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Dixon leads opening practice as rivals find the wall

by Zane Shackleton
June 7, 2020
in IndyCar, International, News
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Scott Dixon has topped opening practice for the season-opening Genesys 300 IndyCar event from Texas Motor Speedway, leading home aspiring champion Colton Herta in an incident-filled session.

The opening half-hour was designated solely for rookies with 19-year-old Dutch driver Rinus VeeKay suffering a heavy crash at Turn 4 when he lost control of his Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet.

The green flag is back out for #Genesy300 practice after this incident involving @rinusveekay at @TXMotorSpeedway.

Watch: https://t.co/zyZcawU8vZ#Genesys300 // #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/wiSqUYoIr5

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) June 6, 2020

The session didn’t fare any better for teammate and car owner Ed Carpenter who had a similar spin at Turn 4, narrowly avoided collecting the barrier and carrying on albeit with two punctured rear tyres.

Dixon kept his cool all session, leading the qualifying simulations by a mammoth 1.5mph over Herta. The Honda-powered machines seemingly have the one-lap pace over their Chevrolet counterparts.

2012 series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was the next driver to get caught out by the slippery surface. Going wide at Turn 2, Hunter-Reay tagged the outside wall and sent himself into an ungoverned spin.

Some bump and grind for the 28 but @RyanHunterReay and the @DHLUS team are working to get back on track. Ryan has been cleared by medical and is looking forward to qualifying. #AllAndretti | #Genesys300 | #BackOnTrack pic.twitter.com/BJaVZWw5yl

— Andretti INDYCAR & INDY NXT (@AndrettiIndy) June 6, 2020

Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward ended the session as the highest placed Chevrolet in third, ahead of a surprised Zach Veach and Mario Andretti.

Penske duo Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden were seventh and eighth ahead of the second RLLR Honda of Graham Rahal.

Will Power experienced a relatively quiet session, lacking the pace of his rivals and finishing 12th quickest overall.

Qualifying is slated to get underway from 9 am NZT with the 300-mile race starting from noon.

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