INDIANAPOLIS -- The kids were at last quieted when Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice. Experience mattered once again, and a trio of former Indianapolis 500 winners led the way.
Will Power ran 226.470 miles per hour Tuesday in a Chevrolet for Team Penske, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato. The trio has combined to win four of the past seven runnings of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," and two-time winner Sato is the defending champ.
Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan, all former Indy 500 winners, were sixth, eighth and 10th, respectively, on the speed chart, while two-time winner Juan Pablo Montoya ranked 12th in his first Indy 500 practice since 2017.