Dario Franchitti leads Ganassi one-two in delayed Texas IndyCar practice
Dario Franchitti topped a delayed opening practice session for this weekend's IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway
Franchitti set the marker with a best lap of 24.3941s (214.724mph) to put him just ahead of Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Scott Dixon, who was 0.0512 seconds off the Scot's pace.
Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman) and Alex Tagliani (Bryan Herta Autosport) completed a Honda 1-2-3-4 for the session, with KV Racing's Tony Kanaan quickest of the Chevrolet-powered runners with a 213.600mph lap.
The cars were just over an hour late in taking to the track to allow time for sections left damp from recent rain to be dried out, but once it got underway, the session ran uninterrupted save for a couple of brief spells under yellow for track inspections.
The delay has forced a minor change to the day's schedule, with qualifying now pencilled in for 4pm local time. The evening practice session will remain at its original time of 6:45pm.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 24.3941s 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 24.4453s + 0.0512s 3. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 24.4600s + 0.0659s 4. Alex Tagliani Herta DW12-Honda 24.4806s + 0.0865s 5. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy 24.5225s + 0.1284s 6. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy 24.5334s + 0.1393s 7. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy 24.5365s + 0.1424s 8. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 24.5459s + 0.1518s 9. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy 24.5698s + 0.1757s 10. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 24.5708s + 0.1767s 11. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy 24.5909s + 0.1968s 12. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 24.6013s + 0.2072s 13. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy 24.6256s + 0.2315s 14. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 24.6772s + 0.2831s 15. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda 24.7030s + 0.3089s 16. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy 24.7041s + 0.3100s 17. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy 24.7048s + 0.3107s 18. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy 24.7106s + 0.3165s 19. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy 24.7357s + 0.3416s 20. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy 24.7388s + 0.3447s 21. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 24.7808s + 0.3867s 22. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda 24.8158s + 0.4217s 23. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda 24.9809s + 0.5868s 24. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Chevy 25.2449s + 0.8508s 25. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus 25.6725s + 1.2784s
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