Kanaan, the 2013 Indy 500 winner, produced a 225.341mph lap on the 71st of his 80 laps on Thursday, which put the Chip Ganassi Racing driver 0.1mph ahead of Ed Carpenter Racing’s Daly.
Ferrucci’s best lap of the day held firm for third fastest despite suffering a heavy shunt on his 51st lap.
Ferrucci had been fifth in a line of cars and was behind team-mate and defending Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato when he lost the rear on entry to Turn 2, with Ferrucci drifting out of line and hitting the barrier.
The 2019 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year jammed on the brakes but still skidded a long way down the back straight before coming to a halt. The AMR Safety Team was on the scene within 15 seconds, and helped him out, with the youngster hobbling away carrying his left leg awkwardly.
Ferrucci’s team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, found its misery compounded when IndyCar decided to hand out a punishment for its role in the morning’s minor shunt involving Scott McLaughlin and Colton Herta.
Josef Newgarden’s Penske ended the day fourth fastest and looked very strong on the long runs, as did Alex Palou for Ganassi despite finishing the day 11th.
Josef Newgarden, Team Penske Chevrolet
Photo by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport Images
2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon was fifth overall ahead of Rinus VeeKay, with three-time winner Helio Castroneves’ part-time Meyer Shank Racing entry in seventh, while Marcus Ericsson impressed for the third straight day in the #8 Ganassi car.
Sato provided some pleasure for his Rahal Letterman Lanigan team in ninth, and was reported to be very happy with the handling of his car, while Herta was the top Andretti Autosport driver in 10th.
Most drivers spent the day running race set-ups, with the majority using no-tow speeds so didn’t improve from the first half of the day.
Thursday’s practice was the last time the cars will run their BorgWarner turbos at race boost – 1.3-bar – before being upped to 1.4-bar for Fast Friday and qualifying this weekend.
Indy 500 – Day 3 practice results
|
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Team |
|
1 |
48 |
Tony Kanaan |
39.9395 |
39.9395 |
71 |
80 |
225.341 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
2 |
47 |
Conor Daly |
39.9565 |
0.0170 |
35 |
90 |
225.245 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
3 |
45 |
Santino Ferrucci |
40.0139 |
0.0744 |
44 |
50 |
224.922 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
4 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
40.0204 |
0.0809 |
67 |
121 |
224.885 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
5 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
40.0595 |
0.1200 |
23 |
65 |
224.666 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
6 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
40.1054 |
0.1659 |
28 |
96 |
224.409 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
7 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
40.1082 |
0.1687 |
85 |
114 |
224.393 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
8 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
40.1296 |
0.1901 |
47 |
89 |
224.273 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
9 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
40.1370 |
0.1975 |
51 |
93 |
224.232 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
10 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
40.1887 |
0.2492 |
47 |
104 |
223.944 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
11 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
40.2362 |
0.2967 |
14 |
125 |
223.679 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
12 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
40.2599 |
0.3204 |
66 |
81 |
223.548 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
13 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
40.2701 |
0.3306 |
20 |
60 |
223.491 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
14 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
40.2986 |
0.3591 |
31 |
64 |
223.333 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
15 |
12 |
Will Power |
40.3172 |
0.3777 |
42 |
82 |
223.230 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
16 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
40.3228 |
0.3833 |
60 |
85 |
223.199 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
17 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
40.3378 |
0.3983 |
78 |
91 |
223.116 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
18 |
98 |
Marco Andretti |
40.4270 |
0.4875 |
80 |
123 |
222.623 |
Honda |
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
|
19 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
40.4306 |
0.4911 |
46 |
63 |
222.604 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
|
20 |
20 |
Ed Carpenter |
40.4601 |
0.5206 |
71 |
96 |
222.441 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
21 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
40.4655 |
0.5260 |
15 |
94 |
222.412 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
22 |
86 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
40.4705 |
0.5310 |
39 |
73 |
222.384 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
23 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
40.4741 |
0.5346 |
5 |
42 |
222.364 |
Chevy |
Team Penske |
|
24 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
40.5540 |
0.6145 |
47 |
71 |
221.926 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
25 |
25 |
Stefan Wilson |
40.5763 |
0.6368 |
11 |
102 |
221.804 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
26 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
40.5866 |
0.6471 |
31 |
70 |
221.748 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
27 |
51 |
Pietro Fittipaldi |
40.6134 |
0.6739 |
22 |
71 |
221.602 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
|
28 |
24 |
Sage Karam |
40.6483 |
0.7088 |
20 |
86 |
221.411 |
Chevy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
|
29 |
11 |
Charlie Kimball |
40.6778 |
0.7383 |
38 |
57 |
221.251 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
30 |
1 |
JR Hildebrand |
40.6922 |
0.7527 |
32 |
62 |
221.173 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
31 |
16 |
Simona De Silvestro |
40.7404 |
0.8009 |
35 |
81 |
220.911 |
Chevy |
Paretta Autosport |
|
32 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
40.7569 |
0.8174 |
64 |
97 |
220.822 |
Honda |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
33 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
40.8183 |
0.8788 |
20 |
61 |
220.489 |
Chevy |
Carlin |
|
34 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
40.9321 |
0.9926 |
81 |
81 |
219.876 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
35 |
75 |
RC Enerson |
41.3899 |
1.4504 |
8 |
50 |
217.444 |
Chevy |
Top Gun Racing |