Scott Dixon led the brief morning portion of an altered practice for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 before rain showers brought the session to a halt.
The six-time IndyCar Series champion and 2008 winner of the Indy 500, Dixon scorched around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a flying lap of 229.107mph in the No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Despite being an Indy-only entry, Marco Andretti got comfortable right out of the gate and delivered the second-fastest lap in the No. 98 Andretti Herta Honda that was only 0.1218s off the mark set by Dixon.
RLL’s Pietro Fittipaldi was third at 216.137mph. Josef Newgarden, the reigning Indy 500 champion, saw a rough start to his defense after a technical issue was found with a bad sensor on his installation lap and was not able to get any running. “We got an issue, we're diagnosing,” he added. “We just got a sensor that's off right now.
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