Photo by Kyle McInnes

Scott Dixon led a Honda dominated Carb Day practice as the 33 drivers in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 completed their final two-hour tuneups. The session ran clean until Kyle Larson ran out of fuel on track with about 15 minutes to go. A debris caution with less than a minute left ended the session.

Several cars had issues. Santino Ferrucci complained about the balance in his car early. After two trips to the garage, the car seems to be good to go. Ed Carpenter spent a lot of the first hour back in the garage. Josef Newgarden had issues with an inconsistent pedal and never found any speed. He ranked 32nd.

Alexander Rossi looked good early, but the car was not fast. He finished the day 26th on the chart.

Notes

Alex Palou looked very quick and was able to pass cars at will anywhere.

Pole sitter Scot McLaughlin seemed to ave difficulty in traffic. It appeared took a long time to get past the car in front of him.

Christian Rasmussen made several questionable moves. he could be the first caution on Sunday.

There were several close calls in the pits and some unsafe releases. Takuma Sato came into the pits locking up the brakes. I would not be surprised if there is a yellow or two for pit incidents.

Another massive attendance day caused IMS to open more sections to accommodate the fans. The upper deck in turn 1 was quite full.

The Top Five

1. Dixon 227.206

2. Castroneves 226.939

3. O’Ward 226.666

4. Herta 226.220

5. Blomqvist 225.450

Full results will be out later.