Penske pair top final practice
Team Penske moved to the top of the speed charts in the final practice session at Homestead
Helio Castroneves lapped in 24.5736 seconds in the final moments of the session, pushing his team-mate Sam Hornish Jr down to second.
Ganassi's Scott Dixon was third, but Dan Wheldon was only ninth after running out of fuel. Fernandez Racing's Scott Sharp had the same problem right at the end of practice.
Rahal-Letterman Racing's now unique Panoz chassis seemed to be off the pace on Friday, but the team bounced back this morning, with all three cars in the top five at one point.
Tomas Scheckter and Dario Franchitti's late improvements knocked the Rahal trio down to sixth, seventh and eighth.
Panther Racing prepared their back-up car for Vitor Meira this morning after the Brazilian's crash in second practice. He was 19th quickest.
Although Ganassi and Penske have held the advantage in both testing and practice, it is possible that this afternoon's qualifying session will show a different picture. With the cars running one at a time in qualifying, they will no longer be able to boost their speed by slipstreaming rivals.
Practice three times from Homestead:
Pos Driver Team Chassis Time 1. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara 24.5736 2. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dallara 24.5859 3. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara 24.7264 4. Tomas Scheckter Vision Dallara 24.7431 5. Dario Franchitti Andretti-Green Dallara 24.7694 6. Buddy Rice Rahal-Letterman Panoz 24.8157 7. Danica Patrick Rahal-Letterman Panoz 24.8742 8. Paul Dana Rahal-Letterman Panoz 24.8886 9. Dan Wheldon Ganassi Dallara 24.8891 10. Eddie Cheever Jr Cheever Dallara 24.9090 11. Tony Kanaan Andretti-Green Dallara 24.9152 12. Kosuke Matsuura Fernandez Dallara 24.9392 13. Marco Andretti Andretti-Green Dallara 24.9475 14. Bryan Herta Andretti-Green Dallara 24.9485 15. Scott Sharp Fernandez Dallara 24.9550 16. Ed Carpenter Vision Dallara 24.9873 17. Felipe Giaffone Foyt Dallara 24.9912 18. Buddy Lazier Dreyer & Reinbold Dallara 25.0987 19. Vitor Meira Panther Dallara 25.1801 20. PJ Chesson Hemelgarn Dallara 25.2938
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