Power fastest in Friday practice

Fresh from his maiden oval victory at Texas a week ago, Penske driver Power set a best time of 21.7957 seconds to beat fellow Texas winner and title rival Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) by 0.0242s.

Their respective team-mates Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon were next up, with Newman/Haas Racing's Oriol Servia the best of the rest in fifth.

The third Penske entry of Ryan Briscoe was back in 18th as the Australian struggled to find the ideal set-up.

Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) completed the top six ahead of Graham Rahal in another Ganassi car.

The opening 45 minutes of the two-hour session were reserved for drivers outside the top 10 in the championship, and this segment resulted in Justin Wilson and Ana Beatriz creating a Dreyer & Reinbold one-two.

They ended up eighth and 10th after the full-field session, split by KV's EJ Viso.

The afternoon included two crashes, with Indianapolis and Texas polesitter Alex Tagliani suspecting that a problem with his left rear of his Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara caused his incident. He was able to rejoin after repairs, but Foyt driver Vitor Meira will switch to a back-up car for the rest of the weekend after he crashed at Turn 4.

Pos  Driver               Team               Time      Gap
 1.  Will Power           Penske             21.7957s
 2.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi            21.8199s  + 0.0242s
 3.  Helio Castroneves    Penske             21.8321s  + 0.0364s
 4.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi            21.8499s  + 0.0542s
 5.  Oriol Servia         Newman/Haas        21.8774s  + 0.0817s
 6.  Marco Andretti       Andretti           21.9560s  + 0.1603s
 7.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi            22.0091s  + 0.2134s
 8.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold  22.0957s  + 0.3000s
 9.  EJ Viso              KV                 22.1191s  + 0.3234s
10.  Ana Beatriz          Dreyer & Reinbold  22.1641s  + 0.3684s
11.  Mike Conway          Andretti           22.1741s  + 0.3784s
12.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti           22.1791s  + 0.3834s
13.  Danica Patrick       Andretti           22.1918s  + 0.3961s
14.  Tony Kanaan          KV                 22.1942s  + 0.3985s
15.  Alex Lloyd           Dale Coyne         22.2511s  + 0.4554s
16.  Takuma Sato          KV                 22.2945s  + 0.4988s
17.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi            22.3128s  + 0.5171s
18.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske             22.3330s  + 0.5373s
19.  James Hinchcliffe    Newman/Haas        22.4156s  + 0.6199s
20.  JR Hildebrand        Panther            22.4248s  + 0.6291s
21.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                22.4750s  + 0.6793s
22.  Vitor Meira          Foyt               22.5122s  + 0.7165s
23.  Alex Tagliani        Sam Schmidt        22.9480s  + 1.1523s
24.  Ed Carpenter         Sarah Fisher       23.0498s  + 1.2541s
25.  Sebastian Saavedra   Conquest           23.1752s  + 1.3795s
26.  James Jakes          Dale Coyne         23.2680s  + 1.4723s