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Dixon quickest in delayed practice

Scott Dixon set the fastest time of this afternoon's first IndyCar practice session at Chicago

The reigning champion was quickest in the few laps that were run at the beginning of the session, before a long rain delay halted proceedings.

When running resumed, Dixon set the pace once again and his 217.460mph lap was enough to keep him comfortably ahead of Penske drivers Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves, who finished the session second and third.

Andretti Green team-mates Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti set the fourth and fifth quickest times, with Graham Rahal rounding out the top six.

Last week's race winner Dario Franchitti was only seventh, more than a tenth of a second slower than Ganassi team-mate Dixon, while Tony Kanaan, Mario Moraes and Oriol Servia completed the top 10.

Pos Driver                Team                   Time         Speed
 1. Scott Dixon           Ganassi                25.1633s   217.460
 2. Ryan Briscoe          Penske                 25.2073s   217.080
 3. Helio Castroneves     Penske                 25.2899s   216.371
 4. Danica Patrick        AGR                    25.3001s   216.284
 5. Marco Andretti        AGR                    25.3068s   216.226
 6. Graham Rahal          Newman/Haas            25.3170s   216.139
 7. Dario Franchitti      Ganassi                25.3190s   216.122
 8. Tony Kanaan           AGR                    25.3402s   215.941
 9. Mario Moraes          KV                     25.3616s   215.759
10. Oriol Servia          Newman/Haas            25.3789s   215.612
11. Justin Wilson         Dale Coyne             25.3869s   215.544
12. Ed Carpenter          Vision                 25.3874s   215.540
13. Dan Wheldon           Panther                25.4037s   215.402
14. Raphael Matos         Luczo Dragon           25.4349s   215.137
15. Hideki Mutoh          AGR                    25.4505s   215.006
16. Tomas Scheckter       Dreyer & Reinbold      25.4808s   214.750
17. Sarah Fisher          Fisher                 25.4824s   214.736
18. Ryan Hunter-Reay      Foyt                   25.5116s   214.491
19. EJ Viso               HVM                    25.6373s   213.439
20. Mike Conway           Dreyer & Reinbold      25.6642s   213.215
21. Milka Duno            Dreyer & Reinbold      25.7149s   212.795
22. Robert Doornbos       HVM                    25.7392s   212.594
23. Jaques Lazier         3G                     25.8805s   211.433

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