Dixon Jumps To Top As Practice Heats Up At Indianapolis

Scott Dixon turned the fastest lap in Wednesday’s Indianapolis 500 practice with a lap at 226.829 mph around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo: Chris Owens

Scott Dixon may be known as “The Iceman,” but perhaps nobody is better in the NTT IndyCar Series when the heat is on.

Six-time series champion Dixon led practice Wednesday for the 105th Indianapolis 500 with a best lap of 226.829 mph in the No. 9 Honda as track and air temperatures climbed compared to Opening Day Tuesday. Dixon led three Chip Ganassi Racing drivers in the top five.

“I felt like I was little more comfortable yesterday,” said Dixon, who was eighth fastest Tuesday at 224.988. “Obviously, track conditions are different. The wind direction, especially (turns) 2 to 4, swaps pretty big. The track temp was up today.

“Once it gets a bit hotter, I think everybody has a bit of washout, and it’s harder to stay closer. We’ll see with the race, but it looks right now like the race will be pretty cool, which will definitely make for a pretty robust race for people to watch. It’s going to be tight.”

Race Day is Sunday, May 30 at the 2.5-mile oval.

Ed Carpenter Racing drivers took the second and third spots on the speed chart Wednesday. Conor Daly was second at 226.372, while team owner Ed Carpenter was third at 226.103.

ECR is surging during the Month of May, as Rinus VeeKay won the GMR Grand Prix for the team last Saturday.

Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Marcus Ericsson and Tony Kanaan rounded out the top five. Ericsson was fourth at 226.007. 2013 Indy 500 winner Kanaan ended up fifth at 225.774.

“There are so many competitive cars out there, so, as always, it’s going to be a very tough race,” Dixon said. “Happy all the Ganassi cars are fast. Nice to see the 9 up top.”

The speed charts showed the unpredictable and competitive nature of this year’s deep field, which features nine “500” winners. 2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power, who led practice Tuesday at 226.470 mph, was 15th Wednesday at 224.785.

All the top speeds today came with the benefit of aerodynamic tows in heavy traffic, as 34 drivers combined to turn 3,326 laps during the six-hour session. 2016 Indy winner Alexander Rossi was the fastest driver running alone, turning a top no-tow lap of 221.114 mph.

“We had a good car yesterday from the get-go, but overnight we worked on trying to get the car a bit better in dirty air and in a big group, and that’s been a big improvement today,” Ericsson said. “I feel like I can stay on the throttle in big groups, and that’s the key around here.”

RC Enerson completed Phase 2 and the speed requirement for Phase 3 of the Rookie Orientation Program in a special session before the track opened for practice. Enerson didn’t participate in the open practice.

Practice resumes from noon-6 p.m. (ET) Thursday. It’s the last day before boost levels are elevated in the engine turbochargers for Fast Friday practice and Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying on Saturday and Sunday, with the additional horsepower raising speeds.

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Indianapolis 500 – May 19, 2021

Wednesday’s Combined Practice Speeds

Rank	Car	Driver Name	C/E/T	Session	Time	Speed	Total Laps
1	9	Dixon, Scott	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:39.6774	226.829	176
2	12	Power, Will	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.7403	226.470	180
3	47	Daly, Conor	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:39.7575	226.372	180
4	28	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:39.7578	226.371	159
5	30	Sato, Takuma	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:39.7998	226.132	192
6	20	Carpenter, Ed	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:39.8049	226.103	178
7	8	Ericsson, Marcus	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:39.8218	226.007	179
8	24	Karam, Sage	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.8332	225.942	136
9	48	Kanaan, Tony	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:39.8629	225.774	139
10	14	Bourdais, Sebastien	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:39.9129	225.491	136
11	5	O’Ward, Pato	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:39.9275	225.409	183
12	10	Palou, Alex	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:39.9464	225.302	171
13	22	Pagenaud, Simon	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:39.9592	225.230	161
14	98	Andretti, Marco	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:39.9968	225.018	163
15	21	VeeKay, Rinus	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:40.0013	224.993	193
16	27	Rossi, Alexander	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.0021	224.988	178
17	06	Castroneves, Helio	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.0223	224.875	173
18	15	Rahal, Graham	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.0333	224.813	209
19	18	Jones, Ed	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.0621	224.651	203
20	86	Montoya, Juan Pablo	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.1099	224.384	124
21	3	McLaughlin, Scott (R)	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:40.1155	224.352	180
22	26	Herta, Colton	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.1222	224.315	204
23	60	Harvey, Jack	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.1362	224.236	170
24	16	De Silvestro, Simona	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.1373	224.230	201
25	2	Newgarden, Josef	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.1714	224.040	116
26	29	Hinchcliffe, James	D/H/F	Practice 2	00:40.2180	223.780	175
27	7	Rosenqvist, Felix	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:40.2183	223.779	179
28	1	Hildebrand, JR	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:40.2644	223.523	84
29	59	Chilton, Max	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:40.3243	223.190	151
30	25	Wilson, Stefan	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.3504	223.046	130
31	11	Kimball, Charlie	D/C/F	Practice 2	00:40.3938	222.806	119
32	51	Fittipaldi, Pietro (R)	D/H/F	Practice 3	00:40.4320	222.596	206
33	4	Kellett, Dalton	D/C/F	Practice 3	00:40.4501	222.496	180
34	45	Ferrucci, Santino	D/H/F	Practice 1	00:40.5034	222.204	73

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