Rain ends Indy 500 practice early
May 20, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Tony Kanaan ran a fast lap of 226.775 mph Thursday before rain ended Indianapolis 500 practice about 45 minutes early.
Paul Tracy had the second-fastest lap at 226.322 mph, Hideki Mutoh was third at 226.230 and Marco Andretti was fourth at 226.108. Scott Dixon had the fastest lap the previous two days, but was just the 13th-fastest on Thursday.
There were only a couple hours of action before a 2-hour, 14 minute delay. Drivers got about another hour of work before track officials ended the session.
E.J. Viso returned to the track after crashing on Tuesday and sitting out Wednesday while his team prepared his backup car. His fastest of 27 laps Thursday was 220.617 mph.
Bruno Junqueira of the FAZZT Race Team got on the track for the first time this month, completing 14 laps in Sebastian Saavedra's car. Junqueira is awaiting sponsorship money so he can take his No. 33 car onto the track.