Indy 500 Carb Day practice: Tony Kanaan fastest for AJ Foyt’s team – IndyCar

AJ Foyt Racing driver Tony Kanaan led the last on-track session before the 2019 Indianapolis 500 as IndyCar teams made final tweaks and preparations on ‘Carb Day’.

Following morning rain, the traditional Friday session was delayed 15 minutes and shortened to 80 minutes.

Pacesetting 2013 Indy 500 winner Kanaan was delighted not so much with his top lap – at an average of 225.517mph – as he felt that was purely about being in the “right draft at the right time” but more with “a few key changes” that have left him much happier with his car’s potential.

Dale Coyne Racing figured well with rookie Santino Ferrucci (pictured) claiming second, James Davison’s DCR with Byrd and Belardi car fifth and Sebastien Bourdais sixth in the DCR with Vasser-Sullivan entry.

The 2017 winner Takuma Sato claimed third for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ahead of one-off team-mate and oval rookie Jordan King in fourth.

Alexander Rossi was top Andretti Autosport Dallara-Honda driver in seventh, followed by Carlin’s sole qualifier Charlie Kimball and Harding Steinbrenner Racing’s rookie Colton Herta in ninth.

Defending winner Will Power led the Team Penske Dallara-Chevrolet quartet in 10th, with team-mates three-time winner Helio Castroneves, 2017 IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden and Sunday’s polesitter and Indy road course winner Simon Pagenaud in 22nd.

Newgarden was also the busiest driver, turning 72 laps, while by comparison Ben Hanley in the DragonSpeed entry produced 36 laps as he brought up the rear and lapped a second slower than Kanaan’s benchmark.

There were no yellow flags and the only notable incident was Graham Rahal brushing his right-rear on the SAFER barrier on the exit of Turn 2.

Carb Day practice times