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Kanaan Sets Pace in Hectic Final Practice for 100th Indy 500

Tony Kanaan and Carlos Munoz were fastest in Friday’s final practice prior to Sunday’s 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil.

Kanaan, who won the 2013 Indy 500 and will start 18th Sunday in the No. 10 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, and Munoz, who will start from the middle of the second row in the No. 26 United Fiber & Data Honda, looked ready to put forth strong efforts on race day.

Kanaan had a stout best lap of 226.280 mph, far and above Munoz’s best lap of 224.772 mph on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.

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Defending Verizon IndyCar Series champ Scott Dixon was third fastest at 224.606 mph in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevy, while Will Power, who finished runner-up in last year’s race, had the fourth-fastest speed (224.384 mph) in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevy.

Pole sitter James Hinchcliffe was 12th fastest at 223.925 mph in the No. 5 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda.

Charlie Kimball and Verizon IndyCar Series points leader Simon Pagenaud, who comes into Sunday’s race with a three-race winning streak, each turned the most laps (52). More than 1,300 laps were turned in the one-hour session that was extended 10 minutes due to an early caution for debris.

There was one incident. Pippa Mann spun and crashed in Turn 4, backing her No. 63 Susan G. Komen Honda into the outside wall. Mann was examined at the track’s IU Health Emergency Medical Center, cleared and released to drive.

“I’m absolutely fine,” Mann said. “I just really feel sorry for the crew. I was trying to find some clean air in pack running there. Got a little too low on the inside, dropped the ball and gave them some work to do overnight.

“The good news is the damage wasn’t too bad. Hopefully it’s the right rear corner, rear attenuator, rear wing and that’s all we have to fix.”

The 33 cars now sit idle until Sunday’s epic race. Coverage on ABC and the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network begins at 11 a.m. ET Sunday.

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