Newgarden sets day five pace at Indy

Newgarden topped the charts with a 40.2977s lap (222.785mph), putting him just ahead of Andretti Autosport trio Marco Andretti (222.108mph), Ryan Hunter-Reay (221.763mph), and James Hinchcliffe (221.638mph).

But his day ended when he lost control of his car just 16 minutes before the end of the six hour session and spun through 720 degrees before glancing against the barriers.

"You don't get many lucky breaks around this place, and I think I just got one," Newgarden said. "The guys have done a great job putting together such a good car, and I don't want to hurt the thing. I'll try to learn what happened and why the thing got around on me.

"Everyone's trying to figure out the race car around this place, and obviously I have a little more work to do. We were old on our tyre run and trying to run as far as possible to see how the car reacts, and I think it's just difficult to run in the tow, and today I got bit by it a little."


Pos Driver               Team                             Time          
 1. Josef Newgarden      Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing      40.3977s
 2. Marco Andretti       Andretti Autosport               40.5208s +0.1231
 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti Autosport               40.5839s +0.1862
 4. James Hinchcliffe    Andretti Autosport               40.6067s +0.2090
 5. Dario Franchitti     Chip Ganassi Racing              40.6095s +0.2118
 6. Justin Wilson        Dale Coyne Racing                40.6468s +0.2491
 7. Bryan Clauson        Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing      40.7182s +0.3205
 8. Charlie Kimball      Chip Ganassi Racing              40.7404s +0.3427
 9. Takuma Sato          Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing   40.7506s +0.3529
10. Sebastian Saavedra   AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport    40.7605s +0.3628
11. JR Hildebrand        Panther Racing                   40.7761s +0.3784
12. Scott Dixon          Target Chip Ganassi Racing       40.7948s +0.3971
13. Tony Kanaan          KV Racing Technology             40.8525s +0.4548
14. Graham Rahal         Chip Ganassi Racing              40.8648s +0.4671
15. Alex Tagliani        Bryan Herta Autosport            40.8980s +0.5003
16. Wade Cunningham      A.J. Foyt Enterprises            40.9192s +0.5215
17. Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt/Hamilton Motorsports     40.9459s +0.5482
18. Ana Beatriz          Andretti Autosport               40.9536s +0.5559
19. Townsend Bell        Sam Schmidt Motorsports          40.9605s +0.5628
20. Michel Jourdain Jr.  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing   41.0434s +0.6457
21. Oriol Servia         Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 41.0919s +0.6942
22. Ed Carpenter         Ed Carpenter Racing              41.1108s +0.7131
23. Helio Castroneves    Team Penske                      41.3404s +0.9427
24. Will Power           Team Penske                      41.3596s +0.9619
25. Mike Conway          A.J. Foyt Enterprises            41.4304s +1.0327
26. Rubens Barrichello   KV Racing Technology             41.5243s +1.1266
27. Ryan Briscoe         Team Penske                      41.6175s +1.2198
28. E.J. Viso            KV Racing Technology             41.7611s +1.3634
29. Jean Alesi           Fan Force United                 43.8193s +3.4216
30. Simona de Silvestro  HVM Racing                       43.9005s +3.5028