Andretti Green Racing's Marco Andretti set the fastest lap during the first day of full practice Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway where no less than 31 pilots were present.
His teammate Tony Kanaan finished second with a speed of 225.269 mph, followed by Scott Dixon, who did a 225.011. Team Penske newcomer Ryan Briscoe was fourth fastest, followed by Dan Wheldon, Helio Castroneves and Tomas Scheckter. As it's often been the case, Will Power was the fastest among the rookies and transitional drivers recording the tenth-best lap of the day. All the drivers present completed a total of 1,385 laps without any incident. Practice resumes today and qualifying for the first 11 positions in the 33-car field is scheduled for Saturday. Pos Driver Team Speed 1. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 226.599 mph 2. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 225.269 mph 3. Scott Dixon Ganassi 225.011 mph 4. Ryan Briscoe Penske 224.804 mph 5. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 224.727 mph 6. Helio Castroneves Penske 224.576 mph 7. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon 224.436 mph 8. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 224.170 mph 9. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 224.095 mph 10. Will Power KV 223.550 mph 11. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 223.461 mph 12. Vitor Meira Panther 223.352 mph 13. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 223.225 mph 14. EJ Viso HVM 222.643 mph 15. Ed Carpenter Vision 222.633 mph 16. Alex Lloyd Rahal Letterman 222.620 mph 17. Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold 222.583 mph 18. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 222.552 mph 19. Oriol Servia KV 221.883 mph 20. Davey Hamilton Vision 221.684 mph 21. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 221.640 mph 22. A.J. Foyt IV Vision 221.615 mph 23. Darren Manning AJ Foyt 221.314 mph 24. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 220.978 mph 25. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 220.961 mph 26. Max Papis Schmidt 220.686 mph 27. Marty Roth Roth 220.460 mph 28. Mario Dominguez Pacific Coast 218.552 mph 29. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 218.159 mph 30. Sarah Fisher Sarah Fisher 217.866 mph 31. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 217.412 mph Photos: Jim Haynes/IndyCar
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