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Indy 500: EJ Viso fastest before rain ends 'Fast Friday' practice

EJ Viso led an Andretti Autosport sweep of the top three places on the timing screens in a rain-shortened Fast Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Venezuelan made the best use of the additional 10kPa of boost that was made available for the first time on Friday to post a fastest lap of 229.537mph, making him the only driver to have crept above the 229mph mark so far this year.

Marco Andretti and Carlos Munoz were best of the rest with laps of 228.754mph and 228.520mph respectively, leaving Penske's Will Power as the quickest non-Andretti runner with a 228.401mph effort.

Thunderstorms brought the session to an end with just over two hours of scheduled running time still on the clock, denying those who did not get their laps in early a last chance to fine-tune their set-ups before qualifying on Saturday.

However all but one of the confirmed entries managed to log at least some track time before the rain came. Missing from the action was AJ Foyt Enterprises rookie Conor Daly, who crashed heavily during practice on Thursday.

Meanwhile, 1996 Indy 500 winner Buddy Lazier completed his refresher course just before the track was opened up for official practice.

The veteran went on to complete 18 laps in his family-run car, finishing with the 31st fastest time.

Pos  Driver               Team/Engine        Time      Gap        Speed
 1.  EJ Viso              Andretti/Chevy     39.2093s             229.537
 2.  Marco Andretti       Andretti/Chevy     39.3435s  + 0.1342s  228.754
 3.  Carlos Munoz         Andretti/Chevy     39.3839s  + 0.1746s  228.520
 4.  Will Power           Penske/Chevy       39.4043s  + 0.1950s  228.401
 5.  JR Hildebrand        Panther/Chevy      39.5519s  + 0.3426s  227.549
 6.  Oriol Servia         Panther DRR/Chevy  39.6063s  + 0.3970s  227.237
 7.  AJ Allmendinger      Penske/Chevy       39.6129s  + 0.4036s  227.199
 8.  Townsend Bell        Panther/Chevy      39.6196s  + 0.4103s  227.160
 9.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi/Honda      39.6336s  + 0.4243s  227.080
10.  Takuma Sato          Foyt/Honda         39.6410s  + 0.4317s  227.038
11.  Helio Castroneves    Penske/Chevy       39.6496s  + 0.4403s  226.988
12.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti/Chevy     39.6506s  + 0.4413s  226.983
13.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti/Chevy     39.6617s  + 0.4524s  226.919
14.  Tony Kanaan          KV/Chevy           39.6787s  + 0.4694s  226.822
15.  Alex Tagliani        Herta/Honda        39.6804s  + 0.4711s  226.812
16.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter/Chevy    39.6882s  + 0.4789s  226.768
17.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon/Chevy       39.6938s  + 0.4845s  226.736
18.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher/Honda       39.7576s  + 0.5483s  226.372
19.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi/Honda      39.7944s  + 0.5851s  226.162
20.  Graham Rahal         Rahal/Honda        39.7963s  + 0.5870s  226.152
21.  Justin Wilson        Coyne/Honda        39.8155s  + 0.6062s  226.043
22.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt/Honda      39.8489s  + 0.6396s  225.853
23.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi/Honda      39.8907s  + 0.6814s  225.616
24.  Simona de Silvestro  KV/Chevy           39.9082s  + 0.6989s  225.518
25.  Ryan Briscoe         Ganassi/Honda      39.9529s  + 0.7436s  225.265
26.  Pippa Mann           Coyne/Honda        39.9863s  + 0.7770s  225.077
27.  James Jakes          Rahal/Honda        40.0655s  + 0.8562s  224.632
28.  Ana Beatriz          Coyne/Honda        40.0933s  + 0.8840s  224.476
29.  Tristan Vautier      Schmidt/Honda      40.2921s  + 1.0828s  223.369
30.  Michel Jourdain Jr   Rahal/Honda        40.3107s  + 1.1014s  223.266
31.  Buddy Lazier         Lazier/Chevy       40.4560s  + 1.2467s  222.464
32.  Sebastian Saavedra   Dragon/Chevy       40.5173s  + 1.3080s  222.127

All drivers use Dallara chassis

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