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Dario Franchitti goes quickest in final practice session before the 500

Dario Franchitti took Carb Day honours at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Ganassi driver setting the fastest time in the final practice session before Sunday's Indy 500

Franchitti topped the times with a 222.360mph lap (40.4749s) to put him just ahead of team-mate Scott Dixon (222.274mph). Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) was third-fastest with a 221.702mph effort

"The car was good," Franchitti said. "The car was as good as it has been all month, really. Good balance, good grip. It's getting more slippery the more the air temperature goes up, and the more the car moves around, the harder it is behind the wheel. But it's the same for everybody. I think we've got a good set-up for race day, although it would have been nice to have that motor for qualifying."

Rahal Letterman Lanigan's Takuma Sato was fourth-quickest ahead of polesitter Ryan Briscoe (Penske) and Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne).

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                      Time      Gap
 1.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi DW12-Honda            40.4749s
 2.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi DW12-Honda            40.4906s  + 0.0157s
 3.  Marco Andretti       Andretti DW12-Chevy           40.5950s  + 0.1201s
 4.  Takuma Sato          Rahal DW12-Honda              40.7097s  + 0.2348s
 5.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske DW12-Chevy             40.7194s  + 0.2445s
 6.  Justin Wilson        Coyne DW12-Honda              40.7396s  + 0.2647s
 7.  Will Power           Penske DW12-Chevy             40.8359s  + 0.3610s
 8.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti DW12-Chevy           40.8517s  + 0.3768s
 9.  Tony Kanaan          KV DW12-Chevy                 40.8733s  + 0.3984s
10.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti DW12-Chevy           40.9255s  + 0.4506s
11.  Helio Castroneves    Penske DW12-Chevy             40.9403s  + 0.4654s
12.  JR Hildebrand        Panther DW12-Chevy            40.9517s  + 0.4768s
13.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher DW12-Honda             40.9890s  + 0.5141s
14.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi DW12-Honda            41.0009s  + 0.5260s
15.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi DW12-Honda            41.0191s  + 0.5442s
16.  Alex Tagliani        Herta DW12-Honda              41.0419s  + 0.5670s
17.  Rubens Barrichello   KV DW12-Chevy                 41.0917s  + 0.6168s
18.  Oriol Servia         Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy        41.1249s  + 0.6500s
19.  Mike Conway          Foyt DW12-Honda               41.1591s  + 0.6842s
20.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter DW12-Chevy          41.2115s  + 0.7366s
21.  Sebastian Saavedra   AFS/Andretti DW12-Chevy       41.2121s  + 0.7372s
22.  EJ Viso              KV DW12-Chevy                 41.2262s  + 0.7513s
23.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt DW12-Honda            41.3229s  + 0.8480s
24.  Bryan Clauson        Fisher DW12-Honda             41.3230s  + 0.8481s
25.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon DW12-Chevy             41.3341s  + 0.8592s
26.  Katherine Legge      Dragon DW12-Chevy             41.3605s  + 0.8856s
27.  Wade Cunningham      Foyt DW12-Honda               41.3836s  + 0.9087s
28.  Michel Jourdain Jr   Rahal DW12-Honda              41.6300s  + 1.1551s
29.  Townsend Bell        Schmidt DW12-Honda            41.7248s  + 1.2499s
30.  James Jakes          Coyne DW12-Honda              42.2364s  + 1.7615s
31.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM DW12-Lotus                43.5534s  + 3.0785s
32.  Jean Alesi           Fan Force DW12-Lotus          44.0202s  + 3.5453s
33.  Ana Beatriz          Andretti/Conquest DW12-Chevy

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