Marco Andretti turned the fastest time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the final practice day before Pole Day. His speed of 227.540 mph (39.5535 lap time) put his Chevrolet powered Andretti Autosport #26 on the top of the sheet ahead of the Ryan Briscoe’s Team Penske#2 by a scant 0.1229 seconds. Four of Marco’s Andretti Autosport teammates are also in the top ten.
Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport
The top ten:
- Marco Andretti, 227.540
- Ryan Briscoe, 226.835
- Helio Castroneves, 226.716
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, 226.400
- Scott Dixon, 226.224
- James Hinchcliffe, 225.874
- Ana Beatriz, 225.653
- JR Hildebrand, 225.571
- Dario Franchitti, 225.370
- Tony Kanaan, 225.322
Current IZOD IndyCar points leader Will Power was in 11th, rookie Josef Newgarden was 13th, and SoCal’s Charlie Kimball was 14th.
The last time someone named Andretti was on pole at the Indy 500 was in 1987, and his name was Mario. Incidentally, that was also the year Marco was born.