Briscoe tops final practice at Texas
Ryan Briscoe topped the second IndyCar practice session at Texas Motor Speedway ahead of Saturday's Twin 275s
The Penske driver set his best lap at 214.373mph early on and was never bettered, with KV Racing's Takuma Sato shooting towards the top with a 213.898mph. Up to that point the best of the rest had been JR Hildebrand, who ended the evening in third place for Panther.
Fourth place for Will Power completed a relatively solid day's work for Penske, although Helio Castroneves was unable to find the pace to go any quicker than 13th-fastest. Main rival Ganassi's cars were a few spots ahead, with Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti finishing eighth and ninth respectively.
Surprise polesitter Alex Tagliani had a low-key session and finished 19th in the Sam Schmidt entry.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Ryan Briscoe Penske 24.4341s 2. Takuma Sato KV 24.4883s + 0.0542s 3. JR Hildebrand Panther 24.4972s + 0.0631s 4. Will Power Penske 24.5037s + 0.0696s 5. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 24.5126s + 0.0785s 6. Tony Kanaan KV 24.5144s + 0.0803s 7. EJ Viso KV 24.5468s + 0.1127s 8. Scott Dixon Ganassi 24.5498s + 0.1157s 9. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 24.5620s + 0.1279s 10. Paul Tracy Dragon 24.6003s + 0.1662s 11. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 24.6053s + 0.1712s 12. Marco Andretti Andretti 24.6059s + 0.1718s 13. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 24.6072s + 0.1731s 14. Helio Castroneves Penske 24.6327s + 0.1986s 15. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 24.6330s + 0.1989s 16. Wade Cunningham Sam Schmidt 24.6748s + 0.2407s 17. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 24.6818s + 0.2477s 18. Vitor Meira Foyt 24.6830s + 0.2489s 19. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 24.6945s + 0.2604s 20. Danica Patrick Andretti 24.6991s + 0.2650s 21. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 24.6999s + 0.2658s 22. Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold 24.7211s + 0.2870s 23. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 24.7232s + 0.2891s 24. James Jakes Dale Coyne 24.7252s + 0.2911s 25. Mike Conway Andretti 24.7493s + 0.3152s 26. Jay Howard Schmidt/Rahal 24.7620s + 0.3279s 27. Simona de Silvestro HVM 24.7652s + 0.3311s 28. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 24.7763s + 0.3422s 29. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 24.7878s + 0.3537s 30. Graham Rahal Ganassi 24.8605s + 0.4264s
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