Andretti Autosport’s Marco Andretti set the fastest lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Day 3 of free practice sessions of the Indy 500.
On the busiest day of practice yet for the 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500, 32 driver/car combinations co-mingled on the 2.5-mile oval during the six-hour session under sun and temperatures hovering in the low 60s F.
Andretti, driving the No. 25 Dallara-Chevrolet, posted the quickest lap of the month at 225.100 mph (39.9823 seconds). Helio Castroneves was .0043 of a second behind in the No. 3 Penske car.
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series’ champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay (224.386 mph) was third, 2012 championship runner-up Will Power (223.784) was fourth and JR Hildebrand (223.624) was fifth. Series points’ leader Takuma Sato was sixth (223.363) and fastest Honda runner.
On the busiest day of practice yet for the 97th Running of the Indianapolis 500, 32 driver/car combinations co-mingled on the 2.5-mile oval during the six-hour session under sun and temperatures hovering in the low 60s F.
Andretti, driving the No. 25 Dallara-Chevrolet, posted the quickest lap of the month at 225.100 mph (39.9823 seconds). Helio Castroneves was .0043 of a second behind in the No. 3 Penske car.
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series’ champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay (224.386 mph) was third, 2012 championship runner-up Will Power (223.784) was fourth and JR Hildebrand (223.624) was fifth. Series points’ leader Takuma Sato was sixth (223.363) and fastest Honda runner.