Indy 500: Kanaan leads Ganassi 1-2-4 in final practice

The 90-minute session was marred by two accidents, one for Coyne’s other car, the HMD car of David Malukas, and the other for Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport-Honda).

In 69 degF ambient conditions – not representative of Sunday’s expected 85degF – 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan lapped in 227.114mph, with teammate Ericsson the only other to crack the 227mph barrier.

Sato, two-time Indy 500 winner, was third ahead of Dixon, while Sage Karam of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing was the fastest Chevrolet runner, just ahead of 2018 winner Will Power.

Jimmie Johnson completed his first Carb Day practice in seventh ahead of Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet.

Callum Ilott’s Juncos Hollinger Racing entry turned the most number of laps at 68.

The two yellow-flag periods took 23mins out of the session.

Herta’s crew – and other Andretti Autosport crews – are now building up his backup car, his racecar having been tubbed. However, there is no longer a rule that obliges a driver to start from the back of the grid if he’s racing a chassis he didn’t qualify.

P	Name	FTime	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	Tony Kanaan	39.6277	15	46	227.114	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	Marcus Ericsson	39.6468	8	30	227.004	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
3	Takuma Sato	39.6757	9	45	226.839	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
4	Scott Dixon	39.7007	8	35	226.696	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
5	Sage Karam	39.7322	36	61	226.517	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold
6	Will Power	39.8174	46	53	226.032	Chevy	Team Penske
7	Jimmie Johnson	39.8276	29	49	225.974	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
8	Pato O'Ward	39.8661	25	42	225.756	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
9	Marco Andretti	39.8735	55	61	225.714	Honda	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco & Curb
10	Felix Rosenqvist	39.8822	6	61	225.665	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
11	Conor Daly	39.9028	44	45	225.548	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
12	Christian Lundgaard	39.9118	58	61	225.497	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
13	Scott McLaughlin	39.9146	40	56	225.481	Chevy	Team Penske
14	Alex Palou	39.9229	4	49	225.435	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
15	Stefan Wilson	39.9302	8	45	225.393	Chevy	DragonSpeed/Cusick Motorsports
16	Juan Pablo Montoya	39.9354	26	41	225.364	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
17	David Malukas	39.9875	18	35	225.070	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
18	Helio Castroneves	40.0052	6	41	224.971	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
19	Kyle Kirkwood	40.0286	33	60	224.839	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
20	Colton Herta	40.0567	33	43	224.682	Honda	Andretti Autosport
21	Simon Pagenaud	40.0977	41	52	224.452	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
22	JR Hildebrand	40.1302	34	40	224.270	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
23	Josef Newgarden	40.1492	37	62	224.164	Chevy	Team Penske
24	Callum Ilott	40.1502	59	68	224.158	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
25	Alexander Rossi	40.2294	17	56	223.717	Honda	Andretti Autosport
26	Jack Harvey	40.3244	40	58	223.190	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27	Romain Grosjean	40.3352	8	56	223.130	Honda	Andretti Autosport
28	Graham Rahal	40.3519	9	53	223.038	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
29	Santino Ferrucci	40.3896	46	54	222.830	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold
30	Devlin DeFrancesco	40.4804	8	42	222.330	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
31	Ed Carpenter	40.4846	12	23	222.307	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
32	Dalton Kellett	40.5641	43	49	221.871	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
33	Rinus VeeKay	40.7908	6	18	220.638	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing