15 minutes from the end, while Tony Kanaan brought up the tail of the field.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Will Power Penske 1m12.8364s 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m13.0272s + 0.1908s 3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m13.1156s + 0.2792s 4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m13.2408s + 0.4044s 5. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m13.2544s + 0.4180s 6. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m13.2984s + 0.4620s 7. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m13.3460s + 0.5096s 8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m13.3743s + 0.5379s 9. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 1m13.4241s + 0.5877s 10. Takuma Sato KV 1m13.4474s + 0.6110s 11. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m13.6526s + 0.8162s 12. EJ Viso KV 1m13.7680s + 0.9316s 13. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m13.7922s + 0.9558s 14. Alex Tagliani Schmidt 1m13.9114s + 1.0750s 15. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m13.9474s + 1.1110s 16. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m14.0117s + 1.1753s 17. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m14.0490s + 1.2126s 18. Raphael Matos AFS 1m14.0557s + 1.2193s 19. James Jakes Coyne 1m14.0840s + 1.2476s 20. Mike Conway Andretti 1m14.2846s + 1.4482s 21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m14.2918s + 1.4554s 22. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 1m14.3892s + 1.5528s 23. Simon Pagenaud Dreyer & Reinbold 1m14.4426s + 1.6062s 24. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m14.5149s + 1.6785s 25. Sebastien Bourdais Coyne 1m14.5710s + 1.7346s 26. Tony Kanaan KV 1m14.6156s + 1.7792s
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