The two contenders for the IndyCar Series title, leader Scott Dixon and runner-up Helio Castroneves started right away to battle it out on the Belle Isle circuit during the first two practice sessions today.
Ganassi driver Dixon, who leads Castroneves by 43 points, was the fastest in the morning's session on a still-dirty track and he led by a comfortable half a second over Penske's Castroneves. But in the improved conditions of the afternoon, the Brazilian took his turn at the top of the charts with the fastest time of the day, more than half a second in front of Dixon. Panther Racing's Vitor Meira was third in second practice just in front of Ryan Briscoe who is also competing in the ALMS event. Graham Rahal of Newman-Haas-Lanigan was the best of the ex-Champ Car pilots with a seventh place. Young Marco Andretti didn't seem to be on the right track with the 20th spot. Practice one: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:13.9714 2. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:14.4954 + 0.5240 3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:14.9002 + 0.9288 4. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 1:15.6494 + 1.6780 5. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:15.7004 + 1.7290 6. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:15.7323 + 1.7609 7. Graham Rahal Newman Haas Lanigan 1:15.9390 + 1.9676 8. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:15.9760 + 2.0046 9. Darren Manning Foyt 1:16.0432 + 2.0718 10. Vitor Meira Panther 1:16.0602 + 2.0888 11. Ernesto Viso HVM 1:16.2482 + 2.2768 12. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:16.4874 + 2.5160 13. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:16.7216 + 2.7502 14. Will Power KV 1:16.7979 + 2.8265 15. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon 1:16.8601 + 2.8887 16. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:16.9212 + 2.9498 17. Oriol Servia KV 1:17.2074 + 3.2360 18. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:17.3831 + 3.4117 19. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:17.4258 + 3.4544 20. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:17.6144 + 3.6430 21. Justin Wilson Newman Haas Lanigan 1:17.9563 + 3.9849 22. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:18.3216 + 4.3502 23. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:19.4043 + 5.4329 24. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 1:19.4495 + 5.4781 25. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 1:23.5300 + 9.5586 26. Marty Roth Roth 1:33.5782 + 19.6068 Practice two: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Helio Castroneves Penske 1:13.2059 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1:13.6996 + 0.4937 3. Vitor Meira Panther 1:13.9816 + 0.7757 4. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1:14.1373 + 0.9314 5. Danica Patrick Andretti Green 1:14.4452 + 1.2393 6. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green 1:14.6517 + 1.4458 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman 1:14.6552 + 1.4493 8. Darren Manning Foyt 1:14.7119 + 1.5060 9. Oriol Servia KV 1:14.7147 + 1.5088 10. Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne 1:14.7326 + 1.5267 11. Will Power KV 1:14.8398 + 1.6339 12. Tomas Scheckter Luczo Dragon 1:14.8960 + 1.6901 13. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:14.9100 + 1.7041 14. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:14.9609 + 1.7550 15. EJ Viso HVM 1:15.0732 + 1.8673 16. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 1:15.2644 + 2.0585 17. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green 1:15.5606 + 2.3547 18. Marco Andretti Andretti Green 1:15.5702 + 2.3643 19. Ed Carpenter Vision 1:16.2213 + 3.0154 20. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne 1:16.4200 + 3.2141 21. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold 1:16.6437 + 3.4378 22. AJ Foyt IV Vision 1:16.7840 + 3.5781 23. Jaime Camara Conquest 1:17.2781 + 4.0722 24. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest 1:18.0948 + 4.8889 25. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold 1:20.6361 + 7.4302 26. Marty Roth Roth 1:25.0063 + 11.8004 Recent Articles
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