The track was lost to rain in the final half hour of the two-hour session, at a point when Daly’s 222.714mph had put him top, ahead of the 221.296mph of teammate and team owner Ed Carpenter’s 221.296mph.
Their other teammate Rinus VeeKay suffered a nasty shunt at Turn 1 on his fifth lap that resulted in a broken finger.
Scott Dixon’s Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda was third ahead of the two Arrow McLaren SP-Chevys of Felix Rosenqvist and Pato O’Ward and a second Ganassi car, that of Alex Palou. O’Ward turned the most laps of the session at 23.
Colton Herta, Alexander Rossi (both Andretti Autosport-Honda) and Will Power (Team Penske-Chevrolet) were seventh, eighth and ninth respectively in the overall standings but 1-2-3 in the laps set without the aid of a tow, ranging from 219.8 – 219.6mph.
Twenty-one cars took part in the opening session which was for veterans only. The next two hours of on-track action will be reserved for Rookie Orientation Practice and Refreshers, but the scheduling is currently undecided due to the wet track.
P | No | Name | FTime | Diff | FL | Laps | FSpeed | Engine | Team |
1 | 47 | Conor Daly | 40.4106 | 0.000 | 11 | 18 | 222.714 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
2 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 40.6695 | 0.2589 | 9 | 9 | 221.296 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 40.8024 | 0.3918 | 8 | 9 | 220.575 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
4 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 40.8423 | 0.4317 | 11 | 16 | 220.360 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
5 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 40.8658 | 0.4552 | 13 | 23 | 220.233 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
6 | 10 | Alex Palou | 40.9149 | 0.5043 | 5 | 13 | 219.969 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
7 | 26 | Colton Herta | 40.9377 | 0.5271 | 4 | 8 | 219.846 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
8 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 40.9762 | 0.5656 | 3 | 10 | 219.640 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
9 | 12 | Will Power | 40.9770 | 0.5664 | 12 | 16 | 219.635 | Chevy | Team Penske |
10 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 40.9987 | 0.5881 | 6 | 6 | 219.519 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
11 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 41.0002 | 0.5896 | 8 | 9 | 219.511 | Chevy | Team Penske |
12 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 41.0360 | 0.6254 | 4 | 6 | 219.320 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
13 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 41.0413 | 0.6307 | 6 | 9 | 219.291 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
14 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 41.0530 | 0.6424 | 6 | 18 | 219.229 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
15 | 48 | Tony Kanaan | 41.0628 | 0.6522 | 7 | 11 | 219.176 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
16 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 41.2103 | 0.7997 | 5 | 13 | 218.392 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
17 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 41.2250 | 0.8144 | 4 | 5 | 218.314 | Honda | Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
18 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 41.3419 | 0.9313 | 4 | 15 | 217.697 | Chevy | Team Penske |
19 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 41.3718 | 0.9612 | 4 | 4 | 217.539 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
20 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 41.4270 | 1.0164 | 19 | 21 | 217.250 | Chevy | Team Penske |
21 | 45 | Santino Ferrucci | 42.0437 | 1.6331 | 7 | 7 | 214.063 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
22 | 18 | Ed Jones | 10:19.170 | 578.7598 | 1 | 1 | 14.536 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
23 | 51 | Pietro Fittipaldi | 11:10.858 | 630.4477 | 1 | 1 | 13.416 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
24 | 24 | Sage Karam | No Time | — | 1 | 1 | — | Chevy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
25 | 16 | Simona De Silvestro | No Time | — | — | — | — | Chevy | Paretta Autosport |
26 | 4 | Dalton Kellet | No Time | — | — | — | — | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
27 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | No Time | — | — | — | — | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
28 | 06 | Helio Castroneves | No Time | — | — | — | — | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
29 | 86 | Juan Pablo Montoya | No Time | — | — | — | — | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
30 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | No Time | — | — | — | — | Honda | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
31 | 52 | Cody Ware | No Time | — | — | — | — | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |