A chilly practice yielded a familiar result with Alex Palou leading the all car roundfield by eight hundredths of a second. What may have been a surprise were the three drivers right behind him- Kyffin Simpson, Santino Ferrucci, and Nolan Siegel. Track temperature was 72 degrees at the green flag.
Will Power was the quickest of the Team Penske cars in 12th. Scott McLaughlin was 19th, and Josef Newgarden finished 21st,
Rinus VeeKay’s car stalled and required a tow in with about seven minutes left in the session. VeeKay did not record a time.
Palou also led Group 1, improving his time by a tenth,. Louis Foster was next, 0.15 seconds behind. VeeKay spun in the grass at turn 12, but kept going and did not stop the session.
Group 2 saw Alexander Rossi lead, but his time was a half second slower than {Palou’s best lap.
IndyCar is back on track at 1:10 pm Easern.
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