INDIANAPOLIS — Team Penske has claimed the top two spots on the speed chart in the final practice for Saturday’s IndyCar Grand Prix.
Pole winner Will Power had the fastest lap — 1 minute, 10.2014 seconds — on Indianapolis’ 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course.
American Josef Newgarden was second at 1:10.2575 and will start third in the 22-car field.
Helio Castroneves was eighth at 1:10.6351, a day after finishing second, which is where he’ll start Saturday.
After Newgarden, the next three spots were all taken by Honda drivers. New Zealand’s Scott Dixon was third at 1:10.4306. He will start fourth.
Dixon was followed by Americans Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti. Rahal was fourth at 1:10.4851 after qualifying 20th. Andretti posted a 1:10.4911 and starts 11th.
France’s Simon Pagenaud, another Penske driver, was sixth fastest at 1:10.5181. The defending race champion and reigning series champ will start seventh.
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