Briscoe ahead in afternoon practice
Ryan Briscoe led a Penske one-two at the end of IndyCar's Friday practice in Long Beach
Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay had been in front going into the closing stages, but late quick laps from Briscoe and team-mate Will Power saw the Penske duo hit the front, 0.1482 seconds apart.
Scott Dixon was also quick for Ganassi, taking fourth behind Hunter-Reay with a time 0.2807s down on Briscoe. Dixon's reigning champion team-mate Dario Franchitti was outside the top 10 in both sessions today.
Alex Tagliani took Sam Schmidt Motorsports to an excellent fifth position, ahead of Penske's third driver Helio Castroneves, Andretti's Marco Andretti and a very strong eighth place for Foyt's Vitor Meira.
Justin Wilson had a few trips down run-off areas on the way to taking ninth for Dreyer & Reinbold, ahead of Newman/Haas' Oriol Servia.
The session saw two yellows, one so that James Jakes' Dale Coyne Racing car could be retrieved, and one for an early crash by returnee Paul Tracy, who put his Dragon Racing car into the Turn 5 wall on only his third lap of the session.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m10.7403s 2. Will Power Penske 1m10.8885s + 0.1482s 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m10.9984s + 0.2581s 4. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m11.0210s + 0.2807s 5. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 1m11.2842s + 0.5439s 6. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m11.3615s + 0.6212s 7. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m11.4033s + 0.6630s 8. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m11.4749s + 0.7346s 9. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m11.5862s + 0.8459s 10. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m11.5948s + 0.8545s 11. Tony Kanaan KV 1m11.5954s + 0.8551s 12. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m11.6709s + 0.9306s 13. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 1m11.7080s + 0.9677s 14. Mike Conway Andretti 1m11.7909s + 1.0506s 15. Takuma Sato KV 1m11.8077s + 1.0674s 16. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 1m11.9267s + 1.1864s 17. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m11.9533s + 1.2130s 18. Raphael Matos AFS 1m11.9538s + 1.2135s 19. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m11.9652s + 1.2249s 20. EJ Viso KV 1m11.9979s + 1.2576s 21. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m12.2060s + 1.4657s 22. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m12.3114s + 1.5711s 23. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 1m12.4229s + 1.6826s 24. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m12.4348s + 1.6945s 25. James Jakes Dale Coyne 1m13.4100s + 2.6697s 26. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 1m13.4170s + 2.6767s 27. Paul Tracy Dragon 1m14.5701s + 3.8298s
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