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Dixon third fastest on return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway

by Zane Shackleton
April 9, 2021
in IndyCar, International, News
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Scott Dixon looked right at home in today’s first open test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ending the session third fastest.

The defending series champion completed nine laps before a heavy shower of rain put paid to the two-hour session.

Dixon recorded an average speed of 220.575mph on his penultimate lap to leave him third on the timesheets.

Conor Daly ended the opening day in the top spot, with a best lap of 222.714mph.

Notably, the first six cars posted laps that were tow-affected. Colton Herta finished the day a respectable seventh, with his 219.846 the fastest non-tow lap.

Dixon’s best time left him as the fastest Honda-powered driver. His Chip Ganassi teammates Alex Palou and Marcus Ericsson were sixth and 14th.

While poor weather conditions resulted in a premature end to the day, a hefty shunt by Rinus VeeKay at turn one in the opening few minutes brought out an early red flag.

Veekay was starting only his fifth lap when his Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet pitched itself into a spin midway through turn one.

The unrestrained car then shot up towards the outside barrier, scrapping the wall until grinding to a stop on the entry to turn two.

The Green Flag is back out for today's #IMS test after this incident involving @rinusveekay.

VeeKay has been checked, cleared, and released from the infield medical center.

Watch LIVE on @peacockTV.#INDYCAR // #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/4RMNbD8lO1

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) April 8, 2021

VeeKay suffered a broken finger but was otherwise cleared by the medical team.

The other New Zealander in the field, Scott McLaughlin, set 21 laps before the rain arrived and ended up 20th in the standings.

McLaughlin looked satisfied with his day, describing the Indianapolis Oval as ‘badass.’

Penske looked to be holding back their full potential, with Will Power, the squad’s highest-placed driver in ninth.

An 80-minute ‘rookies and refresher’ session wrapped up the day, with Sebastien Bourdais rocketing to the top of the timesheets with a late effort.

PDriverLapsSpeed
1Conor Daly18222.714
2Ed Carpenter9221.296
3Scott Dixon9220.575
4Felix Rosenqvist16220.360
5Pato O’Ward23220.233
6Alex Palou13219.969
7Colton Herta8219.846
8Alexander Rossi10219.640
9Will Power16219.635
10Jack Harvey6219.519
11Josef Newgarden9219.511
12Ryan Hunter-Reay6219.320
13Graham Rahal9219.291
14Marcus Ericsson18219.229
15Tony Kanaan11219.176
16Takuma Sato13218.392
17Marco Andretti5218.314
18Simon Pagenaud15217.697
19Rinus VeeKay4217.539
20Scott McLaughlin21217.250
21Santino Ferrucci7214.063
22Ed Jones114.536
23Pietro Fittipaldi113.416

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