Dixon, McLaughlin in top five on Day 2 of Indy 500 testing

Scott Dixon and Scott McLaughlin have finished the second day of testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway inside the top five. 

Josef Newgarden topped the timesheets for the day setting a 39.2125-second lap on his 89th lap of the day, with a fastest speed of 229.519 mph. 

15 cars beat yesterday’s marker of a 227.18 mph set by Dixon  

Dixson who topped the afternoon session on the first day of testing, ended the day as fourth fastest with a 39.3548-second lap. 

McLaughlin, who took the Indy 500 Rookie of the year title last year, ended the session in fifth setting a 39.3548-second lap. 

Takuma Sato was second fastest at the end of the day with a 39.2282-second lap, to sit just over a tenth clear of Tony Kanaan who sat third. 

Of the drivers that were able to put together a lap without a tow, Mclaughlin was the second-fastest at 221.221 mph just shy of Rinus VeeKay’s 221.314 mph.

Helio Castroneves, who had an incident at Turn 2 in yesterday’s session, was not on track, with his Honda suffering damage in the incident. 

Work was completed on the acceleration lane in Turns 1 and 2 overnight to add grip through the section, after three separate spins in the previous day’s sessions. Day two of testing only saw the yellow flags out for track inspections.

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