Rain has entered the picture at IMS as Fast Friday gets off to a slow start. The forecast calls for precipitation to end around noon, which means on track activity won’t likely begin before 2 pm.

Scott Dixon has been the only driver near the top of the charts all three practice days. It is hard to say if it means anything since we don’t know what the others like Conor Daly, Alex Palou, or Kyle Kirkwood were working on yesterday., but Dixon has looked strong all week.

Right now, my front row for the race is Daly, Dixon, and Palou. Top 12 contenders are Kirkwood, Graham Rahal, David Malukas, Pato O’Ward, Marcus Armstrong, Felix Rosenqvist, Takuma Sato, and Helio Castroneves.

I’m hearing that there were long lines waiting to get into the track this morning. I am still at the North Annex media center, and I will head to the track around noon.

Pictures from behind the Scene

My friend Brad Proctor took some photos in the garage area yesterday afternoon. Here are a few that capture downtime at IMS.

I’ll be back with an update sometime around noon.