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Newgarden fastest in rain-shortened first day of Indy 500 Open Test

The Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion, Newgarden nailed a flying lap of 228.811 mph around the 2.5-mile superspeedway in the opening two hours of the day.

Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, delivered a thrilling run of his own after putting his No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet second on the timesheets at 226.384 mph. The California native is preparing for his first start in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” as part of the ‘Memorial Day Double’ that also includes running NASCAR’s 600-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway the same day on Sunday, May 26.

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