Dixon Leads Indianapolis 500 Carb Day Final Practice

Scott Dixon paced Friday’s Carb Day final practice for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo: Karl Zemlin

Scott Dixon refused to relinquish his grip on the fastest car this month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as he led the final practice Friday for the 105th Indianapolis 500 on Miller Lite Carb Day.

Six-time and reigning NTT IndyCar Series champion Dixon, who won the pole last Sunday at 231.685 mph, turned a top lap of 228.323 in the No. 9 Honda during the rain-delayed and rain-shortened session.

Practice started two hours, 37 minutes late due to persistent morning showers and ended 10 minutes short of its scheduled two hours when rain returned to the 2.5-mile oval. Cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 50s – about 25 degrees cooler than during Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying last weekend – increased grip and daring passes during the final practice before Race Day.

“Everybody felt like King Kong out there with the weather conditions,” Dixon said. “That may give you an indication of how the race will be. If it’s like this, it’s going to be mentally draining. There’s going to be a lot of action going on.”

Two Team Penske drivers starting in the back half of the field of 33 cars Sunday showed they have strong cars in traffic by posting the second- and third-fastest laps of the session.

2019 Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud, starting 26th, was second at 227.157. Two-time series champion Josef Newgarden, who is starting 21st, ended up third at 226.856.

Conor Daly was fourth overall at 226.399. Daly was scratching his head at some of the aggressive moves by selected drivers during the final practice.

“It was like we were sacrificing our vehicles for a prize today,” Daly said. “Did you win anything today? I didn’t.”

2020 pole sitter Marco Andretti rounded out the top five at 226.396. He will start 25th.

While Team Penske, winner of a record 18 Indianapolis 500s, was shut out of the first five rows in qualifying, the final practice results showed all four of its cars could contend for victory Sunday after strong performances in heavy traffic.

2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power was sixth overall at 226.223 after squeezing into the last row of the field in the Last Chance Qualifying. Rookie Scott McLaughlin, the top Penske qualifier in 17th, was seventh in practice at 226.192.

The green flag for the 105th edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. Sunday.

NTT IndyCar Series
Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis 500 – May 28, 2021

Friday’s Carb Day Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver Name	C/E/T	Time	Speed	Diff	Gap	Best Lap	Total Laps
1	9	Dixon, Scott	D/H/F	00:39.4178	228.323	–.—-	–.—-	6	47
2	22	Pagenaud, Simon	D/C/F	00:39.6201	227.157	0.2023	0.2023	57	89
3	2	Newgarden, Josef	D/C/F	00:39.6728	226.856	0.2550	0.0527	88	93
4	47	Daly, Conor	D/C/F	00:39.7528	226.399	0.3350	0.0800	53	70
5	98	Andretti, Marco	D/H/F	00:39.7534	226.396	0.3356	0.0006	64	65
6	12	Power, Will	D/C/F	00:39.7838	226.223	0.3660	0.0304	8	82
7	3	McLaughlin, Scott (R)	D/C/F	00:39.7892	226.192	0.3714	0.0054	21	66
8	48	Kanaan, Tony	D/H/F	00:39.8356	225.929	0.4178	0.0464	7	48
9	30	Sato, Takuma	D/H/F	00:39.8757	225.701	0.4579	0.0401	65	94
10	24	Karam, Sage	D/C/F	00:39.9039	225.542	0.4861	0.0282	36	61
11	5	O’Ward, Pato	D/C/F	00:39.9093	225.511	0.4915	0.0054	57	93
12	59	Chilton, Max	D/C/F	00:39.9382	225.348	0.5204	0.0289	84	89
13	27	Rossi, Alexander	D/H/F	00:39.9424	225.324	0.5246	0.0042	47	51
14	14	Bourdais, Sebastien	D/C/F	00:39.9710	225.163	0.5532	0.0286	27	33
15	06	Castroneves, Helio	D/H/F	00:39.9714	225.161	0.5536	0.0004	17	62
16	86	Montoya, Juan Pablo	D/C/F	00:39.9736	225.149	0.5558	0.0022	33	54
17	1	Hildebrand, JR	D/C/F	00:40.0098	224.945	0.5920	0.0362	30	70
18	18	Jones, Ed	D/H/F	00:40.0160	224.910	0.5982	0.0062	12	71
19	15	Rahal, Graham	D/H/F	00:40.0227	224.872	0.6049	0.0067	8	100
20	28	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	D/H/F	00:40.0500	224.719	0.6322	0.0273	33	71
21	29	Hinchcliffe, James	D/H/F	00:40.0808	224.546	0.6630	0.0308	19	92
22	10	Palou, Alex	D/H/F	00:40.0890	224.500	0.6712	0.0082	58	71
23	8	Ericsson, Marcus	D/H/F	00:40.0948	224.468	0.6770	0.0058	61	84
24	7	Rosenqvist, Felix	D/C/F	00:40.1019	224.428	0.6841	0.0071	20	61
25	4	Kellett, Dalton	D/C/F	00:40.1694	224.051	0.7516	0.0675	19	54
26	25	Wilson, Stefan	D/H/F	00:40.1701	224.047	0.7523	0.0007	71	74
27	45	Ferrucci, Santino	D/H/F	00:40.1993	223.884	0.7815	0.0292	11	77
28	26	Herta, Colton	D/H/F	00:40.2378	223.670	0.8200	0.0385	26	78
29	60	Harvey, Jack	D/H/F	00:40.2389	223.664	0.8211	0.0011	8	76
30	20	Carpenter, Ed	D/C/F	00:40.2407	223.654	0.8229	0.0018	24	61
31	21	VeeKay, Rinus	D/C/F	00:40.3464	223.068	0.9286	0.1057	10	56
32	16	De Silvestro, Simona	D/C/F	00:40.3546	223.023	0.9368	0.0082	25	72
33	51	Fittipaldi, Pietro (R)	D/H/F	00:40.5090	222.173	1.0912	0.1544	64	88

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