Dario Franchitti stays on top in second IndyCar practice at New Hampshire
Dario Franchitti led a clean sweep of the top three positions for Chip Ganassi Racing in the second IndyCar practice session at New Hampshire
As was the case earlier, the defending champion featured near the top of the timesheets from the time he ventured onto the circuit and ended up quickest in a time of 21.567 seconds.
His team-mates Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal completed the top three, each one of them within 0.1s of Franchitti's best time.
Surprisingly it was not the Penske or Andretti Autosport drivers that posed the greatest threat to the Ganassi trio, but those of KV Racing. Tony Kanaan was the best of them in fourth with Takuma Sato and Ernesto Viso completing the top six.
James Hinchcliffe and Oriol Servia put both Newman/Haas cars in the top eight while Ryan Hunter-Reay and Charlie Kimball completed the top 10 for the Andretti Autosport and Ganassi squads.
The Penske drivers all appeared off the pace with Ryan Briscoe, Helio Castroneves and Will Power 12th, 16th and 19th respectively.
Pippa Mann, who is making her first IndyCar appearance since the Indianapolis 500, spun at Turn 2 midway through the session, clipping the tyre barrier with her Rahal Letterman Langian car's rear wing and causing damage to its suspension.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 21.5665 97 2. Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 21.6204 + 0.0539 89 3. Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 21.6644 + 0.0979 99 4. Tony Kanaan KV Racing 21.7368 + 0.1703 101 5. Takuma Sato KV Racing 21.7713 + 0.2048 121 6. Ernesto Viso KV Racing 21.7743 + 0.2078 79 7. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas Racing 21.8161 + 0.2496 131 8. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas Racing 21.8200 + 0.2535 112 9. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 21.8232 + 0.2567 109 10. Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing 21.9192 + 0.3527 63 11. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 21.9689 + 0.4024 85 12. Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 22.0330 + 0.4665 90 13. Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 22.0649 + 0.4984 129 14. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 22.1047 + 0.5382 117 15. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne Racing 22.1133 + 0.5468 92 16. Helio Castroneves Team Penske 22.1375 + 0.5710 93 17. Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 22.1589 + 0.5924 105 18. JR Hildebrand Panther Racing 22.1779 + 0.6114 95 19. Will Power Team Penske 22.2861 + 0.7196 113 20. Vitor Meira AJ Foyt Enterprises 22.2904 + 0.7239 111 21. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 22.3055 + 0.7390 89 22. James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing 22.4246 + 0.8581 92 23. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher Racing 22.7104 + 1.1439 103 24. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 22.7242 + 1.1577 80 25. Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 23.1201 + 1.5536 81 26. Pippa Mann Rahal Letterman Lanigan 23.5376 + 2.0008 15 27. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest Racing 23.6379 + 2.0714 103
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