Josef Newgarden led a vigorous post-qualifying practice session for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 on a warm and windy Monday afternoon.
The defending race winner of the Indy 500, Newgarden served up a flying lap of 226.238mph in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet to edge out Andretti Global’s Colton Herta by 0.0028s. “The team's done a great job,” said Newgarden. “I love this place. We're going to see how things shake up because you got to be ready for everything.” Herta, who was routinely in the mix and moved through the field on multiple occasions, was on top of the leaderboard during the early part of the session.
77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet of Romain Grosjean was eighth, ahead of Arrow McLaren’s Alexander Rossi in ninth. Marco Andretti rounded out the final spot of the top 10, putting the No. 98 Andretti Herta Honda 0.1825s off the pace set by Newgarden. Although it was a good day on the timesheets, Newgarden had a close call after hitting the curbing in Turn 2 with 30 minutes left. The No.
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