Dixon lapped the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS highway course in 1m10.9851s within the 30-minute session, which acts because the warm-up for tomorrow’s race.
The session took on extra significance after a exceptional qualifying session beforehand, wherein title contenders Alex Palou (Ganassi) and Josef Newgarden (Penske) might solely handle eighth and 19th on the grid respectively.
Firestone has introduced a more durable compound this weekend than it did for Could’s occasion right here, which prompted chaos for some – most notably Crew Penske, with Scott McLaughlin the very best of its runners in 11th (though he’ll begin 10th), with Will Energy in 16th.
“Principally the pink tire [alternate] is a major from one other circuit,” defined Dixon.
Newgarden’s day turned much more bitter when he was given a 10-minute penalty on this session for lacking the driving force weigh-in. He responded by going quickest with 1m11.7878s after 10 of his 20 minutes obtainable.
Former race winner right here Rinus VeeKay beat that with 1m11.4844s for Ed Carpenter Racing, earlier than Callum Ilott set 1m11.4315s after which Palou grabbed P1 with 1m11.1365s.
Dixon – who will begin 15th after additionally struggling in qualifying – went to the highest of the timesheet with 4 minutes to go together with 1m10.9851s, ending the session quickest forward of Palou, McLaughlin, Illot, Kyle Kirkwood (who’ll begin 13th for Andretti Autosport), VeeKay, Colton Herta (beginning 11th for Andretti) and Marcus Ericsson (Ganassi – who suffered extra clutch points on this session).
Polewinner Graham Rahal was solely 17th on this session.
Tomorrow’s race begins at 2:00pm ET.
| Cla | Nº | Driver | Automotive / Engine | Time | Delay | Laps |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Dallara/Honda | 1’10.9851 | 20 | |
| 2 | 10 | Alex Palou | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.1365 | 0.1514 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.3073 | 0.3222 | 16 |
| 4 | 77 | Callum Ilott | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.4315 | 0.4464 | 21 |
| 5 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.4655 | 0.4804 | 17 |
| 6 | 21 | R.van Kalmthout | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.4844 | 0.4993 | 23 |
| 7 | 26 | Colton Herta | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.4854 | 0.5003 | 19 |
| 8 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.6414 | 0.6563 | 23 |
| 9 | 78 | Agustín Canapino | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.6475 | 0.6624 | 20 |
| 10 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.6663 | 0.6812 | 23 |
| 11 | 45 | C.Lundgaard | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.6714 | 0.6863 | 22 |
| 12 | 18 | David Malukas | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.7032 | 0.7181 | 22 |
| 13 | 7 | Alexander Rossi | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.7497 | 0.7646 | 19 |
| 14 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.7878 | 0.8027 | 14 |
| 15 | 06 | H.Castroneves | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.8001 | 0.8150 | 21 |
| 16 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.8514 | 0.8663 | 19 |
| 17 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.8863 | 0.9012 | 23 |
| 18 | 60 | Linus Lundqvist | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.9479 | 0.9628 | 19 |
| 19 | 6 | Felix Rosenqvist | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’11.9634 | 0.9783 | 20 |
| 20 | 29 | D.Defrancesco | Dallara/Honda | 1’11.9715 | 0.9864 | 17 |
| 21 | 28 | Romain Grosjean | Dallara/Honda | 1’12.0360 | 1.0509 | 20 |
| 22 | 5 | Patricio O’Ward | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’12.0747 | 1.0896 | 22 |
| 23 | 12 | Will Energy | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’12.1495 | 1.1644 | 22 |
| 24 | 55 | B.Pedersen | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’12.1797 | 1.1946 | 19 |
| 25 | 20 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1’12.1851 | 1.2000 | 17 |
| 26 | 30 | Jack Harvey | Dallara/Honda | 1’12.4943 | 1.5092 | 17 |
| 27 | 51 | Sting Ray Robb | Dallara/Honda | 1’13.0443 | 2.0592 | 18 |