Hunter-Reay sets the pace as Indy 500 practice resumes

Ryan Hunter-Reay set the quickest time around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday after practice for the 100th running of the Indy 500 resumed after Tuesday’s track time was rained off.

Hunter-Reay’s time of 39.4388s, at an average speed of 228.202mph ensured that Andretti Autosport sat on top of the time sheets for the second time this week, having seen Marco Andretti lead the way on Mondays opening day.

Carlos Munoz made it an Andretti Autosport 1-2, just a fraction shy of Hunter-Reay’s time, while Will Power completed the top three with a lap of his own of 227.733mph for Team Penske.

Josef Newgarden was fourth fastest for Ed Carpenter Racing, with Gabby Chaves an impressive fifth for Dale Coyne Racing ahead of the leading Chip Ganassi Racing entry of Charlie Kimball.

Andretti Autosport’s Townsend Bell was seventh ahead of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Sage Karam, with Marco Andretti ninth ahead of Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

A total of 2779 laps were completed on Wednesday of the famed 2.5-mile oval, with all 33 confirmed entrants getting time on track. The top twelve drivers all topped 226mph, while the top 31 cars were all within one second of the fastest time.

There were a few stoppages during the day, the most notable being a crash for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rookie Spencer Pigot, who crashed at turn one but was unhurt and medically cleared to return to the track once his car is repaired.

Mikhail Aleshin (Schmidt Peterson Motorsport) and Matt Brabham (KV Racing/Pirtek Team Murray) also caused stoppages after pulling off the track with mechanical issues, while the rest of the caution periods were due to track inspections for debris.

Indianapolis 500 Practice Day 3 Times

POS	NO.	DRIVER	NAT	TEAM	TIME
1	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	USA	Andretti Autosport	39.4388s
2	26	Carlos Munoz	COL	Andretti Autosport	39.4623s
3	12	Will Power	AUS	Team Penske	39.5200s
4	21	Josef Newgarden	USA	Ed Carpenter Racing	39.6479s
5	19	Gabby Chaves	COL	Dale Coyne Racing	39.6669s
6	42	Charlie Kimball	USA	Chip Ganassi Racing	39.6878s
7	29	Townsend Bell	USA	Andretti Autosport	39.6904s
8	24	Sage Karam	USA	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	39.7494s
9	27	Marco Andretti	USA	Andretti Autosport	39.7654s
10	15	Graham Rahal	USA	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	39.7801s
11	11	Sebastien Bourdais	FRA	KVSH Racing	39.7831s
12	22	Simon Pagenaud	FRA	Team Penske	39.8038s
13	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	COL	Team Penske	39.8400s
14	6	JR Hildebrand	USA	Ed Carpenter Racing	39.9089s
15	98	Alexander Rossi	USA	Andretti Herta Autosport	39.9226s
16	8	Max Chilton	GBR	Chip Ganassi Racing	39.9353s
17	9	Scott Dixon	NZL	Chip Ganassi Racing	39.9495s
18	3	Helio Castroneves	BRZ	Team Penske	39.9603s
19	10	Tony Kanaan	BRZ	Chip Ganassi Racing	39.9656s
20	7	Mikhail Aleshin	RUS	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	40.0002s
21	35	Alex Tagliani	CAN	AJ Foyt Enterprises	40.0302s
22	14	Takuma Sato	JAP	AJ Foyt Enterprises	40.0542s
23	63	Pippa Mann	GBR	Dale Coyne Racing	40.1444s
24	18	Conor Daly	USA	Dale Coyne Racing	40.1844s
25	16	Spencer Pigot	USA	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	40.2384s
26	88	Bryan Clauson	USA	Dale Coyne Racing/Jonathan Byrd's Racing	40.2895s
27	61	Matt Brabham	AUS	KV Racing/Pirtek Team Murray	40.3034s
28	5	James Hinchcliffe	CAN	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	40.3337s
29	20	Ed Carpenter	USA	Ed Carpenter Racing	40.3368s
30	25	Stefan Wilson	GBR	KV Racing Technology	40.3985s
31	7	James Hinchcliffe	CAN	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	40.4097s
32	77	Oriol Servia	ESP	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	40.4726s
33	4	Buddy Lazier	USA	Lazier/Burns Racing	40.8898s
34	41	Jack Hawksworth	GBR	AJ Foyt Enterprises	41.3244s