Conor Daly made probably the most of getting again behind the wheel for the primary time in 2026 by main the primary day of the Open Check for the a hundred and tenth Working of the Indianapolis 500.
With lower than 10 minutes to go on the day, the 34-year-old from close by Nobleville, Indiana, made probably the most of a tow and propelled his #23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet to a flying lap of 225.394mph across the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
“Good to get again within the swing of issues right here,” Daly mentioned. “The crew did an important job of getting ready all winter for this present day. It’s solely Day 1 for us, nevertheless it was clearly a great day. Grateful to be working with Chevrolet once more and in addition everybody at ARCO and Kingspan. It’s solely Day 1, onto Day 2.”
Helio Castroneves began his quest for a record-seeking fifth Indy 500 off to a powerful begin, quickly holding the highest spot at 225.200mph earlier than being bumped to second by Daly. Two-time Indy 500 champion Takuma Sato slotted third in his #75 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda with a finest lap of 224.800.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner, was fourth (224.564mph). Alexander Rossi, winner of the 2016 version of “The Best Spectacle in Racing,” was fifth (224.367mph) within the #20 ECR Chevrolet.
Dale Coyne Racing’s Romain Grosjean logged 76 laps, most through the afternoon session, together with his finest run of 224.307mph sufficient to finish up sixth; a welcomed outcome following the morning’s operating when he hit a hen.
Jack “Hollywood” Harvey, driving the #24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet, was quickest within the no-tow speeds checklist at 220.318mph. The #27 Andretti World Honda of Kyle Kirkwood was second at 220.273mph, adopted by Castroneves third at 219.656mph.
The livid closing hour of operating that set ablaze to the timesheets was halted briefly after Christian Rasmussen stopped on the within backstretch after a suspected unfastened left-rear to his #21 ECR Chevrolet earlier than being towed again to pit lane.
With simply over an hour to go, Dale Coyne Racing rookie Dennis Hauger was capable of efficiently full his rookie orientation. He solely wanted to complete Section 3 following the two-hour rookie and refresher session that was set in the course of the day.
A mechanical concern interrupted Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Sting Ray Robb from getting a lot on-track operating on the day, however was capable of get again out on monitor close to the top of the afternoon session and log 17 essential laps.
Katherine Legge, who was introduced on Monday in a #11 Chevrolet collectively entered by HMD Motorsports and AJ Foyt Racing, was unable to get any operating after clutch and transponder concern derailed her on-track refresher session.
The morning session
The morning’s two-hour session, which excluded rookies and veterans doing a refresher program, was led by two-time Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden, who delivered a finest lap of 223.415mph within the #2 Team Penske Chevrolet. Sato was second with a velocity of 222.850mph. Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward was third at 221.842mph.
Felix Rosenqvist, driving the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda, was the quickest of the no-tow speeds within the morning with a lap of 219.196mph.
Rossi was second on the no-tow lists by a slender 0.0042s. Daly ended up third at 0.0067s behind within the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyffin Simpon logged probably the most laps within the session (37), adopted by Group Penske’s Scott McLaughlin (31), and Newgarden (29).
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