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Dixon tops Fast Friday with blazing lap

by Zane Shackleton
May 22, 2021
in IndyCar, International, News
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Scott Dixon topped the last practice session ahead of qualifying for the Indy 500 this weekend.

Dubbed ‘Fast Friday’ due to drivers having an additional 90hp to expend, Dixon rocketed to an average speed of 233.302 mph on his best lap – the fastest time of the month.

For those not familiar with the imperial system, that is an average speed of 375.463 kph.

The Kiwi walked away from the day with a healthy margin over second-place Colton Herta, whose best lap was a 232.784 mph.

Honda looked to have a clear speed advantage today as they locked out ten of the first 11 runners.

The highest ranked Chevrolet-powered runner was McLaren SP driver Pato O’Ward in sixth.

Four Chip Ganassi Racing cars were ensconced in the top five, with the power house squad turning up the wick.

“I think all four of our cars look very strong,” Dixon said.

“The good thing for us is we have a lot of good data to look at tonight. You know, we’re slightly different to the other three cars.

“But you know, Ericsson, Kanaan, and Palou look very strong. Palou’s last run was stout.”

The other Kiwi in the field was Scott McLaughlin who ended up 24th fastest.

By way of comparison, the best placed Penske runner was Josef Newgarden who ended up 22nd.

Will Power and Simon Pagenaud were a lowly 29th and 30th.

The best non-tow lap was set by Alexander Rossi who ended up seventh overall.

Attention now turns to qualifying for the Indy 500, which begins on Sunday at 4 am.

PDriverBest
1Scott Dixon233.302
2Colton Herta232.784
3Tony Kanaan232.690
4Marcus Ericsson232.531
5Alex Palou232.155
6Pato O’Ward232.034
7Alexander Rossi231.863
8Takuma Sato231.598
9Ed Jones231.569
10Ryan Hunter-Reay231.539
11Graham Rahal231.518
12Rinus VeeKay231.325
13Stefan Wilson230.977
14Santino Ferrucci230.924
15Ed Carpenter230.901
16Jack Harvey230.840
17James Hinchcliffe230.817
18Pietro Fittipaldi230.666
19Conor Daly230.627
20Felix Rosenqvist230.587
21Helio Castroneves230.512
22Josef Newgarden230.479
23Max Chilton230.473
24Scott McLaughlin230.415
25Juan Pablo Montoya230.366
26Marco Andretti230.335
27Dalton Kellett230.197
28JR Hildebrand229.973
29Will Power229.847
30Simon Pagenaud229.792
31Sage Karam229.536
32Simona De Silvestro229.477
33Sebastien Bourdais229.426
34Charlie Kimball228.520
35RC Enerson226.055

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