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Team Penske’s Will Power has gone fastest in the sole Practice session for this weekend’s Iowa IndyCar double-header.
Power headed up an all-Chevrolet top three at the end of the 90-minute session, ahead of Ed Carpenter Racing’s Conor Daly and fellow Penske driver Scott McLaughlin, with Honda’s best being Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou.
Daly’s personal-best lap, a 173.239mph (278.801km/h)/18.5778s, had him quickest after the initial runs and that was still the case when a Caution was called in the 23rd minute for a track inspection.
In fact, it took until the 70th minute for that marker to be bettered, when Power laid down a 173.285mph (278.875km/h)/18.5729s lap.
Minutes later, McLaughlin, whose only previous visit to Iowa Speedway was a test last month, made it a Penske one-three with a 173.083mph (278.550km/h)/18.5946s effort.
Those laps were followed shortly by a second Caution, ostensibly for another track inspection, although it coincided with a fox running across the 0.875-mile tri-oval.
The green flag flew again with just over 10 minutes remaining, but the top three remained the same for the balance of proceedings.
Palou, however, crept up to fourth on a 172.764mph (278.037km/h)/18.6289s, edging Pato O’Ward to fifth after the McLaren SP driver had gone as quick as a 172.687mph (277.913km/h)/18.6372s.
Rounding out the top 10 were series leader Marcus Ericsson (Ganassi), Josef Newgarden (Penske), Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing), Jimmie Johnson (Ganassi), and last-start winner Scott Dixon (Ganassi).
Notables further back included Felix Rosenqvist (McLaren SP) in 12th, Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian) in 14th, Takuma Sato (Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing) in 15th, Simon Pagenaud (Meyer Shank Racing) in 17th, Helio Castroneves (MSR) in 19th, and Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport) in 20th.
Qualifying is a two-lap format, with drivers’ respective first laps setting the grid for Race 1 of the weekend and second laps for Race 2.
Qualifying gets underway on Sunday morning at 00:30 AEST, and Race 1 at 06:06 AEST, with both of those sessions live and ad-free on Stan Sport.
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Results: Practice
| Pos | Num | Driver | C/E/T | Fastest lap | Speed (mph) | Split 1st/prev | Lap |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power | D/C/F | 0:18.5729 | 173.285 | 77/90 | |
| 2 | 20 | Conor Daly | D/C/F | 0:18.5778 | 173.239 | 0.0049/0.0049 | 4/93 |
| 3 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | D/C/F | 0:18.5946 | 173.083 | 0.0217/0.0168 | 80/103 |
| 4 | 10 | Alex Palou | D/H/F | 0:18.6289 | 172.764 | 0.0560/0.0343 | 114/119 |
| 5 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | D/C/F | 0:18.6372 | 172.687 | 0.0643/0.0083 | 53/106 |
| 6 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | D/H/F | 0:18.7313 | 171.819 | 0.1584/0.0941 | 78/81 |
| 7 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | D/C/F | 0:18.7599 | 171.557 | 0.1870/0.0286 | 4/91 |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal | D/H/F | 0:18.8242 | 170.971 | 0.2513/0.0643 | 8/84 |
| 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | D/H/F | 0:18.8436 | 170.795 | 0.2707/0.0194 | 54/85 |
| 10 | 9 | Scott Dixon | D/H/F | 0:18.8476 | 170.759 | 0.2747/0.0040 | 84/90 |
| 11 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | D/C/F | 0:18.8531 | 170.709 | 0.2802/0.0055 | 5/106 |
| 12 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | D/C/F | 0:18.8606 | 170.641 | 0.2877/0.0075 | 63/102 |
| 13 | 45 | Jack Harvey | D/H/F | 0:18.8918 | 170.360 | 0.3189/0.0312 | 103/114 |
| 14 | 26 | Colton Herta | D/H/F | 0:18.9071 | 170.222 | 0.3342/0.0153 | 56/81 |
| 15 | 51 | Takuma Sato | D/H/F | 0:18.9191 | 170.114 | 0.3462/0.0120 | 7/94 |
| 16 | 30 | Christian Lundgaard | D/H/F | 0:18.9276 | 170.037 | 0.3547/0.0085 | 82/89 |
| 17 | 60 | Simon Pagenaud | D/H/F | 0:18.9301 | 170.015 | 0.3572/0.0025 | 72/93 |
| 18 | 18 | David Malukas | D/H/F | 0:18.9416 | 169.912 | 0.3687/0.0115 | 79/95 |
| 19 | 06 | Helio Castroneves | D/H/F | 0:18.9487 | 169.848 | 0.3758/0.0071 | 28/92 |
| 20 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | D/H/F | 0:18.9906 | 169.473 | 0.4177/0.0419 | 54/77 |
| 21 | 77 | Callum Ilott | D/C/F | 0:19.0681 | 168.785 | 0.4952/0.0775 | 87/91 |
| 22 | 33 | Ed Carpenter | D/C/F | 0:19.0904 | 168.587 | 0.5175/0.0223 | 5/77 |
| 23 | 28 | Romain Grosjean | D/H/F | 0:19.1150 | 168.370 | 0.5421/0.0246 | 48/95 |
| 24 | 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco | D/H/F | 0:19.1753 | 167.841 | 0.6024/0.0603 | 91/93 |
| 25 | 4 | Dalton Kellett | D/C/F | 0:19.2663 | 167.048 | 0.6934/0.0910 | 90/91 |
| 26 | 14 | Kyle Kirkwood | D/C/F | 0:19.2954 | 166.796 | 0.7225/0.0291 | 53/78 |
