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Dixon tops final Kansas session

Scott Dixon was quickest in an uneventful final practice session ahead of today's Kansas Speedway round of the IndyCar Series - the championship's first oval event of 2009

The Ganassi driver topped the times for most of the duration, eventually beating Andretti Green's Tony Kanaan by 0.0558 seconds.

Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti - who will both start from the back after having their qualifying laps disallowed for crossing the white line - were third and fourth, ahead of Panther's Dan Wheldon, who is chasing his third consecutive win at the track.

Pole-sitter Graham Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan) was seventh, with his front row partner and team-mate Robert Doornbos 12th.

The revived Sunday morning session was part of a revised schedule for this year, and replaced the second practice previously held prior to qualifying on Saturday, giving the teams an opportunity to fine-tune their cars in race day conditions.

But what was initially planned as an hour-long, split group session actually became a half-hour thrash for all 22 cars, and was rescheduled to run after the Indy Lights race amid continuing concerns about bad weather following the tornado that hit the area last night.

The race is currently intended to start at 4.30pm local time.

Pos  Driver             Team                 Time      Gap
 1.  Scott Dixon        Ganassi              26.0221s
 2.  Tony Kanaan        Andretti Green       26.0779s  + 0.0558s
 3.  Helio Castroneves  Penske               26.0830s  + 0.0609s
 4.  Dario Franchitti   Ganassi              26.1087s  + 0.0866s
 5.  Dan Wheldon        Panther              26.1353s  + 0.1132s
 6.  Ryan Briscoe       Penske               26.1559s  + 0.1338s
 7.  Graham Rahal       Newman/Haas/Lanigan  26.1679s  + 0.1458s
 8.  Danica Patrick     Andretti Green       26.1826s  + 0.1605s
 9.  Mario Moraes       KV                   26.1830s  + 0.1609s
10.  Ed Carpenter       Vision               26.2424s  + 0.2203s
11.  Hideki Mutoh       Andretti Green       26.2778s  + 0.2557s
12.  Robert Doornbos    Newman/Haas/Lanigan  26.3223s  + 0.3002s
13.  Sarah Fisher       Fisher               26.3576s  + 0.3355s
14.  Raphael Matos      Luczo Dragon         26.3881s  + 0.3660s
15.  Vitor Meira        Foyt                 26.4124s  + 0.3903s
16.  Mike Conway        Dreyer & Reinbold    26.4641s  + 0.4420s
17.  Justin Wilson      Coyne                26.5193s  + 0.4972s
18.  Stanton Barrett    3G                   26.6673s  + 0.6452s
19.  Milka Duno         Dreyer & Reinbold    26.6799s  + 0.6578s
20.  Ryan Hunter-Reay   Vision               26.6801s  + 0.6580s
21.  Marco Andretti     Andretti Green       26.9820s  + 0.9599s
22.  EJ Viso            HVM                  27.1082s  + 1.0861s

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