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Ryan Hunter-Reay fastest in P2 as Justin Wilson suffers injury

Ryan Hunter-Reay went fastest with a last-gasp effort in a truncated second practice at Mid-Ohio, following a crash for Justin Wilson in the final minutes of the session

Wilson ran wide and clipped the tyre barrier at Turn 1, bringing his Dreyer & Reinbold car to a halt at Turn 2. He was able to remove the steering wheel from his car, but then slumped back in pain. The Briton had to be extricated by medical teams using a backboard and neckbrace. Wilson's condition remains unclear.

The incident caused a long full-course yellow period, which ended with just four minutes still on the clock - enough time for every driver to manage at least one flying lap.

Hunter-Reay was the biggest gainer, setting his fastest lap of 1m08.8057s on his final tour to snatch top spot from Ganassi's Scott Dixon. The Andretti driver had lain tenth before his final flyer.

Takuma Sato was another late improver, the KV Racing Technology man moving into third at the expense of last year's polesitter Will Power.

Ryan Briscoe edged out championship leader Dario Franchitti in the battle for sixth, with just over one hundredth of a second separating the pair at the finish.

JR Hildebrand and Alex Tagliani also secured themselves top ten berths with late improvements to seventh and eighth respectively.

Graham Rahal and Tony Kanaan rounded out the top ten ahead of Wilson, who was fifth before his accident.

The session had earlier been halted as Sebastian Saavedra span at the final corner, although the young Colombian was able to continue and ended the session 19th fastest.

Pos  Driver               Team               Time        Gap 
 1.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti           1m08.8057s                                         
 2.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi            1m08.8335s  + 0.0278s                              
 3.  Takuma Sato          KV                 1m08.8747s  + 0.0690s                              
 4.  Will Power           Penske             1m08.9419s  + 0.1362s                              
 5.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske             1m09.0556s  + 0.2499s                              
 6.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi            1m09.0683s  + 0.2626s                              
 7.  JR Hildebrand        Panther            1m09.1655s  + 0.3598s                              
 8.  Alex Tagliani        Sam Schmidt        1m09.3230s  + 0.5173s                              
 9.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi            1m09.3254s  + 0.5197s                              
10.  Tony Kanaan          KV                 1m09.3623s  + 0.5566s                              
11.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold  1m09.4224s  + 0.6167s                          
12.  James Hinchcliffe    Newman/Haas        1m09.4894s  + 0.6837s                              
13.  Helio Castroneves    Penske             1m09.5122s  + 0.7065s                              
14.  Oriol Servia         Newman/Haas        1m09.5316s  + 0.7259s                              
15.  Marco Andretti       Andretti           1m09.5492s  + 0.7435s                              
16.  EJ Viso              KV                 1m09.6156s  + 0.8099s                              
17.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                1m09.7271s  + 0.9214s                              
18.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi            1m09.7331s  + 0.9274s                              
19.  Sebastian Saavedra   Conquest           1m09.7433s  + 0.9376s                              
20.  Mike Conway          Andretti           1m09.7506s  + 0.9449s                              
21.  Danica Patrick       Andretti           1m09.7520s  + 0.9463s                              
22.  Martin Plowman       Sam Schmidt        1m09.9226s  + 1.1169s                              
23.  Vitor Meira          Foyt               1m10.0676s  + 1.2619s                              
24.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dale Coyne         1m10.0760s  + 1.2703s                              
25.  James Jakes          Dale Coyne         1m10.1987s  + 1.3930s                              
26.  Ana Beatriz          Dreyer & Reinbold  1m10.6978s  + 1.8921s                          
27.  Ed Carpenter         Sarah Fisher       1m11.7864s  + 2.9807s                              

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