In what will be her last appearance as a regular driver in the IZOD IndyCar series, Danica Patrick set the fastest time in the first practice session for this weekend's season finale at Las Vegas.
Newman Haas Racing’s Oriol Servia was slower by a mere 0.077s to secure second spot while Patrick’s teammates Hunter-Reay and Mike Conway finished respectively 3rd and 5th while Ganassi’s Scott Dixon was 4th Both series’ leaders Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) and Will Power (Penske) were only ninth and 14th. As for the Canadian drivers, they had their shares of problems that they hoped they can resolved with the best of them James Hinchcliffe (NHR) in 15th place, Paul Tracy (Dragon Racing) 21st and a distant Alex Tagliani who is driving a Dallara set for road courses in 23rd. IndyCar Las Vegas Practice No.1 Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Danica Patrick Andretti 24.734s 2. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 24.811s + 0.077s 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 24.827s + 0.092s 4. Scott Dixon Ganassi 24.849s + 0.114s 5. Mike Conway Andretti 24.863s + 0.129s 6. Helio Castroneves Penske 24.868s + 0.133s 7. Marco Andretti Andretti 24.869s + 0.134s 8. Ryan Briscoe Penske 24.872s + 0.137s 9. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 24.874s + 0.139s 10. Graham Rahal Ganassi 24.941s + 0.205s 11. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 24.942s + 0.206s 12. Tony Kanaan KV 24.966s + 0.232s 13. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 24.996s + 0.261s 14. Will Power Penske 25.013s + 0.278s 15. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 25.016s + 0.281s 16. Vitor Meira AJ Foyt 25.036s + 0.301s 17. Takuma Sato KV 25.042s + 0.308s 18. Simona de Silvestro HVM 25.055s + 0.320s 19. Pippa Mann Rahal Letterman Lanigan 25.074s + 0.340s 20. Wade Cunningham AFS/Sam Schmidt 25.343s + 0.343s 21. Paul Tracy Dragon 25.099s + 0.364s 22. Dan Wheldon Bryan Herta/Sam Schmidt 25.101s + 0.366s 23. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 25.103s + 0.368s 24. JR Hildebrand Panther 25.110s + 0.376s 25. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 25.120s + 0.385s 26. Buddy Rice Panther 25.151s + 0.416s 27. Tomas Scheckter Sarah Fisher 25.167s + 0.422s 28. Davey Hamilton Dreyer & Reinbold 25.199s + 0.465s 29. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 25.204s + 0.469s 30. Townsend Bell Dreyer & Reinbold 25.221s + 0.486s 31. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 25.233s + 0.498s 32. EJ Viso KV 25.280s + 0.548s 33. James Jakes Dale Coyne 25.316s + 0.581s 34. Jay Howard Rahal Letterman Lanigan 25.327s + 0.592s
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