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May 22, 2017 | By Paul Kelly, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
One day after Scott Dixon won the pole with the fastest speed since 1996, another Chip Ganassi Racing driver moved to the front in practice Monday for the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. British driver Max Chilton turned a top lap of 228.592 mph in the No. 8 Gallagher Honda to lead a four-hour practice under sunny skies on the 2.5-mile oval, the last chance for cars to work in traffic on multiple, extended runs on full tanks of fuel. The only on-track activity remaining for the “500” field before Race Day this Sunday is a one-hour practice Friday morning on Miller Lite Carb Day. “Great to have Ganassi at the top again,” Chilton said. “It was great to see Scott get that yesterday. He fully deserved that. “Yeah, it was nice to get to learn this track more in proper group running. We do a bit of group running on the week to build up, but it doesn't last very long until people peel off. Today everybody was getting on with it and learning what they had for the ‘500.’” British rookie Ed Jones continued a strong month, second overall today at 228.118 in the No. 19 Boy Scouts of America Honda. Pole sitter Dixon was third at 227.165 in the No. 9 Camping World Honda. Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud rebounded from a disappointing Pole Day, on which he qualified 23rd, to jump to fourth on the practice speed chart today at 226.998. Takuma Sato rounded out the top five at 226.806 in the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda. Pagenaud’s fast lap led a resurgence for Team Penske, which has won the Indianapolis 500 a record 16 times. Will Power was the top qualifier, in ninth, for the powerhouse team, with Penske’s other four drivers starting 18th or lower. But three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves, who qualified 19th, was sixth at 226.705 in practice in the No. 3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet. Two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso, who qualified fifth, was 12th fastest today in practice at 226.147 in the No. 29 McLaren-Honda-Andretti Honda. Australian driver James Davison made his on-track debut this month, ending up 28th at 223.670 in the No. 18 GEICO Honda after passing a refresher test. Davison was called in as a last-minute replacement for Sebastien Bourdais, who is recovering from surgery to repair pelvic and hip fractures after crashing in qualifying Saturday. Davison will start last in the 33-car field because he didn’t make a qualifying attempt Sunday. Visit IMS.com to purchase tickets for the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil on Sunday, May 28 and for more information on the complete Month or May schedule at IMS. The race also will be televised live on ABC, with the pre-race show starting at 11 a.m. (ET). Advance Auto Parts IndyCar Radio will provide live coverage of the race to its affiliates and on Sirius 212, XM 209 and SXM 970.