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Iowa IndyCar: Tony Kanaan leads Scott Dixon in Ganassi practice 1-2

Tony Kanaan led a Chip Ganassi Racing 1-2 in the opening practice session for this weekend's IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway

On a blazing hot afternoon, Kanaan established himself at the top early on with a 179.218mph lap, and his speed was never bettered.

Team-mate Scott Dixon was also at his fastest early on, posting a 179.113mph effort with his third lap, which remained good enough to keep him second-fastest until the end of the session.

Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay was third-fastest ahead of Charlie Kimball and Josef Newgarden.

While IndyCar sessions are usually typified by a close field, today's opening 45 minutes was anything but.

Pippa Mann brought up the rear at 169.589mph - just over one second slower than the leaders, on a track with a sub-18s lap.

Three drivers were in the 170mph bracket, and another three failed to break into the 172mph range.

Two brief caution periods for track inspections served as the sole interruptions to an afternoon that otherwise passed without incident.

A second practice session is scheduled for later on Friday.

FIRST PRACTICE RESULTS:

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 17.9580s -
2 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 17.9685s 0.0105s
3 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 18.0313s 0.0733s
4 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 18.0596s 0.1016s
5 Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 18.1669s 0.2089s
6 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 18.3101s 0.3521s
7 Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 18.3418s 0.3838s
8 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 18.3507s 0.3927s
9 Ed Carpenter CFH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 18.4440s 0.4860s
10 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 18.4532s 0.4952s
11 Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 18.5038s 0.5458s
12 Sage Karam Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 18.5106s 0.5526s
13 Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 18.5669s 0.6089s
14 Will Power Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 18.6049s 0.6469s
15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara/Honda 18.6348s 0.6768s
16 James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 18.6416s 0.6836s
17 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 18.6482s 0.6902s
18 Stefano Coletti KV Racing Technology Dallara/Chevrolet 18.7175s 0.7595s
19 Jack Hawksworth AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 18.7705s 0.8125s
20 Justin Wilson Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 18.7937s 0.8357s
21 Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 18.8566s 0.8986s
22 Gabby Chaves Bryan Herta Autosport Dallara/Honda 18.8575s 0.8995s
23 Ryan Briscoe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 18.8956s 0.9376s
24 Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 18.9777s 1.0197s


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