Rookie Josef Newgarden tops Milwaukee IndyCar practice for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
Josef Newgarden opened the Milwaukee IndyCar weekend by setting the pace in the opening practice session on the one-mile oval
The Sarah Fisher Hartman driver lapped in 22.0232 seconds at a speed of 165.916mph in his Dallara-Honda at what is the first of the short oval circuits visited by the series this year.
Helio Castroneves was 0.0863s slower in his Penske-run Dallara-Chevrolet, the American-powered machines being outnumbered 6-4 by their Japanese counterparts in the top 10.
KV's EJ Viso was third-quickest, with Bryan Herta driver Alex Tagliani and Panther's JR Hildebrand rounding out the top five.
Last year's Milwaukee winner Dario Franchitti finished up just behind his Ganassi team-mate Scott Dixon with the 11th-best time, while championship leader Will Power was 19th for Penske.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 22.0232s 2. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy 22.1095s + 0.0863s 3. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy 22.2776s + 0.2544s 4. Alex Tagliani Herta DW12-Honda 22.3654s + 0.3422s 5. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy 22.3926s + 0.3694s 6. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy 22.5160s + 0.4928s 7. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda 22.5821s + 0.5589s 8. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 22.6121s + 0.5889s 9. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 22.6154s + 0.5922s 10. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 22.6159s + 0.5927s 11. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 22.6309s + 0.6077s 12. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 22.6325s + 0.6093s 13. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy 22.6814s + 0.6582s 14. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy 22.7178s + 0.6946s 15. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda 22.7202s + 0.6970s 16. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy 22.7780s + 0.7548s 17. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy 22.8484s + 0.8252s 18. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy 22.8690s + 0.8458s 19. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy 22.8727s + 0.8495s 20. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda 22.9290s + 0.9058s 21. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 22.9840s + 0.9608s 22. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 23.2188s + 1.1956s 23. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Chevy 23.2237s + 1.2005s 24. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy 23.5241s + 1.5009s 25. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus 23.5898s + 1.5666s
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