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Rahal Leads Field In Afternoon Practice

Graham Rahal during Friday's practice at Road America on June 24, 2016. [Andy Clary Photo]

Graham Rahal during Friday’s practice at Road America on June 24, 2016. [Andy Clary Photo]

Elkhart Lake, WI – Graham Rahal picked up the pace in the second round of Verizon IndyCar Series practice for the KOHLER Grand Prix at Road America.

Pacing the four mile track at 140.265 mph, Rahal’s time of 1:43:0224 was just over two tenths of a second quicker than Simon Pagenaud’s fast lap in the morning session.

Team Penske drivers Will Power and Juan Pablo Montoya split Tony Kannan with the second and fourth quickest laps.

Carlos Munoz, who was second quick in the morning practice, was fifth quick this afternoon.

Pagenaud’s afternoon quick lap of 1:43.0625 in the afternoon was 15th overall.

Three rounds of knockout qualifying are scheduled for Saturday to set the field for Sunday’s running of the KOHLER Grand Prix a 50 lap race broadcast on NBCSN at 12:30pm ET.

Combined Results of Practice

Rank

Car

Driver Name

C/A/E/T

Session

Time

Speed

Total Laps

1

15

Rahal, Graham

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:43.0224

140.265

28

2

12

Power, Will

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.1608

140.076

31

3

22

Pagenaud, Simon

D/C/C/F

Practice 1

01:43.4804

139.644

32

4

26

Munoz, Carlos

D/H/H/F

Practice 1

01:43.5560

139.542

27

5

41

Hawksworth, Jack

D/H/H/F

Practice 1

01:43.6747

139.382

33

6

10

Kanaan, Tony

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.7031

139.344

21

7

2

Montoya, Juan Pablo

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.7427

139.291

27

8

8

Chilton, Max (R)

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.7964

139.219

26

9

3

Castroneves, Helio

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.8137

139.196

27

10

9

Dixon, Scott

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.8423

139.157

27

11

28

Hunter-Reay, Ryan

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:43.8425

139.157

19

12

98

Rossi, Alexander (R)

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:43.8530

139.143

29

13

14

Sato, Takuma

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:43.8702

139.120

33

14

27

Andretti, Marco

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:43.8885

139.095

28

15

21

Newgarden, Josef

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.8937

139.088

30

16

11

Bourdais, Sebastien

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:43.9059

139.072

28

17

18

Daly, Conor (R)

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:44.0070

138.937

30

18

5

Hinchcliffe, James

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:44.0419

138.890

29

19

7

Aleshin, Mikhail

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:44.1000

138.813

35

20

19

Chaves, Gabby

D/H/H/F

Practice 2

01:44.2901

138.560

33

21

83

Kimball, Charlie

D/C/C/F

Practice 2

01:44.4625

138.331

29

22

20

Pigot, Spencer (R)

D/C/C/F

Practice 1

01:44.6766

138.048

30

(R) Rookie (C)hassis: D=Dallara | (A)erokit: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (T)ire: F=Firestone

Total Laps for Combined Sessions: 632

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