INDIANAPOLIS -- Team Penske's Will Power turned the fastest practice lap of the week in preparation for the Indianapolis 500 late Friday afternoon, reaching 232.672 mph in his Team Penske Chevrolet.
Josef Newgarden (Ed Carpenter Racing) also topped 232 mph as cars with Chevrolet engines and aerodynamics paced the action for the first time all week. But Honda's entries are right there, taking positions 3-10 on the speed charts, led by James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) at 231.972 mph. All five Andretti Autosport Hondas posted top-ten speeds.
The lead-up to qualifications for the historic 100th running of the Indy 500 was notably safer than what took place a year ago, when three Chevrolet cars got upside down during a treacherous week of practice.