Da Indy Car Series deltagerne var ude i deres første fri træning på Watkins Glen udviklede kampen om den hurtigste omgangstid sig til en strid mellem de to Penske Racing kørere Ryan Briscoe og Helio Castroneves.
Det endte med at Ryan Briscoe var 0,0831 sekund hurtigere Helio Castroneves, og de to var næste 0,2 sekund hurtigere end køreren på 3. pladsen Scott Dixon fra Ganassi teamet. Tiderne fra 1. fri træning:
|
Pl. |
# |
Kører |
Team |
Tid |
Mph. |
|
1 |
6 |
Ryan Briscoe |
Team Penske |
1:31,4143 |
132,714 |
2 |
3 |
Helio Castroneves |
Team Penske |
1:31,4974 |
132,594 |
3 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
1:31,6781 |
132,333 |
|
4 |
4 |
Dan Wheldon |
Panther Racing |
1:31,7830 |
132,181 |
5 |
22 |
Justin Wilson |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
1:31,8628 |
132,067 |
6 |
12 |
Will Power |
Team Penske |
1:31,9317 |
131,968 |
|
7 |
10 |
Dario Franchitti |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
1:31,9896 |
131,884 |
8 |
2 |
Raphael Matos |
de Ferran Luczo Dragon Racing |
1:32,1617 |
131,638 |
9 |
11 |
Tony Kanaan |
Andretti Autosport |
1:32,1877 |
131,601 |
|
10 |
32 |
Mario Moraes |
KV Racing Technology |
1:32,2569 |
131,502 |
11 |
26 |
Marco Andretti |
Andretti Autosport |
1:32,4117 |
131,282 |
12 |
37 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Andretti Autosport |
1:33,0287 |
130,411 |
|
13 |
06 |
Hideki Mutoh |
Newman/Haas Racing |
1:33,0661 |
130,359 |
14 |
8 |
E.J. Viso |
KV Racing Technology |
1:33,1805 |
130,199 |
15 |
34 |
Mario Romancini* |
Conquest Racing |
1:33,2247 |
130,137 |
|
16 |
24 |
Paul Tracy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
1:33,2986 |
130,034 |
17 |
7 |
Danica Patrick |
Andretti Autosport |
1:33,3267 |
129,995 |
18 |
5 |
Takuma Sato* |
KV Racing Technology |
1:33,3399 |
129,977 |
|
19 |
78 |
Simona De Silvestro* |
Team Stargate Worlds/HVM |
1:33,5174 |
129,730 |
20 |
19 |
Alex Lloyd* |
Dale Coyne Racing |
1:33,6884 |
129,493 |
21 |
77 |
Alex Tagliani |
FAZZT Race Team |
1:34,2046 |
128,784 |
|
22 |
14 |
Vitor Meira |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
1:34,2438 |
128,730 |
23 |
27 |
Adam Carroll* |
AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport |
1:34,4028 |
128,513 |
24 |
36 |
Bertrand Baguette* |
Conquest Racing |
1:35,7742 |
126,673 |
|
25 |
18 |
Milka Duno |
Dale Coyne Racing |
1:37,2840 |
124,707 |
|
* = rookie. Hr. Nielsen
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