Indy 500: Ganassi and Carpenter cars top Day 2 of practice

Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner and six-time and defending IndyCar champion, turned a 226.829mph lap on his 60^th of 108 laps to edge Conor Daly and Ed Carpenter by 0.45 and 0.7mph respectively.

Two of Dixon teammates, Marcus Ericsson and Tony Kanaan completed the top five while the fourth Ganassi car of Alex Palou finished eighth.

Sebastien Bourdais of AJ Foyt Racing bounced back from his engine failure yesterday to clock sixth fastest ahead of last year’s Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Pato O’Ward in the #5 Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet.

Sage Karam backed up his P4 performance from Day 1 with another Top 10 result, finishing up just ahead of last year’s polesitter Marco Andretti, who led the Andretti Autosport-Honda contingent.

Yesterday’s fastest driver, 2018 Indy winner Will Power, led the Team Penske-Chevrolets in 15^th.

Of the fastest no-tow speeds Alexander Rossi (Andretti) turned a 221.114mph, ahead of Simon Pagenaud (Penske-Chevy) 221.037mph, Max Chilton (who ran a qualifying simulation) 220.799mph, Daly 220.715mph and Jack Harvey of Meyer Shank Racing-Honda on 220.657mph.

Top Gun Racing did not appear again after RC Enerson completed his Rookie Orientation Program.

While 10-time Indy 500 starter Hildebrand breezed through his Refreshers test and two-time starter Wilson too eventually got up to pace after the team fixed the airflow to – and over – his helmet in his one-off Andretti entry, Enerson was less fortunate.

A split CV boot on the #75 Top Gun Racing machine while he was running Phase 2 of orientation brought an early end to Enerson’s day. IndyCar granted the team an hour on track before practice to complete Phases 2 and 3.

Enerson showed great consistency with a string of 213mph laps to finish off Phase 2, but initially struggled to string together a sequence of 215-plus laps for Phase 3.

However, the 24-year-old Floridian, who was an Indy Lights winner and started three races for Dale Coyne Racing and one for Carlin, kept his cool, and pitted for Top Gun Racing to adjust his wing angle and free the car up.

P	No	Name	FTime	Gap	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	9	Scott Dixon	39.6774	0.000	60	108	226.829	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	47	Conor Daly	39.7575	0.0801	34	98	226.372	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
3	20	Ed Carpenter	39.8049	0.0474	53	109	226.103	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
4	8	Marcus Ericsson	39.8218	0.0169	2	94	226.007	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
5	48	Tony Kanaan	39.8629	0.0411	44	71	225.774	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
6	14	Sebastien Bourdais	39.9129	0.0500	9	98	225.491	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
7	5	Pato O'Ward	39.9275	0.0146	39	105	225.409	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
8	10	Alex Palou	39.9464	0.0189	79	100	225.302	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	24	Sage Karam	39.9467	0.0003	42	67	225.300	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
10	98	Marco Andretti	39.9968	0.0501	45	90	225.018	Honda	Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian
11	21	Rinus VeeKay	40.0013	0.0045	24	111	224.993	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
12	27	Alexander Rossi	40.0021	0.0008	34	104	224.988	Honda	Andretti Autosport
13	06	Helio Castroneves	40.0223	0.0202	70	110	224.875	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
14	15	Graham Rahal	40.0333	0.0110	65	127	224.813	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
15	12	Will Power	40.0382	0.0049	67	93	224.785	Chevy	Team Penske
16	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	40.0389	0.0007	58	104	224.781	Honda	Andretti Autosport
17	3	Scott McLaughlin	40.1155	0.0766	87	112	224.352	Chevy	Team Penske
18	26	Colton Herta	40.1222	0.0067	81	120	224.315	Honda	Andretti Autosport
19	60	Jack Harvey	40.1362	0.0140	49	114	224.236	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
20	30	Takuma Sato	40.1683	0.0321	86	116	224.057	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
21	18	Ed Jones	40.2063	0.0380	76	126	223.846	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
22	7	Felix Rosenqvist	40.2183	0.0120	37	116	223.779	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
23	86	Juan Pablo Montoya	40.2597	0.0414	49	61	223.549	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
24	16	Simona De Silvestro	40.2604	0.0007	100	120	223.545	Chevy	Paretta Autosport
25	1	JR Hildebrand	40.2644	0.0040	50	62	223.523	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
26	59	Max Chilton	40.3243	0.0599	64	81	223.190	Chevy	Carlin
27	25	Stefan Wilson	40.3504	0.0261	78	105	223.046	Honda	Andretti Autosport
28	22	Simon Pagenaud	40.3619	0.0115	34	80	222.983	Chevy	Team Penske
29	51	Pietro Fittipaldi	40.4320	0.0701	121	126	222.596	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
30	2	Josef Newgarden	40.4415	0.0095	20	68	222.544	Chevy	Team Penske
31	4	Dalton Kellett	40.4501	0.0086	108	119	222.496	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
32	29	James Hinchcliffe	40.5169	0.0668	61	97	222.130	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
33	11	Charlie Kimball	40.6791	0.1622	83	83	221.244	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
34	45	Santino Ferrucci	41.0793	0.4002	12	31	219.088	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
35	75	RC Enerson	No Time	---	--	---	---	Chevy	Top Gun Racing

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Indy 500: Ganassi and Carpenter cars top Day 2 of practice

Scott Dixon topped the speed charts after day 2 of practice for the Indianapolis 500, as three Chip Ganassi Racing cars and two Ed Carpenter Racing entries filled the top five places.