Dan Wheldon, as expected, was at ease at the Miami oval of Homestead as he dominated the first practice for this week-end IRL season opener. He finished just ahead of his Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon.Ex-Champ Car teams were not able to be very much competitive with only Newman-Haas-Lanigan's Justin Wilson the best of the 'transition' drivers in 16th overall.Of course, all the leaders were from the three dominant teams, Ganassi, Penske and Andretti-Green.No major incidents to be reported except for the usual yellows for debris and track inspections after drivers reported cut tyres. Pos Driver Team Time Speed 1. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 25.0037 213.808 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 25.0211 213.660 3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 25.1100 212.903 4. Helio Castroneves Penske 25.1202 212.817 5. Marco Andretti Andretti-Green 25.1379 212.667 6. Hideki Mutoh Andretti-Green 25.1729 212.371 7. Tony Kanaan Andretti-Green 25.1947 212.187 8. Danica Patrick Andretti-Green 25.2236 211.944 9. AJ Foyt IV Vision 25.2298 211.89210. Ed Carpenter Vision 25.2504 211.71911. Vitor Meira Panther 25.3317 211.04012. Darren Manning Foyt 25.3749 210.68113. Jay Howard Roth 25.3963 210.50314. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal-Letterman 25.4354 210.18015. Marty Roth Roth 25.4616 209.96316. Justin Wilson Newman Haas Lanigan 25.5098 209.56717. Franck Perera Conquest 25.5485 209.24918. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 25.5509 209.22919. Will Power KV 25.5704 209.07020. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 25.6054 208.78421. Oriol Servia KV 25.6163 208.69522. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 25.6606 208.33523. Ernesto Viso HVM 25.7520 207.59624. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 25.8475 206.82925. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 26.3722 202.713
IRL: Wheldon sets fastest time in Homestead