Power Paces Opening Day Of Indianapolis 500 Practice

Will Power led Tuesday’s opening practice for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo: James Black

Will Power led a busy, compressed opening day of practice for the 105th Indianapolis 500 on Tuesday, turning a top lap of 226.470 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

2018 Indy 500 winner Power’s fastest lap in the No. 12 Chevrolet came in the final session of the day, an open practice lasting one hour, 50 minutes between 4:10-6 p.m. (ET) on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis oval.

Delays due to late-morning rain compressed the final session from three hours to one hour, 50 minutes, so drivers wasted no time clustering in packs of thick traffic and swapping positions in the aerodynamic draft.

“Just a big tow,” Power said of the aerodynamic pull of leading cars. “It’s as simple as that – trying to catch that train. But as far as in traffic, I felt pretty good. Running with two or three cars in front, I felt as comfortable as I have in a while.”

2014 race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay was second at 226.371 and reigning winner Takuma Sato was third at 226.132.

Sage Karam was the fastest non-Indy 500 winner on the speed chart, fourth at 225.942. Conor Daly rounded out the top five at 225.640.

IndyCar introduced a regulation in 2021 that requires teams to fill in the front half of the “hole” in the underwing of the Dallara chassis with a carbon fiber clam-shell piece. This increases downforce and reduces the reliance on the front wing, which will create more passing.

After just one day in traffic, Power thinks the changes will generate even more action on race day, Sunday, May 30.

“It’s promising,” Power said. “I think adding that downforce is certainly going to help the racing. I think you’re going to have one of the old-style races where the front three are just swapping positions constantly because you can follow so close now. I think it will be good. It’s good for the fans.”

Power was the busiest and fastest of the 35 drivers on track Tuesday, turning 87 laps. The field combined to turn 2,369 laps overall.

Graham Rahal led the morning session for veteran drivers, which was interrupted by three times by light rain. His top lap was 223.449, and that stood as his top speed of the day.

After a rain delay of two hours, 20 minutes, the track opened for two hours for the Rookie Orientation Program and veteran refresher tests.

J.R. Hildebrand and Stefan Wilson completed their refresher tests. R.C. Enerson was the only one of the three rookies assigned to cars who didn’t complete his rookie test during testing in April, and he was nearly finished with the second of the three phases of his test when mechanical trouble struck his Chevrolet.

Enerson will return to the track at 11 a.m. Wednesday to try and finish the second and third phases of his rookie test. The track is scheduled to be open from noon-6 p.m. for open practice.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis 500 – May 18, 2021

Tuesday’s Combined Practice Speeds

Rank	Car	Driver Name	C/E/T	Session	Time	Speed	Total Laps
1	12	Power, Will	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.7403	226.470	87
2	28	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:39.7578	226.371	55
3	30	Sato, Takuma	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:39.7998	226.132	76
4	24	Karam, Sage	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.8332	225.942	69
5	47	Daly, Conor	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.8865	225.640	82
6	22	Pagenaud, Simon	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.9592	225.230	81
7	5	O’Ward, Pato	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.9740	225.146	78
8	9	Dixon, Scott	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.0021	224.988	68
9	18	Jones, Ed	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.0621	224.651	77
10	8	Ericsson, Marcus	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.0686	224.615	85
11	48	Kanaan, Tony	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.0725	224.593	68
12	86	Montoya, Juan Pablo	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.1099	224.384	63
13	16	De Silvestro, Simona	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.1373	224.230	81
14	2	Newgarden, Josef	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.1714	224.040	48
15	21	VeeKay, Rinus	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.2158	223.793	82
16	29	Hinchcliffe, James	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.2180	223.780	78
17	7	Rosenqvist, Felix	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.2246	223.744	63
18	20	Carpenter, Ed	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.2377	223.671	69
19	15	Rahal, Graham	D/H/F	Practice 1	00:40.2776	223.449	82
20	98	Andretti, Marco	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.2980	223.336	73
21	26	Herta, Colton	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.2993	223.329	84
22	06	Castroneves, Helio	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.3480	223.059	63
23	27	Rossi, Alexander	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.3581	223.004	74
24	10	Palou, Alex	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.3792	222.887	71
25	3	McLaughlin, Scott (R)	D/C/F	Practice 1	00:40.3885	222.836	68
26	11	Kimball, Charlie	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.3938	222.806	36
27	4	Kellett, Dalton	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.4729	222.371	61
28	1	Hildebrand, JR	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.4928	222.262	22
29	45	Ferrucci, Santino	D/H/F	Practice 1	00:40.5034	222.204	42
30	60	Harvey, Jack	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.5199	222.113	56
31	59	Chilton, Max	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.5606	221.890	70
32	51	Fittipaldi, Pietro (R)	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.7657	220.774	80
33	14	Bourdais, Sebastien	D/C/F	Practice 1	00:40.8402	220.371	38
34	25	Wilson, Stefan (R) Rookie	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:41.1762	218.573	25

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