Will Energy leads rain-affected Indy 500 observe at 227mph

After a prolonged rain delay, the Indy 500 area lastly received on monitor simply after 2:30pm EST. The circuit was made accessible to all groups, with drivers in a position to match about three hours of observe into their day till a close-by lightning strike ended issues about half-hour early. The following on-track motion will probably be Tony Kanaan’s veteran refresher check at 10am EST on Wednesday.

In the course of the delay, we received a reasonably humorous second as Pato O’Ward was on maintain (for over 40 minutes) with UPS, who have been tasked with delivering his Indy 500 helmets, which received held up attributable to a dispute over customized charges. Fortunately, the problem was later resolved.

There have been no incidents throughout the three hours of on-track motion because the Group Penske Chevrolets led the way in which. It was Will Energy posting the quickest lap, reaching 227.026mph on his 61st lap on monitor. He was adopted by teammate Josef Newgarden at 226.971mph, whereas championship chief and Chip Ganassi Racing Honda driver Alex Palou timed in third at 226.673mph.

Scott Dixon and Scott McLaughlin rounded out the highest 5 with Helio Castroneves, Alexander Rossi, Marcus Armstrong, Marcus Ericsson, and Marco Andretti filling out the rest of the highest ten. 

The Prema Racing vehicles have been a bit late to get on monitor and ended the session because the slowest vehicles within the area with Robert Shwartzman thirty third and Callum Ilott thirty fourth (final) on the pace charts.

As for no-tow speeds, Kyle Kirkwood led that column at 219.497mph, which got here on his sixth flying lap. He was adopted by Josef Newgarden and rookie Jacob Abel.

Kyffin Simpson ran probably the most laps with 84 complete laps accomplished by the Chip Ganassi Racing driver. Coming over to Indianapolis after a dominant NASCAR Cup win at Kansas, Kyle Larson ran 45 laps, timing in twenty fourth at 221.207mph. He’s trying to finish the uncommon ‘Double’ this 12 months after a failed try in 2024 (attributable to climate), working each the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the identical day.