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INDYCAR: Power, Chevrolet Lead Dry Long Beach P3
Team Penske's Will Power made the most of this morning's hour-long dry practice session, posting a 1:10.75-second lap to lead all 26 runners.
Team Penske's Will Power and four other Chevrolet users dominated the top 5 in the final session before qualifying. (Photo: Marshall Pruett)
Team Penske's Will Power made the most of this morning's hour-long dry practice session, posting a 1:10.75-second lap to lead all 26 runners.
After losing any meaningful running during the wet Friday sessions, Power, who has three consecutive poles at the 11-turn, 1.9-mile street course, will have a way to go to match his pole lap of 1:09.06 seconds set last year.
With very little data to draw from on the new Dallara DW12 around the southern California circuit, dipping into the 1:08-second bracket could take a heroic lap.
Behind Power, Chevrolet-engined cars dominated the top five with Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay .017 seconds adrift in second, Penske's Helio Castroneves in third with a 1:10.96, KV Racing's E.J. Viso in fourth with a 1:11.00 and Marco Andretti in fifth with a 1:11.02 second lap.
Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon continued the trend of being the fastest Honda-powered drivers, taking sixth with a lap of 1:11.10, .34 seconds behind Power.
Sebastein Bourdais, the only driver of note to try Firestone Reds, was the fastest Lotus runner in 19th, 1.63 seconds off Power with a best lap of 1:12.38.
Reigning series champion Dario Franchitti also continued a familiar trend, ending the session one spot behind Bourdais in 20th.
The session was marked with numerous red flags, starting with a nose-first trip into the barriers for James Hinchcliffe. Approximately half of the session was lost to stoppages.
Rank Driver Diff. Best Lap
1 Will Power 0 1:10.7553
2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 0.0170 1:10.7723
3 Helio Castroneves 0.2134 1:10.9687
4 EJ Viso 0.2534 1:11.0087
5 Marco Andretti 0.2705 1:11.0258
6 Scott Dixon 0.3479 1:11.1032
7 Graham Rahal 0.3492 1:11.1045
8 Tony Kanaan 0.3609 1:11.1162
9 Takuma Sato 0.5434 1:11.2987
10 Ryan Briscoe 0.6130 1:11.3683
11 James Hinchcliffe 0.6643 1:11.4196
12 JR Hildebrand 0.8970 1:11.6523
13 Rubens Barrichello 0.9045 1:11.6598
14 Simon Pagenaud 1.1095 1:11.8648
15 Charlie Kimball 1.2391 1:11.9944
16 Josef Newgarden 1.3063 1:12.0616
17 Justin Wilson 1.4480 1:12.2033
18 Mike Conway 1.6049 1:12.3602
19 Sebastien Bourdais 1.6333 1:12.3886
20 Dario Franchitti 1.6402 1:12.3955
21 Alex Tagliani 1.7151 1:12.4704
22 Oriol Servia 2.6188 1:13.3741
23 James Jakes 2.8384 1:13.5937
24 Ed Carpenter 2.9933 1:13.7486
25 Katherine Legge 5.8336 1:16.5889
26 Simona de Silvestro
PHOTOS: Click Here or on the image below to view INDYCAR: Long Beach Friday 2012
Marshall Pruett is SPEED.com's Auto Racing Editor, covering IndyCar and sports cars. He also contributes to Road & Track and Racecar Engineering. Follow him @MarshallPruett on Twitter.
After losing any meaningful running during the wet Friday sessions, Power, who has three consecutive poles at the 11-turn, 1.9-mile street course, will have a way to go to match his pole lap of 1:09.06 seconds set last year.
With very little data to draw from on the new Dallara DW12 around the southern California circuit, dipping into the 1:08-second bracket could take a heroic lap.
Behind Power, Chevrolet-engined cars dominated the top five with Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay .017 seconds adrift in second, Penske's Helio Castroneves in third with a 1:10.96, KV Racing's E.J. Viso in fourth with a 1:11.00 and Marco Andretti in fifth with a 1:11.02 second lap.
Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon continued the trend of being the fastest Honda-powered drivers, taking sixth with a lap of 1:11.10, .34 seconds behind Power.
Sebastein Bourdais, the only driver of note to try Firestone Reds, was the fastest Lotus runner in 19th, 1.63 seconds off Power with a best lap of 1:12.38.
Reigning series champion Dario Franchitti also continued a familiar trend, ending the session one spot behind Bourdais in 20th.
The session was marked with numerous red flags, starting with a nose-first trip into the barriers for James Hinchcliffe. Approximately half of the session was lost to stoppages.
Rank Driver Diff. Best Lap
1 Will Power 0 1:10.7553
2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 0.0170 1:10.7723
3 Helio Castroneves 0.2134 1:10.9687
4 EJ Viso 0.2534 1:11.0087
5 Marco Andretti 0.2705 1:11.0258
6 Scott Dixon 0.3479 1:11.1032
7 Graham Rahal 0.3492 1:11.1045
8 Tony Kanaan 0.3609 1:11.1162
9 Takuma Sato 0.5434 1:11.2987
10 Ryan Briscoe 0.6130 1:11.3683
11 James Hinchcliffe 0.6643 1:11.4196
12 JR Hildebrand 0.8970 1:11.6523
13 Rubens Barrichello 0.9045 1:11.6598
14 Simon Pagenaud 1.1095 1:11.8648
15 Charlie Kimball 1.2391 1:11.9944
16 Josef Newgarden 1.3063 1:12.0616
17 Justin Wilson 1.4480 1:12.2033
18 Mike Conway 1.6049 1:12.3602
19 Sebastien Bourdais 1.6333 1:12.3886
20 Dario Franchitti 1.6402 1:12.3955
21 Alex Tagliani 1.7151 1:12.4704
22 Oriol Servia 2.6188 1:13.3741
23 James Jakes 2.8384 1:13.5937
24 Ed Carpenter 2.9933 1:13.7486
25 Katherine Legge 5.8336 1:16.5889
26 Simona de Silvestro
PHOTOS: Click Here or on the image below to view INDYCAR: Long Beach Friday 2012
Marshall Pruett is SPEED.com's Auto Racing Editor, covering IndyCar and sports cars. He also contributes to Road & Track and Racecar Engineering. Follow him @MarshallPruett on Twitter.
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